City: MERCEDES, TX
School type: JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Address: P O BOX 419
Grades: 7-8
District: MERCEDES ISD
District number: 108907
Instruction type: REGULAR INSTRUCTIONAL
Phone: (956) 514-2200
Fax: (956) 514-2233
School Enrollment: 761
White students: 1.2%
Black students: 0.4%
Hispanic students: 98.4%
Asian students: 0%
Native American students: 0%
White students: 9
Black students: 3
Native American students: 0
Hispanic students: 749
Attendance rate: 95.8%
Total number of teachers: 52.1
Beginning teachers: 3.6
Teachers with 1-5 years of experience: 13.8
Teachers with 6-10 years of experience: 12.3
Teachers with 11-20 years of experience: 11.4
Teachers with over 20 years of experience: 11
Male teachers count: 21.8
Female teachers count: 30.3
Teacher tenure average: 8.9
Teacher experience average: 10.8
Teacher/student ratio: 14.6
Total staff: 72.5
Professional staff: 60.3
Support staff: 5.3
Administration staff: 3
Educational Aides: 12.2
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 : 388
8th grade enrollment : 373
9th grade enrollment : 0
10th grade enrollment : 0
11th grade enrollment : 0
12th grade enrollment : 0
Statistics about MERCEDES J H in MERCEDES, TX
Average teacher salary: $38496
Average profession support salary: $46194
Average administration staff salary: $56144
Average beginning teacher salary: $27851
Average salary for teachers with 1 to 5 years of experience: $32381
Average salary for teachers with 6 to 10 years of experience: $36260
Average salary for teachers with 11 to 20 years of experience: $43430
Average salary for teachers with over 20 years of experience: $47075
Dollars spent per student: $4834
Operating expenditure for instruction: $2898929
Operating expenditure for instruction leadership: $85192
Operating expenditure for administration: $264486
Operating expenditure for other campus costs: $430259
Total operating expenditure: $3678866
Limited English Proficient students count: 135
Economically disadvantaged students count: 714
Special education students count: 66
Gifted students count: 94
Bilingual students count: 124
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (2 SEM below panel recommendation): 57.5%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (1 SEM below panel recommendation): 45.5%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (panel recommendation): 33.6%
Rate of students in all grades receiving commended perfomances on TAKS test: 0.3%
Rate of students in all grades meeting reading panel recommendation TAKS standards: 62.8%
Rate of students in all grades meeting math panel recommendation TAKS standards: 37.1%
Rate of students in all grades meeting social studies panel recommendation TAKS standards: 63.2%
Rate of students in all grades meeting writing panel recommendation TAKS standards: 73.4%