City: MERKEL, TX
School type: HIGH SCHOOL
Address: P O BOX 430
Grades: 9-12
District: MERKEL ISD
District number: 221904
Instruction type: REGULAR INSTRUCTIONAL
Phone: (915) 928-4667
School Enrollment: 434
White students: 79.3%
Black students: 3.7%
Hispanic students: 17.1%
Asian students: 0%
Native American students: 0%
White students: 344
Black students: 16
Native American students: 0
Hispanic students: 74
Attendance rate: 95.9%
Dropout rate: 2.7%
Dropout rate for white students: 3.1%
Dropout rate for Hispanic students: 0%
Dropout rate for male students: 4.8%
Dropout rate for female students: 0%
High School graduation rate: 93.8%
HS graduation rate for male students: 93.5%
HS graduation rate for female students: 94.1%
HS graduation rate for white students: 92.9%
HS graduation rate for Hispanic students: 100%
GED rate: 2.7%
Continuing education rate: 0.9%
Total number of teachers: 35.6
Beginning teachers: 1
Teachers with 1-5 years of experience: 6.3
Teachers with 6-10 years of experience: 8.5
Teachers with 11-20 years of experience: 10.9
Teachers with over 20 years of experience: 8.9
Male teachers count: 17.8
Female teachers count: 17.8
Teacher tenure average: 8.8
Teacher experience average: 13.7
Teacher/student ratio: 12.2
Total staff: 45.3
Professional staff: 41.1
Support staff: 2.2
Administration staff: 3.3
Educational Aides: 4.2
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 : 0
8th grade enrollment : 0
9th grade enrollment : 118
10th grade enrollment : 106
11th grade enrollment : 111
12th grade enrollment : 99
Statistics about MERKEL H S in MERKEL, TX
Students taking SAT/ACT: 65.3%
SAT average for all students taking the test: 1007
SAT average for white students: 1007
SAT average for female students: 975
ACT average for all students taking the test: 20.4
ACT average for white students: 18
ACT average for Hispanic students: 20.9
ACT average for female students: 20.5
ACT average for male students: 20.2
Average teacher salary: $37254
Average profession support salary: $47550
Average administration staff salary: $50893
Average beginning teacher salary: $26240
Average salary for teachers with 1 to 5 years of experience: $28531
Average salary for teachers with 6 to 10 years of experience: $33660
Average salary for teachers with 11 to 20 years of experience: $40275
Average salary for teachers with over 20 years of experience: $44413
Dollars spent per student: $6223
Operating expenditure for instruction: $1696200
Operating expenditure for instruction leadership: $0
Operating expenditure for administration: $223023
Operating expenditure for other campus costs: $781437
Total operating expenditure: $2700660
Limited English Proficient students count: 8
Economically disadvantaged students count: 168
Special education students count: 86
Gifted students count: 57
Bilingual students count: 7
Students taking advanced courses: 16.8%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (2 SEM below panel recommendation): 56.3%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (1 SEM below panel recommendation): 42.5%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (panel recommendation): 31.3%
Rate of students in all grades receiving commended perfomances on TAKS test: 0.4%
Rate of students in all grades meeting English Language Arts panel recommendation TAKS standards: 47.5%
Rate of students in all grades meeting reading panel recommendation TAKS standards: 68.6%
Rate of students in all grades meeting math panel recommendation TAKS standards: 49.8%
Rate of students in all grades meeting science panel recommendation TAKS standards: 38.6%
Rate of students in all grades meeting social studies panel recommendation TAKS standards: 64.1%