City: MESQUITE, TX
School type: HIGH SCHOOL
Address: 3300 POTEET DR
Grades: 9-12
District: MESQUITE ISD
District number: 057914
Instruction type: REGULAR INSTRUCTIONAL
Phone: (972) 882-5300
Fax: (972) 882-5353
School Enrollment: 1662
White students: 63.7%
Black students: 15.1%
Hispanic students: 11.8%
Asian students: 9%
Native American students: 0.4%
White students: 1058
Black students: 251
Native American students: 7
Hispanic students: 196
Attendance rate: 96.6%
Dropout rate: 1.4%
Dropout rate for white students: 1.7%
Dropout rate for black students: 1.7%
Dropout rate for Hispanic students: 0%
Dropout rate for Asian students: 0%
Dropout rate for male students: 2%
Dropout rate for female students: 0.9%
High School graduation rate: 93.7%
HS graduation rate for male students: 89.4%
HS graduation rate for female students: 97.4%
HS graduation rate for white students: 93.7%
HS graduation rate for black students: 95%
HS graduation rate for Hispanic students: 91.9%
HS graduation rate for Asian students: 93.2%
GED rate: 2.6%
Continuing education rate: 2.3%
Total number of teachers: 107.6
Beginning teachers: 6.6
Teachers with 1-5 years of experience: 27.5
Teachers with 6-10 years of experience: 17.2
Teachers with 11-20 years of experience: 24.9
Teachers with over 20 years of experience: 31.5
Male teachers count: 48.1
Female teachers count: 59.5
Teacher tenure average: 8.6
Teacher experience average: 13.2
Teacher/student ratio: 15.4
Total staff: 128.5
Professional staff: 119.5
Support staff: 7.1
Administration staff: 4.8
Educational Aides: 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 : 478
10th grade enrollment : 399
11th grade enrollment : 402
12th grade enrollment : 383
Statistics about POTEET HIGH SCHOOL in MESQUITE, TX
Students taking SAT/ACT: 71.5%
SAT average for all students taking the test: 1037
SAT average for white students: 1062
SAT average for black students: 920
SAT average for Hispanic students: 1047
SAT average for Asian students: 1035
SAT average for female students: 1008
SAT average for male students: 1073
ACT average for all students taking the test: 20.4
ACT average for white students: 19.4
ACT average for black students: 18.4
ACT average for Hispanic students: 21.1
ACT average for Asian students: 20.2
ACT average for female students: 20.5
ACT average for male students: 20.3
Average teacher salary: $44056
Average profession support salary: $50626
Average administration staff salary: $62493
Average beginning teacher salary: $35829
Average salary for teachers with 1 to 5 years of experience: $37050
Average salary for teachers with 6 to 10 years of experience: $40622
Average salary for teachers with 11 to 20 years of experience: $45020
Average salary for teachers with over 20 years of experience: $53013
Dollars spent per student: $5471
Operating expenditure for instruction: $5600055
Operating expenditure for instruction leadership: $196070
Operating expenditure for administration: $633924
Operating expenditure for other campus costs: $2663038
Total operating expenditure: $9093087
Limited English Proficient students count: 15
Economically disadvantaged students count: 167
Special education students count: 261
Gifted students count: 232
Bilingual students count: 10
Students taking advanced courses: 20.9%
Rate of grade 11 students meeting all TAKS test standards: 0%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (2 SEM below panel recommendation): 78.2%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (1 SEM below panel recommendation): 65%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (panel recommendation): 54.2%
Rate of students in all grades receiving commended perfomances on TAKS test: 1.6%
Rate of students in all grades meeting English Language Arts panel recommendation TAKS standards: 84.1%
Rate of students in all grades meeting reading panel recommendation TAKS standards: 80%
Rate of students in all grades meeting math panel recommendation TAKS standards: 66.6%
Rate of students in all grades meeting science panel recommendation TAKS standards: 59.1%
Rate of students in all grades meeting social studies panel recommendation TAKS standards: 87.7%