USA.com / Texas / Dallas County / Dallas, TX / 75228 / Public Schools / W H Gaston Middle Middle School

W H Gaston Middle Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

9565 Mercer Dr

Dallas TX, 75228, Dallas County

Phone: 972-502-5400

Ranking:

(5,450 out of 6,018, bottom 9%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Dallas 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:	69		78		73		79		77		72		74
Total Students:	1,143		1,126		1,185		1,113		1,058		967		908
Grade 6:	374	32.7%	395	35.1%	429	36.2%	368	33.1%	389	36.8%	342	35.4%	319	35.1%
Grade 7:	387	33.9%	382	33.9%	378	31.9%	396	35.6%	351	33.2%	313	32.4%	286	31.5%
Grade 8:	382	33.4%	349	31.0%	378	31.9%	349	31.4%	318	30.1%	312	32.3%	303	33.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	589	51.5%	569	50.5%	598	50.5%	540	48.5%	526	49.7%	493	51.0%	465	51.2%
Female:	554	48.5%	557	49.5%	587	49.5%	573	51.5%	524	49.5%	466	48.2%	439	48.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.3%	4	0.4%	1	0.1%	4	0.4%	3	0.3%	3	0.3%	2	0.2%
Asian:	4	0.3%	7	0.6%	5	0.4%	3	0.3%	13	1.2%	10	1.0%	15	1.7%
Hispanic:	875	76.6%	874	77.6%	937	79.1%	890	80.0%	839	79.3%	734	75.9%	667	73.5%
Black:	216	18.9%	194	17.2%	177	14.9%	152	13.7%	134	12.7%	163	16.9%	157	17.3%
White:	40	3.5%	39	3.5%	57	4.8%	55	4.9%	69	6.5%	57	5.9%	67	7.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	2	0.2%	3	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	4	0.3%	7	0.6%	6	0.5%	6	0.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	1,024	89.6%	988	87.7%	1,024	86.4%	906	81.4%	852	80.5%	733	75.8%	653	71.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	39	3.4%	46	4.1%	49	4.1%	96	8.6%	91	8.6%	94	9.7%	113	12.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.69		14.53		16.23		14.17		13.81		13.40		12.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	68%	66%	77%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	59%	61%	74%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	60%	63%	75%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	51%	58%	71%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	57%	60%	71%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	63%	60%	71%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69%	68%	76%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67%	67%	77%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	57%	59%	71%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	54%	57%	70%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	58%	52%	76%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	63%	62%	77%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76%	71%	80%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80%	77%	84%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	54%	54%	70%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	61%	66%	75%
2012	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	54%	52%	59%
2013	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	59%	59%	63%
STAAR EOC
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	99%	75%	83%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	68%	78%
TAKS
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	71%	74%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	68%	73%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	78%	73%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	75%	74%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91%	88%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89%	86%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80%	78%	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73%	76%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	52%	57%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	47%	51%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	57%	57%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	63%	66%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	79%	65%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	70%	67%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	67%	68%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	71%	70%	N/A
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65%	70%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	58%	67%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61%	66%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74%	76%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82%	77%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77%	77%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81%	77%	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79%	77%	N/A
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	77%	84%	N/A
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	68%	74%	N/A
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	79%	79%	N/A
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	87%	87%	N/A
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	87%	84%	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	94%	89%	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	93%	91%	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	92%	90%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	42%	55%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	33%	45%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	35%	50%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	53%	57%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	73%	73%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	80%	73%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	85%	77%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	76%	79%	N/A
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74%	81%	N/A
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67%	72%	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59%	71%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81%	81%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	94%	90%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	95%	91%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93%	89%	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	94%	88%	N/A
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	42%	58%	N/A
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	47%	52%	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	54%	55%	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	67%	59%	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	77%	64%	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	64%	68%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	82%	82%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	81%	77%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	65%	72%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	73%	79%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	89%	87%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	94%	88%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	95%	92%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	92%	93%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	78.6%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	21.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	9.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	50.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	50.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$47,818.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$43,164.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$52,473.0

* W H Gaston Middle Middle School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.