City: FERRIS, TX
School type: HIGH SCHOOL
Address: P O BOX 461
Grades: 9-12
District: FERRIS ISD
District number: 070905
Instruction type: REGULAR INSTRUCTIONAL
Phone: (972) 544-3737
Fax: (972) 544-2029
School Enrollment: 603
White students: 49.1%
Black students: 14.4%
Hispanic students: 35.8%
Asian students: 0.2%
Native American students: 0.5%
White students: 296
Black students: 87
Native American students: 3
Hispanic students: 216
Attendance rate: 94.2%
Dropout rate: 2.7%
Dropout rate for white students: 0%
Dropout rate for black students: 0%
Dropout rate for Hispanic students: 8.8%
Dropout rate for male students: 4.8%
Dropout rate for female students: 0%
High School graduation rate: 85.7%
HS graduation rate for male students: 81%
HS graduation rate for female students: 91.8%
HS graduation rate for white students: 83.6%
HS graduation rate for black students: 95.7%
HS graduation rate for Hispanic students: 82.4%
GED rate: 7.1%
Continuing education rate: 4.5%
Total number of teachers: 40.6
Beginning teachers: 4
Teachers with 1-5 years of experience: 11.7
Teachers with 6-10 years of experience: 7.2
Teachers with 11-20 years of experience: 8.3
Teachers with over 20 years of experience: 9.4
Male teachers count: 22.6
Female teachers count: 18
Teacher tenure average: 4.7
Teacher experience average: 10.4
Teacher/student ratio: 14.8
Total staff: 54.6
Professional staff: 45.6
Support staff: 3
Administration staff: 2
Educational Aides: 8.9
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 : 193
10th grade enrollment : 192
11th grade enrollment : 120
12th grade enrollment : 98
Statistics about FERRIS H S in FERRIS, TX
Students taking SAT/ACT: 52.5%
SAT average for all students taking the test: 964
SAT average for white students: 1018
SAT average for black students: 870
SAT average for Hispanic students: 925
SAT average for female students: 944
SAT average for male students: 985
ACT average for all students taking the test: 19.9
ACT average for white students: 22.2
ACT average for black students: 16
ACT average for Hispanic students: 21.4
ACT average for female students: 20.3
ACT average for male students: 19.4
Average teacher salary: $37687
Average profession support salary: $54294
Average administration staff salary: $59500
Average beginning teacher salary: $31355
Average salary for teachers with 1 to 5 years of experience: $31859
Average salary for teachers with 6 to 10 years of experience: $35249
Average salary for teachers with 11 to 20 years of experience: $42734
Average salary for teachers with over 20 years of experience: $44974
Dollars spent per student: $4870
Operating expenditure for instruction: $2129351
Operating expenditure for instruction leadership: $0
Operating expenditure for administration: $200027
Operating expenditure for other campus costs: $606995
Total operating expenditure: $2936373
Limited English Proficient students count: 25
Economically disadvantaged students count: 252
Special education students count: 117
Gifted students count: 24
Bilingual students count: 19
Students taking advanced courses: 10.2%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (2 SEM below panel recommendation): 50.7%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (1 SEM below panel recommendation): 39.6%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (panel recommendation): 30.1%
Rate of students in all grades receiving commended perfomances on TAKS test: 1.9%
Rate of students in all grades meeting English Language Arts panel recommendation TAKS standards: 55%
Rate of students in all grades meeting reading panel recommendation TAKS standards: 69.5%
Rate of students in all grades meeting math panel recommendation TAKS standards: 41.8%
Rate of students in all grades meeting science panel recommendation TAKS standards: 41.4%
Rate of students in all grades meeting social studies panel recommendation TAKS standards: 73%