City: PALMER, TX
School type: HIGH SCHOOL
Address: P O BOX 790
Grades: 9-12
District: PALMER ISD
District number: 070910
Instruction type: REGULAR INSTRUCTIONAL
Phone: (972) 449-3487
Fax: (972) 845-3517
School Enrollment: 291
White students: 74.2%
Black students: 1.4%
Hispanic students: 24.1%
Asian students: 0.3%
Native American students: 0%
White students: 216
Black students: 4
Native American students: 0
Hispanic students: 70
Attendance rate: 96.4%
Dropout rate: 5.4%
Dropout rate for white students: 0%
Dropout rate for Hispanic students: 21.4%
Dropout rate for male students: 6.9%
Dropout rate for female students: 3.7%
High School graduation rate: 82.1%
HS graduation rate for male students: 75.9%
HS graduation rate for female students: 88.9%
HS graduation rate for white students: 85.4%
HS graduation rate for Hispanic students: 71.4%
GED rate: 3.6%
Continuing education rate: 8.9%
Total number of teachers: 24.5
Beginning teachers: 1
Teachers with 1-5 years of experience: 9.5
Teachers with 6-10 years of experience: 3.4
Teachers with 11-20 years of experience: 4.8
Teachers with over 20 years of experience: 5.8
Male teachers count: 14.5
Female teachers count: 10
Teacher tenure average: 4.8
Teacher experience average: 11.6
Teacher/student ratio: 11.9
Total staff: 32.1
Professional staff: 30.1
Support staff: 1
Administration staff: 4.5
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 : 91
10th grade enrollment : 81
11th grade enrollment : 61
12th grade enrollment : 58
Statistics about PALMER H S in PALMER, TX
Students taking SAT/ACT: 59.1%
SAT average for all students taking the test: 987
SAT average for white students: 990
SAT average for female students: 870
SAT average for male students: 1040
ACT average for all students taking the test: 19.8
ACT average for Hispanic students: 20.4
ACT average for female students: 18.7
ACT average for male students: 21.2
Average teacher salary: $38607
Average profession support salary: $48044
Average administration staff salary: $45244
Average beginning teacher salary: $27240
Average salary for teachers with 1 to 5 years of experience: $31933
Average salary for teachers with 6 to 10 years of experience: $37772
Average salary for teachers with 11 to 20 years of experience: $43777
Average salary for teachers with over 20 years of experience: $47635
Dollars spent per student: $6408
Operating expenditure for instruction: $1154783
Operating expenditure for instruction leadership: $1494
Operating expenditure for administration: $187920
Operating expenditure for other campus costs: $520627
Total operating expenditure: $1864824
Limited English Proficient students count: 8
Economically disadvantaged students count: 65
Special education students count: 50
Gifted students count: 33
Bilingual students count: 7
Students taking advanced courses: 12.5%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (2 SEM below panel recommendation): 45.1%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (1 SEM below panel recommendation): 34.8%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (panel recommendation): 24%
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: 62.7%
Rate of students in all grades meeting reading panel recommendation TAKS standards: 67.5%
Rate of students in all grades meeting math panel recommendation TAKS standards: 33.3%
Rate of students in all grades meeting science panel recommendation TAKS standards: 28.3%
Rate of students in all grades meeting social studies panel recommendation TAKS standards: 73%