City: MESQUITE, TX
School type: HIGH SCHOOL
Address: 2500 MEMORIAL BLVD
Grades: 9-12
District: MESQUITE ISD
District number: 057914
Instruction type: REGULAR INSTRUCTIONAL
Phone: (972) 882-7600
Fax: (972) 882-7611
School Enrollment: 1555
White students: 40.7%
Black students: 27.5%
Hispanic students: 29.2%
Asian students: 1.7%
Native American students: 0.9%
White students: 632
Black students: 427
Native American students: 14
Hispanic students: 453
Attendance rate: 95.7%
Dropout rate: 1.9%
Dropout rate for white students: 2.4%
Dropout rate for black students: 1.6%
Dropout rate for Hispanic students: 1.3%
Dropout rate for Native American students: 0%
Dropout rate for Asian students: 0%
Dropout rate for male students: 2.2%
Dropout rate for female students: 1.6%
High School graduation rate: 88.2%
HS graduation rate for male students: 83.8%
HS graduation rate for female students: 91.4%
HS graduation rate for white students: 88.6%
HS graduation rate for black students: 90.6%
HS graduation rate for Hispanic students: 84.6%
HS graduation rate for Asian students: 100%
HS graduation rate for Native American students: 83.3%
GED rate: 5%
Continuing education rate: 5%
Total number of teachers: 97.4
Beginning teachers: 6.9
Teachers with 1-5 years of experience: 47.9
Teachers with 6-10 years of experience: 10.9
Teachers with 11-20 years of experience: 16.9
Teachers with over 20 years of experience: 14.7
Male teachers count: 36
Female teachers count: 61.3
Teacher tenure average: 5.6
Teacher experience average: 9.5
Teacher/student ratio: 16
Total staff: 120.1
Professional staff: 111.1
Support staff: 8.7
Administration staff: 5
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 : 534
10th grade enrollment : 398
11th grade enrollment : 333
12th grade enrollment : 288
Statistics about WEST MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL in MESQUITE, TX
Students taking SAT/ACT: 40.3%
SAT average for all students taking the test: 1047
SAT average for white students: 1087
SAT average for black students: 928
SAT average for Asian students: 1090
SAT average for female students: 1016
SAT average for male students: 1105
ACT average for all students taking the test: 19
ACT average for white students: 17.3
ACT average for black students: 16.6
ACT average for Hispanic students: 20.8
ACT average for Asian students: 23.2
ACT average for female students: 18.8
ACT average for male students: 19.6
Average teacher salary: $41905
Average profession support salary: $47109
Average administration staff salary: $63167
Average beginning teacher salary: $36036
Average salary for teachers with 1 to 5 years of experience: $37985
Average salary for teachers with 6 to 10 years of experience: $38960
Average salary for teachers with 11 to 20 years of experience: $46495
Average salary for teachers with over 20 years of experience: $54322
Dollars spent per student: $5573
Operating expenditure for instruction: $5098915
Operating expenditure for instruction leadership: $200522
Operating expenditure for administration: $601485
Operating expenditure for other campus costs: $2754715
Total operating expenditure: $8655637
Limited English Proficient students count: 78
Economically disadvantaged students count: 588
Special education students count: 239
Gifted students count: 66
Bilingual students count: 61
Students taking advanced courses: 10.2%
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): 45.6%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (1 SEM below panel recommendation): 32.6%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (panel recommendation): 22.2%
Rate of students in all grades receiving commended perfomances on TAKS test: 0.1%
Rate of students in all grades meeting English Language Arts panel recommendation TAKS standards: 51.7%
Rate of students in all grades meeting reading panel recommendation TAKS standards: 62.9%
Rate of students in all grades meeting math panel recommendation TAKS standards: 34.5%
Rate of students in all grades meeting science panel recommendation TAKS standards: 31.2%
Rate of students in all grades meeting social studies panel recommendation TAKS standards: 73.6%