City: HOUSTON, TX
School type: HIGH SCHOOL
Address: 520 MERCURY
Grades: 9-12
District: HOUSTON ISD
District number: 101912
Instruction type: REGULAR INSTRUCTIONAL
Phone: (713) 675-1118
Fax: (713) 671-3612
School Enrollment: 1152
White students: 3.3%
Black students: 20.2%
Hispanic students: 75.5%
Asian students: 0.8%
Native American students: 0.2%
White students: 38
Black students: 233
Native American students: 2
Hispanic students: 870
Attendance rate: 92%
Dropout rate: 8%
Dropout rate for white students: 0%
Dropout rate for black students: 1.6%
Dropout rate for Hispanic students: 10.8%
Dropout rate for male students: 13.3%
Dropout rate for female students: 4%
High School graduation rate: 69.6%
HS graduation rate for male students: 56.6%
HS graduation rate for female students: 79.3%
HS graduation rate for white students: 70%
HS graduation rate for black students: 79.7%
HS graduation rate for Hispanic students: 65.6%
GED rate: 3.4%
Continuing education rate: 19%
Total number of teachers: 71.5
Beginning teachers: 6
Teachers with 1-5 years of experience: 16
Teachers with 6-10 years of experience: 11.5
Teachers with 11-20 years of experience: 14
Teachers with over 20 years of experience: 24
Male teachers count: 33
Female teachers count: 38.5
Teacher tenure average: 11.6
Teacher experience average: 15
Teacher/student ratio: 16.1
Total staff: 90.5
Professional staff: 83.5
Support staff: 6
Administration staff: 6
Educational Aides: 6.9
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 : 462
10th grade enrollment : 270
11th grade enrollment : 235
12th grade enrollment : 185
Statistics about FURR H S in HOUSTON, TX
Students taking SAT/ACT: 42.5%
SAT average for all students taking the test: 786
SAT average for white students: 940
SAT average for black students: 730
SAT average for Hispanic students: 809
SAT average for female students: 769
SAT average for male students: 816
ACT average for all students taking the test: 15.5
ACT average for black students: 15.1
ACT average for female students: 15.1
ACT average for male students: 16.4
Average teacher salary: $45293
Average profession support salary: $50737
Average administration staff salary: $61740
Average beginning teacher salary: $29393
Average salary for teachers with 1 to 5 years of experience: $37086
Average salary for teachers with 6 to 10 years of experience: $42720
Average salary for teachers with 11 to 20 years of experience: $47008
Average salary for teachers with over 20 years of experience: $54953
Dollars spent per student: $5783
Operating expenditure for instruction: $4623998
Operating expenditure for instruction leadership: $102456
Operating expenditure for administration: $707465
Operating expenditure for other campus costs: $1227851
Total operating expenditure: $6661770
Limited English Proficient students count: 188
Economically disadvantaged students count: 1005
Special education students count: 189
Gifted students count: 41
Bilingual students count: 158
Students taking advanced courses: 12.5%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (2 SEM below panel recommendation): 30.6%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (1 SEM below panel recommendation): 18.6%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (panel recommendation): 9.7%
Rate of students in all grades receiving commended perfomances on TAKS test: 0%
Rate of students in all grades meeting English Language Arts panel recommendation TAKS standards: 40.9%
Rate of students in all grades meeting reading panel recommendation TAKS standards: 48.6%
Rate of students in all grades meeting math panel recommendation TAKS standards: 17.2%
Rate of students in all grades meeting science panel recommendation TAKS standards: 13.4%
Rate of students in all grades meeting social studies panel recommendation TAKS standards: 51.5%