City: WACO, TX
School type: HIGH SCHOOL
Address: 555 N LOOP 340
Grades: 9-12
District: LA VEGA ISD
District number: 161906
Instruction type: REGULAR INSTRUCTIONAL
Phone: (254) 799-4951
Fax: (254) 799-0720
Web site: www.lavega.isd.tenet.edu/lvhs/lvhs.htm
School Enrollment: 634
White students: 46.5%
Black students: 26.2%
Hispanic students: 26.2%
Asian students: 0.9%
Native American students: 0.2%
White students: 295
Black students: 166
Native American students: 1
Hispanic students: 166
Attendance rate: 93.9%
Dropout rate: 8.2%
Dropout rate for white students: 9.5%
Dropout rate for black students: 2.5%
Dropout rate for Hispanic students: 13.8%
Dropout rate for male students: 10.8%
Dropout rate for female students: 5.8%
High School graduation rate: 82.1%
HS graduation rate for male students: 72.3%
HS graduation rate for female students: 91.3%
HS graduation rate for white students: 71.4%
HS graduation rate for black students: 97.5%
HS graduation rate for Hispanic students: 82.8%
GED rate: 7.5%
Continuing education rate: 2.2%
Total number of teachers: 46
Beginning teachers: 3
Teachers with 1-5 years of experience: 12
Teachers with 6-10 years of experience: 11
Teachers with 11-20 years of experience: 10
Teachers with over 20 years of experience: 10
Male teachers count: 21
Female teachers count: 25
Teacher tenure average: 5.5
Teacher experience average: 11.7
Teacher/student ratio: 13.8
Total staff: 59.9
Professional staff: 53
Support staff: 2
Administration staff: 5
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 : 256
10th grade enrollment : 172
11th grade enrollment : 133
12th grade enrollment : 73
Statistics about LA VEGA H S in WACO, TX
Students taking SAT/ACT: 47.6%
SAT average for all students taking the test: 844
SAT average for white students: 931
SAT average for black students: 687
SAT average for female students: 900
SAT average for male students: 788
ACT average for all students taking the test: 18.5
ACT average for black students: 15.5
ACT average for Hispanic students: 20.7
ACT average for female students: 19.1
ACT average for male students: 16.3
Average teacher salary: $36860
Average profession support salary: $50808
Average administration staff salary: $56327
Average beginning teacher salary: $27300
Average salary for teachers with 1 to 5 years of experience: $30362
Average salary for teachers with 6 to 10 years of experience: $37322
Average salary for teachers with 11 to 20 years of experience: $39878
Average salary for teachers with over 20 years of experience: $44000
Dollars spent per student: $5274
Operating expenditure for instruction: $2502100
Operating expenditure for instruction leadership: $62351
Operating expenditure for administration: $362303
Operating expenditure for other campus costs: $416694
Total operating expenditure: $3343448
Limited English Proficient students count: 24
Economically disadvantaged students count: 344
Special education students count: 101
Gifted students count: 44
Bilingual students count: 17
Students taking advanced courses: 8.4%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (2 SEM below panel recommendation): 40.8%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (1 SEM below panel recommendation): 28.3%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (panel recommendation): 19.7%
Rate of students in all grades receiving commended perfomances on TAKS test: 0.5%
Rate of students in all grades meeting English Language Arts panel recommendation TAKS standards: 41.7%
Rate of students in all grades meeting reading panel recommendation TAKS standards: 58.1%
Rate of students in all grades meeting math panel recommendation TAKS standards: 30.2%
Rate of students in all grades meeting science panel recommendation TAKS standards: 29.3%
Rate of students in all grades meeting social studies panel recommendation TAKS standards: 67.2%