City: BROWNSVILLE, TX
School type: MIDDLE SCHOOL
Address: 4905 PAREDES LINE RD
Grades: 6-8
District: BROWNSVILLE ISD
District number: 031901
Instruction type: REGULAR INSTRUCTIONAL
Phone: (956) 548-7770
Fax: (956) 548-7780
Web site: www.bisd.us/vela
School Enrollment: 1103
White students: 5.1%
Black students: 0.3%
Hispanic students: 93.4%
Asian students: 1.2%
Native American students: 0.1%
White students: 56
Black students: 3
Native American students: 1
Hispanic students: 1030
Attendance rate: 96.4%
Average class size 6th grade: 20.9
Total number of teachers: 77.5
Beginning teachers: 1
Teachers with 1-5 years of experience: 19.4
Teachers with 6-10 years of experience: 21.6
Teachers with 11-20 years of experience: 23.9
Teachers with over 20 years of experience: 11.6
Male teachers count: 32.7
Female teachers count: 44.8
Teacher tenure average: 9.1
Teacher experience average: 11.1
Teacher/student ratio: 14.2
Total staff: 97.4
Professional staff: 90.4
Support staff: 9
Administration staff: 4
Educational Aides: 7
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 : 342
7th grade enrollment : 373
8th grade enrollment : 388
9th grade enrollment : 0
10th grade enrollment : 0
11th grade enrollment : 0
12th grade enrollment : 0
Statistics about VELA MIDDLE in BROWNSVILLE, TX
Average teacher salary: $38567
Average profession support salary: $45978
Average administration staff salary: $59487
Average beginning teacher salary: $30614
Average salary for teachers with 1 to 5 years of experience: $34807
Average salary for teachers with 6 to 10 years of experience: $35222
Average salary for teachers with 11 to 20 years of experience: $40337
Average salary for teachers with over 20 years of experience: $48115
Dollars spent per student: $5280
Operating expenditure for instruction: $4088150
Operating expenditure for instruction leadership: $62444
Operating expenditure for administration: $386755
Operating expenditure for other campus costs: $1286157
Total operating expenditure: $5823506
Limited English Proficient students count: 205
Economically disadvantaged students count: 903
Special education students count: 111
Gifted students count: 81
Bilingual students count: 179
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (2 SEM below panel recommendation): 65.4%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (1 SEM below panel recommendation): 53.8%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (panel recommendation): 45.9%
Rate of students in all grades receiving commended perfomances on TAKS test: 4%
Rate of students in all grades meeting reading panel recommendation TAKS standards: 72.5%
Rate of students in all grades meeting math panel recommendation TAKS standards: 48.8%
Rate of students in all grades meeting social studies panel recommendation TAKS standards: 70.8%
Rate of students in all grades meeting writing panel recommendation TAKS standards: 77.2%