City: BROWNSVILLE, TX
School type: HIGH SCHOOL
Address: 6955 FM 802
Grades: 9-12
District: BROWNSVILLE ISD
District number: 031901
Instruction type: REGULAR INSTRUCTIONAL
Phone: (956) 831-8700
Fax: (956) 831-8705
Web site: www.bisd.us/rivera
School Enrollment: 2188
White students: 1.5%
Black students: 0%
Hispanic students: 98.3%
Asian students: 0.2%
Native American students: 0%
White students: 33
Black students: 0
Native American students: 0
Hispanic students: 2151
Attendance rate: 94.6%
Dropout rate: 7%
Dropout rate for white students: 16.7%
Dropout rate for Hispanic students: 6.7%
Dropout rate for male students: 8.3%
Dropout rate for female students: 5.8%
High School graduation rate: 70.9%
HS graduation rate for male students: 61.3%
HS graduation rate for female students: 79.4%
HS graduation rate for white students: 75%
HS graduation rate for Hispanic students: 70.7%
GED rate: 0.6%
Continuing education rate: 21.6%
Total number of teachers: 153.4
Beginning teachers: 10.7
Teachers with 1-5 years of experience: 31.3
Teachers with 6-10 years of experience: 31.6
Teachers with 11-20 years of experience: 51.4
Teachers with over 20 years of experience: 28.4
Male teachers count: 81.9
Female teachers count: 71.6
Teacher tenure average: 10.2
Teacher experience average: 12.4
Teacher/student ratio: 14.3
Total staff: 197.3
Professional staff: 178.9
Support staff: 17.9
Administration staff: 7.6
Educational Aides: 18.4
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 : 851
10th grade enrollment : 540
11th grade enrollment : 429
12th grade enrollment : 368
Statistics about RIVERA H S in BROWNSVILLE, TX
Students taking SAT/ACT: 48.5%
SAT average for all students taking the test: 840
SAT average for Hispanic students: 844
SAT average for female students: 808
SAT average for male students: 873
ACT average for all students taking the test: 17.3
ACT average for white students: 17.4
ACT average for female students: 17.3
ACT average for male students: 17.4
Average teacher salary: $39300
Average profession support salary: $43717
Average administration staff salary: $63134
Average beginning teacher salary: $30957
Average salary for teachers with 1 to 5 years of experience: $32999
Average salary for teachers with 6 to 10 years of experience: $36903
Average salary for teachers with 11 to 20 years of experience: $40875
Average salary for teachers with over 20 years of experience: $49209
Dollars spent per student: $5458
Operating expenditure for instruction: $7863183
Operating expenditure for instruction leadership: $177440
Operating expenditure for administration: $819528
Operating expenditure for other campus costs: $3080982
Total operating expenditure: $11941133
Limited English Proficient students count: 505
Economically disadvantaged students count: 1891
Special education students count: 276
Gifted students count: 131
Bilingual students count: 431
Students taking advanced courses: 14.3%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (2 SEM below panel recommendation): 41.6%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (1 SEM below panel recommendation): 30.8%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (panel recommendation): 20.1%
Rate of students in all grades receiving commended perfomances on TAKS test: 0.2%
Rate of students in all grades meeting English Language Arts panel recommendation TAKS standards: 44.1%
Rate of students in all grades meeting reading panel recommendation TAKS standards: 48.1%
Rate of students in all grades meeting math panel recommendation TAKS standards: 30.6%
Rate of students in all grades meeting science panel recommendation TAKS standards: 16.7%
Rate of students in all grades meeting social studies panel recommendation TAKS standards: 53.6%