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University High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

3201 South New Rd

Waco TX, 76706, Mclennan County

Phone: 254-756-1843

Ranking:

(1,277 out of 1,337, bottom 4%)*

Type: Regular Other School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 12

School District: Waco Independent School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	101		113		92		90		84		79		78
Total Students:	1,537		1,659		1,438		1,341		1,307		1,181		1,210
Prekindergarten:	17	1.1%	20	1.2%	20	1.4%	22	1.6%	22	1.7%	16	1.4%	20	1.7%
Kindergarten:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Grade 1:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Grade 2:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Grade 3:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Grade 4:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Grade 5:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Grade 6:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Grade 7:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Grade 8:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Grade 9:	413	26.9%	496	29.9%	429	29.8%	392	29.2%	435	33.3%	346	29.3%	358	29.6%
Grade 10:	404	26.3%	431	26.0%	350	24.3%	383	28.6%	285	21.8%	297	25.1%	290	24.0%
Grade 11:	371	24.1%	400	24.1%	364	25.3%	282	21.0%	298	22.8%	262	22.2%	303	25.0%
Grade 12:	332	21.6%	312	18.8%	275	19.1%	262	19.5%	267	20.4%	260	22.0%	239	19.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	776	50.5%	840	50.6%	749	52.1%	684	51.0%	668	51.1%	584	49.4%	576	47.6%
Female:	761	49.5%	819	49.4%	689	47.9%	657	49.0%	631	48.3%	589	49.9%	630	52.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	6	0.4%	1	0.1%	4	0.3%	2	0.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	9	0.6%	7	0.4%	3	0.2%	2	0.1%	3	0.2%	1	0.1%	2	0.2%
Hispanic:	1,083	70.5%	1,152	69.4%	957	66.6%	917	68.4%	864	66.1%	781	66.1%	769	63.6%
Black:	347	22.6%	396	23.9%	401	27.9%	347	25.9%	349	26.7%	313	26.5%	334	27.6%
White:	77	5.0%	90	5.4%	71	4.9%	69	5.1%	90	6.9%	86	7.3%	105	8.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	14	0.9%	13	0.8%	2	0.1%	4	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	1,181	76.8%	1,310	79.0%	1,117	77.7%	1,016	75.8%	1,027	78.6%	831	70.4%	823	68.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	132	8.6%	111	6.7%	100	7.0%	80	6.0%	108	8.3%	104	8.8%	106	8.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.15		14.73		15.62		14.85		15.56		14.90		15.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR EOC
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	64%	64%	83%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	51%	56%	78%
2013	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	89%	88%	97%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	64%	68%	87%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	60%	62%	85%
2013	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	69%	63%	84%
2012	English I Reading	End of course	% met std	42%	48%	68%
2013	English I Reading	End of course	% met std	41%	40%	65%
2012	English I Writing	End of course	% met std	31%	29%	55%
2013	English I Writing	End of course	% met std	24%	23%	48%
2013	English II Reading	End of course	% met std	62%	58%	78%
2013	English II Writing	End of course	% met std	28%	27%	52%
2012	English III Reading	End of course	% met std	46%	49%	50%
2012	English III Writing	End of course	% met std	33%	33%	38%
2012	Geometry	End of course	% met std	91%	91%	98%
2013	Geometry	End of course	% met std	78%	73%	86%
2012	World Geography	End of course	% met std	59%	60%	81%
2013	World Geography	End of course	% met std	56%	51%	75%
2013	World History	End of course	% met std	45%	40%	70%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	40%	45%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	33%	38%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	35%	41%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	41%	45%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	47%	47%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	48%	52%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	64%	62%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	50%	56%	N/A
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	55%	59%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	46%	51%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	73%	74%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	71%	76%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	77%	81%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	86%	83%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	89%	88%	N/A
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	86%	87%	N/A
2004	Science	10th Grade	% met std	29%	45%	N/A
2005	Science	10th Grade	% met std	27%	35%	N/A
2006	Science	10th Grade	% met std	26%	39%	N/A
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	35%	37%	N/A
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	49%	52%	N/A
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	51%	55%	N/A
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	61%	61%	N/A
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	50%	53%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	74%	79%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	70%	77%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	70%	74%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	80%	77%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	89%	83%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	89%	86%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	97%	92%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	91%	87%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	72%	68%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	62%	61%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	58%	60%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	68%	67%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	62%	64%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	68%	64%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	79%	78%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	87%	85%	N/A
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75%	79%	N/A
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73%	76%	N/A
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	74%	79%	N/A
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	84%	82%	N/A
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	83%	86%	N/A
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	90%	88%	N/A
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	90%	89%	N/A
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	91%	92%	N/A
2004	Science	11th Grade	% met std	59%	70%	N/A
2005	Science	11th Grade	% met std	48%	59%	N/A
2006	Science	11th Grade	% met std	45%	55%	N/A
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	54%	60%	N/A
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	63%	70%	N/A
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	76%	73%	N/A
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	82%	80%	N/A
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	85%	82%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	90%	91%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	86%	89%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	89%	90%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	93%	90%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	93%	92%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	96%	94%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	95%	96%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	100%	99%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	40%	44%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	34%	41%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	36%	37%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	50%	49%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	40%	42%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	52%	47%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	56%	53%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	43%	47%	N/A
2004	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	73%	78%	N/A
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	67%	72%	N/A
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	81%	82%	N/A
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	80%	80%	N/A
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	76%	78%	N/A
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	81%	78%	N/A
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	89%	87%	N/A
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	77%	80%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	84.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	14.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	16.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	19.8%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	80.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$43,079.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,516.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$45,187.0

* University High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.