City: EL PASO, TX
School type: HIGH SCHOOL
Address: 12101 PELLICANO
Grades: 9-12
District: SOCORRO ISD
District number: 071909
Instruction type: REGULAR INSTRUCTIONAL
Phone: (915) 937-2800
Fax: (915) 855-6898
School Enrollment: 2758
White students: 8.4%
Black students: 1.7%
Hispanic students: 89.3%
Asian students: 0.4%
Native American students: 0.1%
White students: 232
Black students: 48
Native American students: 3
Hispanic students: 2456
Attendance rate: 94.5%
Dropout rate: 5.4%
Dropout rate for white students: 2%
Dropout rate for black students: 0%
Dropout rate for Hispanic students: 5.8%
Dropout rate for male students: 5.6%
Dropout rate for female students: 5.2%
High School graduation rate: 86.5%
HS graduation rate for male students: 83.5%
HS graduation rate for female students: 89.7%
HS graduation rate for white students: 93.9%
HS graduation rate for black students: 80%
HS graduation rate for Hispanic students: 85.7%
GED rate: 1.2%
Continuing education rate: 6.9%
Total number of teachers: 160.4
Beginning teachers: 12.5
Teachers with 1-5 years of experience: 40
Teachers with 6-10 years of experience: 36.6
Teachers with 11-20 years of experience: 52.9
Teachers with over 20 years of experience: 18.5
Male teachers count: 77.8
Female teachers count: 82.6
Teacher tenure average: 5.4
Teacher experience average: 10.2
Teacher/student ratio: 17.1
Total staff: 190.9
Professional staff: 177.4
Support staff: 12
Administration staff: 5
Educational Aides: 13.6
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 : 975
10th grade enrollment : 689
11th grade enrollment : 614
12th grade enrollment : 472
Statistics about AMERICAS H S in EL PASO, TX
Students taking SAT/ACT: 56.4%
SAT average for all students taking the test: 893
SAT average for white students: 1060
SAT average for black students: 744
SAT average for Hispanic students: 879
SAT average for female students: 872
SAT average for male students: 920
ACT average for all students taking the test: 19.6
ACT average for white students: 19.2
ACT average for Hispanic students: 21.7
ACT average for female students: 19.2
ACT average for male students: 20.4
Average teacher salary: $38112
Average profession support salary: $49902
Average administration staff salary: $60414
Average beginning teacher salary: $32511
Average salary for teachers with 1 to 5 years of experience: $33954
Average salary for teachers with 6 to 10 years of experience: $35699
Average salary for teachers with 11 to 20 years of experience: $40410
Average salary for teachers with over 20 years of experience: $49076
Dollars spent per student: $4855
Operating expenditure for instruction: $8883798
Operating expenditure for instruction leadership: $208376
Operating expenditure for administration: $867155
Operating expenditure for other campus costs: $3392578
Total operating expenditure: $13351907
Limited English Proficient students count: 246
Economically disadvantaged students count: 1617
Special education students count: 277
Gifted students count: 213
Bilingual students count: 163
Students taking advanced courses: 53.8%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (2 SEM below panel recommendation): 53.5%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (1 SEM below panel recommendation): 41.7%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (panel recommendation): 29.8%
Rate of students in all grades receiving commended perfomances on TAKS test: 0.7%
Rate of students in all grades meeting English Language Arts panel recommendation TAKS standards: 61.6%
Rate of students in all grades meeting reading panel recommendation TAKS standards: 67.4%
Rate of students in all grades meeting math panel recommendation TAKS standards: 39.9%
Rate of students in all grades meeting science panel recommendation TAKS standards: 36.6%
Rate of students in all grades meeting social studies panel recommendation TAKS standards: 68.4%