City: MERCEDES, TX
School type: HIGH SCHOOL
Address: 100 MED HIGH DR
Grades: 9-12
District: SOUTH TEXAS ISD
District number: 031916
Instruction type: REGULAR INSTRUCTIONAL
Phone: (956) 565-2454
Fax: (956) 565-9112
Web site: scitech.stisd.net
School Enrollment: 590
White students: 27.6%
Black students: 0.2%
Hispanic students: 64.4%
Asian students: 7.5%
Native American students: 0.3%
White students: 163
Black students: 1
Native American students: 2
Hispanic students: 380
Attendance rate: 96.2%
Dropout rate: 2.8%
Dropout rate for white students: 2.4%
Dropout rate for Hispanic students: 3.4%
Dropout rate for Asian students: 0%
Dropout rate for male students: 2.9%
Dropout rate for female students: 2.6%
High School graduation rate: 91.5%
HS graduation rate for male students: 91.3%
HS graduation rate for female students: 92.1%
HS graduation rate for white students: 95.2%
HS graduation rate for Hispanic students: 89.9%
HS graduation rate for Asian students: 90.9%
GED rate: 2.8%
Continuing education rate: 2.8%
Total number of teachers: 43.1
Beginning teachers: 0
Teachers with 1-5 years of experience: 2
Teachers with 6-10 years of experience: 2.9
Teachers with 11-20 years of experience: 19.1
Teachers with over 20 years of experience: 19.1
Male teachers count: 23.6
Female teachers count: 19.5
Teacher tenure average: 8.8
Teacher experience average: 19
Teacher/student ratio: 13.7
Total staff: 55.8
Professional staff: 51.5
Support staff: 5.3
Administration staff: 3
Educational Aides: 4.4
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 : 193
10th grade enrollment : 124
11th grade enrollment : 160
12th grade enrollment : 113
Statistics about THE SCIENCE ACADEMY in MERCEDES, TX
SAT average for all students taking the test: 1102
SAT average for white students: 1153
SAT average for Hispanic students: 1079
SAT average for Asian students: 1083
SAT average for female students: 1074
SAT average for male students: 1120
ACT average for all students taking the test: 22.9
ACT average for white students: 22.1
ACT average for Hispanic students: 24.8
ACT average for female students: 22.6
ACT average for male students: 23.3
Average teacher salary: $47342
Average profession support salary: $53999
Average administration staff salary: $69342
Average salary for teachers with 1 to 5 years of experience: $34715
Average salary for teachers with 6 to 10 years of experience: $40290
Average salary for teachers with 11 to 20 years of experience: $45777
Average salary for teachers with over 20 years of experience: $51297
Dollars spent per student: $7885
Operating expenditure for instruction: $2718819
Operating expenditure for instruction leadership: $45730
Operating expenditure for administration: $355932
Operating expenditure for other campus costs: $1531401
Total operating expenditure: $4651882
Limited English Proficient students count: 22
Economically disadvantaged students count: 236
Special education students count: 26
Gifted students count: 225
Bilingual students count: 3
Students taking advanced courses: 64.7%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (2 SEM below panel recommendation): 87.5%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (1 SEM below panel recommendation): 82.3%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (panel recommendation): 76%
Rate of students in all grades receiving commended perfomances on TAKS test: 7.7%
Rate of students in all grades meeting English Language Arts panel recommendation TAKS standards: 90.6%
Rate of students in all grades meeting reading panel recommendation TAKS standards: 96%
Rate of students in all grades meeting math panel recommendation TAKS standards: 82.7%
Rate of students in all grades meeting science panel recommendation TAKS standards: 87%
Rate of students in all grades meeting social studies panel recommendation TAKS standards: 92.9%