City: GALVESTON, TX
School type: HIGH SCHOOL
Address: 4115 AVE O
Grades: 9-12
District: GALVESTON ISD
District number: 084902
Instruction type: REGULAR INSTRUCTIONAL
Phone: (409) 766-5715
Fax: (409) 766-5738
Web site: www.galveston-schools.org
School Enrollment: 2520
White students: 30.8%
Black students: 32.4%
Hispanic students: 34.1%
Asian students: 2.4%
Native American students: 0.2%
White students: 760
Black students: 800
Native American students: 4
Hispanic students: 842
Attendance rate: 92%
Dropout rate: 6.6%
Dropout rate for white students: 6.7%
Dropout rate for black students: 6.2%
Dropout rate for Hispanic students: 7.2%
Dropout rate for Asian students: 0%
Dropout rate for male students: 8.1%
Dropout rate for female students: 5.2%
High School graduation rate: 75%
HS graduation rate for male students: 74.2%
HS graduation rate for female students: 75.6%
HS graduation rate for white students: 76.4%
HS graduation rate for black students: 78.7%
HS graduation rate for Hispanic students: 67.1%
HS graduation rate for Asian students: 100%
GED rate: 5.8%
Continuing education rate: 12.7%
Total number of teachers: 149.9
Beginning teachers: 19.6
Teachers with 1-5 years of experience: 40.5
Teachers with 6-10 years of experience: 12.7
Teachers with 11-20 years of experience: 23.1
Teachers with over 20 years of experience: 53.9
Male teachers count: 70.2
Female teachers count: 79.6
Teacher tenure average: 10.5
Teacher experience average: 14.2
Teacher/student ratio: 16.5
Total staff: 189.3
Professional staff: 181.3
Support staff: 23.9
Administration staff: 7.6
Educational Aides: 8
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 : 805
10th grade enrollment : 623
11th grade enrollment : 551
12th grade enrollment : 487
Statistics about BALL H S in GALVESTON, TX
Students taking SAT/ACT: 48.7%
SAT average for all students taking the test: 1033
SAT average for white students: 1141
SAT average for black students: 865
SAT average for Hispanic students: 1025
SAT average for Asian students: 1083
SAT average for female students: 1041
SAT average for male students: 1023
ACT average for all students taking the test: 20.7
ACT average for white students: 22.8
ACT average for black students: 17.9
ACT average for Hispanic students: 24.1
ACT average for female students: 20.9
ACT average for male students: 20.3
Average teacher salary: $42386
Average profession support salary: $45827
Average administration staff salary: $51444
Average beginning teacher salary: $33571
Average salary for teachers with 1 to 5 years of experience: $36214
Average salary for teachers with 6 to 10 years of experience: $39049
Average salary for teachers with 11 to 20 years of experience: $43652
Average salary for teachers with over 20 years of experience: $50469
Dollars spent per student: $5030
Operating expenditure for instruction: $7828573
Operating expenditure for instruction leadership: $290464
Operating expenditure for administration: $837941
Operating expenditure for other campus costs: $3447264
Total operating expenditure: $12404242
Limited English Proficient students count: 119
Economically disadvantaged students count: 1203
Special education students count: 335
Gifted students count: 217
Bilingual students count: 119
Students taking advanced courses: 14.2%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (2 SEM below panel recommendation): 53.9%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (1 SEM below panel recommendation): 44.6%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (panel recommendation): 35.3%
Rate of students in all grades receiving commended perfomances on TAKS test: 1.1%
Rate of students in all grades meeting English Language Arts panel recommendation TAKS standards: 60.7%
Rate of students in all grades meeting reading panel recommendation TAKS standards: 64.3%
Rate of students in all grades meeting math panel recommendation TAKS standards: 48.7%
Rate of students in all grades meeting science panel recommendation TAKS standards: 36.3%
Rate of students in all grades meeting social studies panel recommendation TAKS standards: 65.8%