City: MERCEDES, TX
School type: HIGH SCHOOL
Address: 700 MED HIGH DR
Grades: 9-12
District: SOUTH TEXAS ISD
District number: 031916
Instruction type: REGULAR INSTRUCTIONAL
Phone: (956) 565-2454
Fax: (956) 565-4039
Web site: medhigh.stisd.net
School Enrollment: 636
White students: 10.8%
Black students: 1.1%
Hispanic students: 79.7%
Asian students: 8.2%
Native American students: 0.2%
White students: 69
Black students: 7
Native American students: 1
Hispanic students: 507
Attendance rate: 96%
Dropout rate: 0%
Dropout rate for white students: 0%
Dropout rate for Hispanic students: 0%
Dropout rate for Asian students: 0%
Dropout rate for male students: 0%
Dropout rate for female students: 0%
High School graduation rate: 99.3%
HS graduation rate for male students: 97.9%
HS graduation rate for female students: 100%
HS graduation rate for white students: 100%
HS graduation rate for Hispanic students: 99.1%
HS graduation rate for Asian students: 100%
GED rate: 0.7%
Continuing education rate: 0%
Total number of teachers: 49.1
Beginning teachers: 0
Teachers with 1-5 years of experience: 6
Teachers with 6-10 years of experience: 13.1
Teachers with 11-20 years of experience: 17.4
Teachers with over 20 years of experience: 12.6
Male teachers count: 19.9
Female teachers count: 29.2
Teacher tenure average: 7.5
Teacher experience average: 15.2
Teacher/student ratio: 12.9
Total staff: 59.9
Professional staff: 58
Support staff: 5.8
Administration staff: 3
Educational Aides: 2
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 : 183
10th grade enrollment : 164
11th grade enrollment : 146
12th grade enrollment : 143
Statistics about HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS in MERCEDES, TX
Students taking SAT/ACT: 91.6%
SAT average for all students taking the test: 1024
SAT average for white students: 1083
SAT average for Hispanic students: 998
SAT average for Asian students: 1142
SAT average for female students: 1022
SAT average for male students: 1027
ACT average for all students taking the test: 21.4
ACT average for white students: 20.6
ACT average for Hispanic students: 24.4
ACT average for Asian students: 24.8
ACT average for female students: 21.7
ACT average for male students: 20.3
Average teacher salary: $44400
Average profession support salary: $56987
Average administration staff salary: $68206
Average salary for teachers with 1 to 5 years of experience: $34979
Average salary for teachers with 6 to 10 years of experience: $39586
Average salary for teachers with 11 to 20 years of experience: $46509
Average salary for teachers with over 20 years of experience: $50951
Dollars spent per student: $7542
Operating expenditure for instruction: $2713315
Operating expenditure for instruction leadership: $46953
Operating expenditure for administration: $352834
Operating expenditure for other campus costs: $1683584
Total operating expenditure: $4796686
Limited English Proficient students count: 10
Economically disadvantaged students count: 319
Special education students count: 16
Gifted students count: 264
Bilingual students count: 9
Students taking advanced courses: 39.6%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (2 SEM below panel recommendation): 88.7%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (1 SEM below panel recommendation): 81.6%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (panel recommendation): 69.9%
Rate of students in all grades receiving commended perfomances on TAKS test: 5.6%
Rate of students in all grades meeting English Language Arts panel recommendation TAKS standards: 95.8%
Rate of students in all grades meeting reading panel recommendation TAKS standards: 92.8%
Rate of students in all grades meeting math panel recommendation TAKS standards: 77.6%
Rate of students in all grades meeting science panel recommendation TAKS standards: 79.2%
Rate of students in all grades meeting social studies panel recommendation TAKS standards: 92.8%