City: PALESTINE, TX
School type: JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Address: 233 BEN MILAM DR
Grades: 7-8
District: PALESTINE ISD
District number: 001907
Instruction type: REGULAR INSTRUCTIONAL
Phone: (903) 731-8008
Fax: (903) 731-8010
Web site: www.palestine.esc7.net
School Enrollment: 536
White students: 44.8%
Black students: 33.4%
Hispanic students: 20.7%
Asian students: 1.1%
Native American students: 0%
White students: 240
Black students: 179
Native American students: 0
Hispanic students: 111
Attendance rate: 97.1%
Total number of teachers: 39.1
Beginning teachers: 1.8
Teachers with 1-5 years of experience: 10.2
Teachers with 6-10 years of experience: 6.3
Teachers with 11-20 years of experience: 12.7
Teachers with over 20 years of experience: 8
Male teachers count: 8
Female teachers count: 31.1
Teacher tenure average: 9.2
Teacher experience average: 12.7
Teacher/student ratio: 13.7
Total staff: 52.9
Professional staff: 45.7
Support staff: 4.7
Administration staff: 2
Educational Aides: 7.2
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 : 275
8th grade enrollment : 261
9th grade enrollment : 0
10th grade enrollment : 0
11th grade enrollment : 0
12th grade enrollment : 0
Statistics about PALESTINE MIDDLE SCHOOL in PALESTINE, TX
Average teacher salary: $34865
Average profession support salary: $34791
Average administration staff salary: $48151
Average beginning teacher salary: $15688
Average salary for teachers with 1 to 5 years of experience: $29288
Average salary for teachers with 6 to 10 years of experience: $30790
Average salary for teachers with 11 to 20 years of experience: $39456
Average salary for teachers with over 20 years of experience: $42200
Dollars spent per student: $4498
Operating expenditure for instruction: $1728530
Operating expenditure for instruction leadership: $33704
Operating expenditure for administration: $193129
Operating expenditure for other campus costs: $455486
Total operating expenditure: $2410849
Limited English Proficient students count: 24
Economically disadvantaged students count: 294
Special education students count: 57
Gifted students count: 34
Bilingual students count: 19
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (2 SEM below panel recommendation): 64.7%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (1 SEM below panel recommendation): 53.6%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (panel recommendation): 43.5%
Rate of students in all grades receiving commended perfomances on TAKS test: 3.3%
Rate of students in all grades meeting reading panel recommendation TAKS standards: 70%
Rate of students in all grades meeting math panel recommendation TAKS standards: 50.2%
Rate of students in all grades meeting social studies panel recommendation TAKS standards: 61.9%
Rate of students in all grades meeting writing panel recommendation TAKS standards: 74.8%