City: PALESTINE, TX
School type: HIGH SCHOOL
Address: P O BOX 260
Grades: 9-12
District: WESTWOOD ISD
District number: 001908
Instruction type: REGULAR INSTRUCTIONAL
Phone: (903) 729-1773
Fax: (903) 723-8695
School Enrollment: 521
White students: 77.2%
Black students: 14.8%
Hispanic students: 7.9%
Asian students: 0.2%
Native American students: 0%
White students: 402
Black students: 77
Native American students: 0
Hispanic students: 41
Attendance rate: 95.1%
Dropout rate: 6%
Dropout rate for white students: 2.6%
Dropout rate for black students: 14.3%
Dropout rate for Hispanic students: 28.6%
Dropout rate for male students: 6.1%
Dropout rate for female students: 5.9%
High School graduation rate: 89%
HS graduation rate for male students: 87.8%
HS graduation rate for female students: 90.2%
HS graduation rate for white students: 92.3%
HS graduation rate for black students: 78.6%
HS graduation rate for Hispanic students: 71.4%
GED rate: 2%
Continuing education rate: 3%
Total number of teachers: 35.9
Beginning teachers: 1
Teachers with 1-5 years of experience: 7
Teachers with 6-10 years of experience: 6.1
Teachers with 11-20 years of experience: 11
Teachers with over 20 years of experience: 10.8
Male teachers count: 15.8
Female teachers count: 20.1
Teacher tenure average: 6
Teacher experience average: 14.3
Teacher/student ratio: 14.5
Total staff: 46.1
Professional staff: 40.2
Support staff: 2.1
Administration staff: 2.1
Educational Aides: 5.9
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 : 146
10th grade enrollment : 130
11th grade enrollment : 125
12th grade enrollment : 120
Statistics about WESTWOOD H S in PALESTINE, TX
Students taking SAT/ACT: 42.5%
SAT average for all students taking the test: 1036
SAT average for white students: 1038
SAT average for female students: 987
SAT average for male students: 1093
ACT average for all students taking the test: 19.9
ACT average for Hispanic students: 20.5
ACT average for female students: 20.3
ACT average for male students: 19.5
Average teacher salary: $36365
Average profession support salary: $43150
Average administration staff salary: $48853
Average beginning teacher salary: $25290
Average salary for teachers with 1 to 5 years of experience: $27173
Average salary for teachers with 6 to 10 years of experience: $34311
Average salary for teachers with 11 to 20 years of experience: $39184
Average salary for teachers with over 20 years of experience: $41614
Dollars spent per student: $4541
Operating expenditure for instruction: $1819129
Operating expenditure for instruction leadership: $0
Operating expenditure for administration: $169063
Operating expenditure for other campus costs: $377521
Total operating expenditure: $2365713
Limited English Proficient students count: 0
Economically disadvantaged students count: 138
Special education students count: 94
Gifted students count: 30
Bilingual students count: 0
Students taking advanced courses: 13.1%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (2 SEM below panel recommendation): 60.7%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (1 SEM below panel recommendation): 47.1%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (panel recommendation): 38.4%
Rate of students in all grades receiving commended perfomances on TAKS test: 1.2%
Rate of students in all grades meeting English Language Arts panel recommendation TAKS standards: 76.4%
Rate of students in all grades meeting reading panel recommendation TAKS standards: 81.5%
Rate of students in all grades meeting math panel recommendation TAKS standards: 43.8%
Rate of students in all grades meeting science panel recommendation TAKS standards: 44.1%
Rate of students in all grades meeting social studies panel recommendation TAKS standards: 75.4%