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Western Hills High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

3600 Boston Ave

Fort Worth TX, 76116, Tarrant County

Phone: 817-815-6000

Ranking:

(1,067 out of 1,337, bottom 20%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Fort Worth 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:	92		91		101		103		99		103		98
Total Students:	1,357		1,335		1,430		1,536		1,529		1,612		1,690
Grade 9:	461	34.0%	410	30.7%	428	29.9%	399	26.0%	389	25.4%	464	28.8%	499	29.5%
Grade 10:	343	25.3%	316	23.7%	335	23.4%	377	24.5%	406	26.6%	432	26.8%	435	25.7%
Grade 11:	303	22.3%	326	24.4%	348	24.3%	375	24.4%	406	26.6%	358	22.2%	388	23.0%
Grade 12:	250	18.4%	283	21.2%	319	22.3%	385	25.1%	328	21.5%	358	22.2%	368	21.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	712	52.5%	690	51.7%	754	52.7%	774	50.4%	778	50.9%	826	51.2%	867	51.3%
Female:	645	47.5%	645	48.3%	676	47.3%	762	49.6%	743	48.6%	778	48.3%	819	48.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	6	0.4%	11	0.8%	16	1.1%	15	1.0%	7	0.5%	8	0.5%	11	0.7%
Asian:	16	1.2%	14	1.0%	14	1.0%	18	1.2%	34	2.2%	41	2.5%	39	2.3%
Hispanic:	481	35.4%	467	35.0%	517	36.2%	509	33.1%	463	30.3%	481	29.8%	452	26.7%
Black:	271	20.0%	286	21.4%	275	19.2%	292	19.0%	294	19.2%	287	17.8%	307	18.2%
White:	539	39.7%	517	38.7%	571	39.9%	656	42.7%	731	47.8%	795	49.3%	881	52.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	3	0.2%	2	0.1%	3	0.2%	5	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	41	3.0%	38	2.8%	34	2.4%	41	2.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	601	44.3%	604	45.2%	631	44.1%	609	39.6%	518	33.9%	424	26.3%	437	25.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	47	3.5%	73	5.5%	74	5.2%	55	3.6%	95	6.2%	78	4.8%	71	4.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.74		14.73		14.19		14.91		15.46		15.70		17.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR EOC
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	84%	78%	83%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	76%	70%	78%
2013	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	98%	98%	97%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	86%	81%	87%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	81%	78%	85%
2013	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	78%	73%	84%
2012	English I Reading	End of course	% met std	52%	55%	68%
2013	English I Reading	End of course	% met std	57%	49%	65%
2012	English I Writing	End of course	% met std	34%	37%	55%
2013	English I Writing	End of course	% met std	28%	32%	48%
2012	English II Reading	End of course	% met std	75%	86%	61%
2013	English II Reading	End of course	% met std	73%	66%	78%
2012	English II Writing	End of course	% met std	45%	71%	46%
2013	English II Writing	End of course	% met std	39%	35%	52%
2013	English III Reading	End of course	% met std	95%	94%	63%
2013	English III Writing	End of course	% met std	92%	80%	42%
2012	Geometry	End of course	% met std	100%	97%	98%
2013	Geometry	End of course	% met std	84%	79%	86%
2013	U.S. History	End of course	% met std	83%	56%	73%
2012	World Geography	End of course	% met std	77%	71%	81%
2013	World Geography	End of course	% met std	75%	67%	75%
2012	World History	End of course	% met std	50%	40%	43%
2013	World History	End of course	% met std	64%	61%	70%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	60%	52%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	57%	45%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	61%	51%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	54%	48%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	58%	47%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	59%	48%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	72%	64%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	57%	64%	N/A
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	63%	62%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	68%	60%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	86%	78%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	77%	75%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	82%	78%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80%	78%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	89%	84%	N/A
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	86%	87%	N/A
2004	Science	10th Grade	% met std	67%	50%	N/A
2005	Science	10th Grade	% met std	51%	39%	N/A
2006	Science	10th Grade	% met std	67%	47%	N/A
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	56%	41%	N/A
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	55%	47%	N/A
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	65%	50%	N/A
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	72%	63%	N/A
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	69%	64%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	92%	82%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	85%	77%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	88%	76%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	85%	78%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	83%	79%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	88%	83%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	94%	90%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	89%	77%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	80%	73%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	76%	68%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	82%	70%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	74%	65%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	78%	70%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	86%	81%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	88%	84%	N/A
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	82%	81%	N/A
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	86%	84%	N/A
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	86%	83%	N/A
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	91%	83%	N/A
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	87%	82%	N/A
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	88%	86%	N/A
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	88%	89%	N/A
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	97%	91%	N/A
2004	Science	11th Grade	% met std	92%	75%	N/A
2005	Science	11th Grade	% met std	81%	69%	N/A
2006	Science	11th Grade	% met std	76%	64%	N/A
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	80%	64%	N/A
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	76%	67%	N/A
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	85%	75%	N/A
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	91%	87%	N/A
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	91%	84%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	99%	96%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	97%	93%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	95%	91%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	94%	89%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	92%	89%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	96%	94%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	98%	97%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	99%	97%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	56%	45%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	64%	45%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	54%	42%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	57%	45%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	60%	44%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	65%	53%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	59%	62%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	59%	61%	N/A
2004	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	83%	74%	N/A
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	84%	74%	N/A
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	84%	80%	N/A
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	85%	77%	N/A
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	80%	73%	N/A
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	87%	80%	N/A
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	88%	87%	N/A
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	85%	81%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	72.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	27.6%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	11.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	36.8%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	63.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$48,721.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$45,153.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$50,798.0

* Western Hills 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.