City: MERCEDES, TX
School type: HIGH SCHOOL
Address: P O BOX 419
Grades: 7-12
District: MERCEDES ISD
District number: 108907
Instruction type: ALTERNATIVE INSTRUCTIONAL
Phone: (956) 514-2180
Fax: (956) 514-2175
School Enrollment: 113
White students: 0%
Black students: 0%
Hispanic students: 100%
Asian students: 0%
Native American students: 0%
White students: 0
Black students: 0
Native American students: 0
Hispanic students: 113
Attendance rate: 92.8%
Dropout rate: 5.1%
Dropout rate for Hispanic students: 5.3%
Dropout rate for male students: 10.5%
Dropout rate for female students: 0%
High School graduation rate: 59%
HS graduation rate for male students: 52.6%
HS graduation rate for female students: 65%
HS graduation rate for Hispanic students: 57.9%
GED rate: 0%
Continuing education rate: 35.9%
Total number of teachers: 4.1
Beginning teachers: 0
Teachers with 1-5 years of experience: 1.2
Teachers with 6-10 years of experience: 0.8
Teachers with 11-20 years of experience: 1.3
Teachers with over 20 years of experience: 0.8
Male teachers count: 2.9
Female teachers count: 1.3
Teacher tenure average: 6.2
Teacher experience average: 13
Teacher/student ratio: 27.2
Total staff: 6.1
Professional staff: 5.1
Support staff: 0.5
Administration staff: 0.5
Educational Aides: 1
Pre-Kindergarten enrollment : 0
Kindergarten enrollment : 0
1st grade enrollment : 0
2nd grade enrollment : 0
3rd grade enrollment : 0
4th grade enrollment : 0
5th grade enrollment : 0
6th grade enrollment : 0
7th grade enrollment : 0
8th grade enrollment : 0
9th grade enrollment : 24
10th grade enrollment : 40
11th grade enrollment : 26
12th grade enrollment : 23
Statistics about MERCEDES ALTER ACADEMY in MERCEDES, TX
Students taking SAT/ACT: 0%
Average teacher salary: $42800
Average profession support salary: $39283
Average administration staff salary: $59292
Average salary for teachers with 1 to 5 years of experience: $32353
Average salary for teachers with 6 to 10 years of experience: $40489
Average salary for teachers with 11 to 20 years of experience: $46982
Average salary for teachers with over 20 years of experience: $54103
Dollars spent per student: $6236
Operating expenditure for instruction: $394749
Operating expenditure for instruction leadership: $115035
Operating expenditure for administration: $93648
Operating expenditure for other campus costs: $101201
Total operating expenditure: $704633
Limited English Proficient students count: 15
Economically disadvantaged students count: 90
Special education students count: 7
Gifted students count: 2
Bilingual students count: 10
Students taking advanced courses: 46.1%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (2 SEM below panel recommendation): 9.1%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (1 SEM below panel recommendation): 9.1%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (panel recommendation): 3%
Rate of students in all grades receiving commended perfomances on TAKS test: 0%
Rate of students in all grades meeting English Language Arts panel recommendation TAKS standards: 0%
Rate of students in all grades meeting reading panel recommendation TAKS standards: 50%
Rate of students in all grades meeting math panel recommendation TAKS standards: 5%
Rate of students in all grades meeting science panel recommendation TAKS standards: 0%
Rate of students in all grades meeting social studies panel recommendation TAKS standards: 23.1%