City: HARLINGEN, TX
School type: HIGH SCHOOL
Address: 1701 DIXIELAND RD
Grades: 9-12
District: HARLINGEN CONS ISD
District number: 031903
Instruction type: REGULAR INSTRUCTIONAL
Phone: (956) 427-3800
Fax: (956) 427-3995
Web site: www2.harlingen.isd.tenet.edu/~HHSS/Hhsshomepage.htm
School Enrollment: 1952
White students: 18.2%
Black students: 1.1%
Hispanic students: 79.6%
Asian students: 1.1%
Native American students: 0%
White students: 355
Black students: 21
Native American students: 0
Hispanic students: 1554
Attendance rate: 94.1%
Dropout rate: 3.6%
Dropout rate for white students: 0%
Dropout rate for black students: 0%
Dropout rate for Hispanic students: 4.6%
Dropout rate for Asian students: 0%
Dropout rate for male students: 3.2%
Dropout rate for female students: 4%
High School graduation rate: 82.9%
HS graduation rate for male students: 73.7%
HS graduation rate for female students: 91.5%
HS graduation rate for white students: 93.2%
HS graduation rate for black students: 83.3%
HS graduation rate for Hispanic students: 80%
HS graduation rate for Asian students: 100%
GED rate: 2.3%
Continuing education rate: 11.3%
Total number of teachers: 127.1
Beginning teachers: 10.2
Teachers with 1-5 years of experience: 18.1
Teachers with 6-10 years of experience: 21.6
Teachers with 11-20 years of experience: 35.5
Teachers with over 20 years of experience: 41.7
Male teachers count: 65.9
Female teachers count: 61.2
Teacher tenure average: 9.9
Teacher experience average: 14.3
Teacher/student ratio: 15.4
Total staff: 174
Professional staff: 151.1
Support staff: 18
Administration staff: 6
Educational Aides: 22.9
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 : 714
10th grade enrollment : 433
11th grade enrollment : 426
12th grade enrollment : 379
Statistics about HARLINGEN H S - SOUTH in HARLINGEN, TX
Students taking SAT/ACT: 63.2%
SAT average for all students taking the test: 936
SAT average for white students: 998
SAT average for Hispanic students: 903
SAT average for female students: 917
SAT average for male students: 964
ACT average for all students taking the test: 19.4
ACT average for white students: 19
ACT average for Hispanic students: 20.3
ACT average for female students: 19.4
ACT average for male students: 19.3
Average teacher salary: $41595
Average profession support salary: $42698
Average administration staff salary: $62702
Average beginning teacher salary: $34030
Average salary for teachers with 1 to 5 years of experience: $32358
Average salary for teachers with 6 to 10 years of experience: $38942
Average salary for teachers with 11 to 20 years of experience: $42230
Average salary for teachers with over 20 years of experience: $48287
Dollars spent per student: $5607
Operating expenditure for instruction: $7000720
Operating expenditure for instruction leadership: $315571
Operating expenditure for administration: $680354
Operating expenditure for other campus costs: $2948153
Total operating expenditure: $10944798
Limited English Proficient students count: 116
Economically disadvantaged students count: 928
Special education students count: 210
Gifted students count: 340
Bilingual students count: 107
Students taking advanced courses: 19.9%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (2 SEM below panel recommendation): 52.3%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (1 SEM below panel recommendation): 40.3%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (panel recommendation): 30.6%
Rate of students in all grades receiving commended perfomances on TAKS test: 1.6%
Rate of students in all grades meeting English Language Arts panel recommendation TAKS standards: 61.9%
Rate of students in all grades meeting reading panel recommendation TAKS standards: 61.7%
Rate of students in all grades meeting math panel recommendation TAKS standards: 40.8%
Rate of students in all grades meeting science panel recommendation TAKS standards: 37.4%
Rate of students in all grades meeting social studies panel recommendation TAKS standards: 70.7%