City: AMARILLO, TX
School type: HIGH SCHOOL
Address: 1400 N GRANT
Grades: 9-12
District: AMARILLO ISD
District number: 188901
Instruction type: REGULAR INSTRUCTIONAL
Phone: (806) 381-7100
Fax: (806) 381-7331
Web site: www@amaisd.org/pdhs
School Enrollment: 1831
White students: 23.5%
Black students: 23.7%
Hispanic students: 44.6%
Asian students: 8.1%
Native American students: 0.2%
White students: 429
Black students: 433
Native American students: 3
Hispanic students: 815
Attendance rate: 90.6%
Dropout rate: 7.2%
Dropout rate for white students: 5.1%
Dropout rate for black students: 3.6%
Dropout rate for Hispanic students: 12.8%
Dropout rate for Asian students: 2.1%
Dropout rate for male students: 8%
Dropout rate for female students: 6.3%
High School graduation rate: 82%
HS graduation rate for male students: 80.2%
HS graduation rate for female students: 84%
HS graduation rate for white students: 78.6%
HS graduation rate for black students: 91.7%
HS graduation rate for Hispanic students: 75.2%
HS graduation rate for Asian students: 91.5%
GED rate: 4.7%
Continuing education rate: 6.1%
Total number of teachers: 125.4
Beginning teachers: 13
Teachers with 1-5 years of experience: 32.2
Teachers with 6-10 years of experience: 24.5
Teachers with 11-20 years of experience: 28.4
Teachers with over 20 years of experience: 27.3
Male teachers count: 47
Female teachers count: 78.4
Teacher tenure average: 9.4
Teacher experience average: 12
Teacher/student ratio: 14.6
Total staff: 155.7
Professional staff: 143.3
Support staff: 11.9
Administration staff: 6
Educational Aides: 12.5
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 : 624
10th grade enrollment : 464
11th grade enrollment : 393
12th grade enrollment : 348
Statistics about PALO DURO H S in AMARILLO, TX
Students taking SAT/ACT: 37.8%
SAT average for all students taking the test: 900
SAT average for white students: 985
SAT average for black students: 823
SAT average for Hispanic students: 822
SAT average for female students: 914
SAT average for male students: 885
ACT average for all students taking the test: 17.1
ACT average for white students: 16.1
ACT average for black students: 15.9
ACT average for Hispanic students: 20.5
ACT average for Asian students: 16.5
ACT average for female students: 16.7
ACT average for male students: 17.8
Average teacher salary: $39619
Average profession support salary: $46257
Average administration staff salary: $61824
Average beginning teacher salary: $29055
Average salary for teachers with 1 to 5 years of experience: $33373
Average salary for teachers with 6 to 10 years of experience: $37944
Average salary for teachers with 11 to 20 years of experience: $41902
Average salary for teachers with over 20 years of experience: $51138
Dollars spent per student: $4418
Operating expenditure for instruction: $5949136
Operating expenditure for instruction leadership: $104189
Operating expenditure for administration: $537534
Operating expenditure for other campus costs: $1488996
Total operating expenditure: $8079855
Limited English Proficient students count: 172
Economically disadvantaged students count: 1301
Special education students count: 260
Gifted students count: 121
Bilingual students count: 147
Students taking advanced courses: 7.5%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (2 SEM below panel recommendation): 43.3%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (1 SEM below panel recommendation): 31.7%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (panel recommendation): 21%
Rate of students in all grades receiving commended perfomances on TAKS test: 0.3%
Rate of students in all grades meeting English Language Arts panel recommendation TAKS standards: 48.9%
Rate of students in all grades meeting reading panel recommendation TAKS standards: 51.4%
Rate of students in all grades meeting math panel recommendation TAKS standards: 27.5%
Rate of students in all grades meeting science panel recommendation TAKS standards: 26.6%
Rate of students in all grades meeting social studies panel recommendation TAKS standards: 56.2%