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Alvarado Independent School District

This district's rating is based on its schools' test results; 10 is best. Learn more >

110 N Bill Jackson Dr
Alvarado, TX 76009
Johnson County
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PH: (817) 783-6800
FAX: (817) 783-3844

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Grades PK-12
3310 students
7 schools

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TAKS Results

Scale: % meeting or exceeding standards

Grade 3

Reading

97% (2009)

94% (2008)

94% (2007)

93% (2006)
The state average for Reading was 89% in 2009.

Math

80% (2009)

69% (2008)

75% (2007)

76% (2006)
The state average for Math was 84% in 2009.

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 4

Reading

85% (2009)

81% (2008)

88% (2007)

91% (2006)
The state average for Reading was 84% in 2009.

Writing

95% (2009)

89% (2008)

94% (2007)

95% (2006)
The state average for Writing was 91% in 2009.

Math

80% (2009)

78% (2008)

88% (2007)

90% (2006)
The state average for Math was 86% in 2009.

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 5

Reading

79% (2009)

87% (2008)

88% (2007)

83% (2006)
The state average for Reading was 83% in 2009.

Science

70% (2009)

69% (2008)

80% (2007)

62% (2006)
The state average for Science was 84% in 2009.

Math

74% (2009)

80% (2008)

87% (2007)

77% (2006)
The state average for Math was 84% in 2009.

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 6

Reading

92% (2009)

91% (2008)

90% (2007)

90% (2006)
The state average for Reading was 91% in 2009.

Math

66% (2009)

77% (2008)

72% (2007)

73% (2006)
The state average for Math was 80% in 2009.

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 7

Reading

84% (2009)

79% (2008)

79% (2007)

78% (2006)
The state average for Reading was 84% in 2009.

Writing

91% (2009)

87% (2008)

96% (2007)

90% (2006)
The state average for Writing was 93% in 2009.

Math

66% (2009)

59% (2008)

62% (2007)

60% (2006)
The state average for Math was 79% in 2009.

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 8

Reading

93% (2009)

94% (2008)

81% (2007)

81% (2006)
The state average for Reading was 87% in 2009.

Social Studies

91% (2009)

93% (2008)

82% (2007)
The state average for Social Studies was 92% in 2009.

Science

64% (2009)

56% (2008)

66% (2007)

69% (2006)
The state average for Science was 72% in 2009.

Math

88% (2009)

74% (2008)

61% (2007)

62% (2006)
The state average for Math was 67% in 2009.

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 9

Reading

92% (2009)

81% (2008)

88% (2007)

87% (2006)
The state average for Reading was 93% in 2009.

Math

52% (2009)

48% (2008)

50% (2007)

47% (2006)
The state average for Math was 79% in 2009.

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 10

Social Studies

86% (2009)

88% (2008)

87% (2007)
The state average for Social Studies was 90% in 2009.

Science

61% (2009)

58% (2008)

62% (2007)

58% (2006)
The state average for Science was 66% in 2009.

English Language Arts

86% (2009)

81% (2008)

84% (2007)

84% (2006)
The state average for English Language Arts was 88% in 2009.

Math

48% (2009)

50% (2008)

56% (2007)

48% (2006)
The state average for Math was 65% in 2009.

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 11

Social Studies

97% (2009)

94% (2008)

92% (2007)
The state average for Social Studies was 97% in 2009.

Science

86% (2009)

82% (2008)

81% (2007)

75% (2006)
The state average for Science was 85% in 2009.

English Language Arts

92% (2009)

93% (2008)

95% (2007)

88% (2006)
The state average for English Language Arts was 92% in 2009.

Math

78% (2009)

77% (2008)

74% (2007)

80% (2006)
The state average for Math was 81% in 2009.

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

About the tests

In 2008-2009, the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) was used to test students in reading in grades 3 through 9; in writing in grades 4 and 7; in English language arts in grades 10 and 11; in mathematics in grades 3 through 11; in science in grades 5, 8, 10 and 11; and in social studies in grades 8, 10 and 11.
TAKS is a standards-based test, which means it measures how well students are mastering specific skills defined for each grade by the state of Texas.
The grade 11 Exit Level TAKS is a high school graduation requirement.
The goal is for all students to score at or above the state standard.

Testing in Texas: An Overview

See Texas' state standards

Compare all elementary, middle and high schools in this district

TAKS Results By Subgroup

The test results by subgroup show how the designated group of students is performing in comparison to the general population

Scale: % meeting or exceeding standards

Grade 3

Reading	This District
All Students	97%
Female	96%
Male	97%
African American	n/a
Asian	n/a
Hispanic	100%
Native American	n/a
White	96%
Economically disadvantaged	97%
Not economically disadvantaged	97%
Special education	75%
Not special education	98%
Limited English proficient	100%
Not limited English proficient	97%
Non-migrant	97%
Gifted/talented	100%

Math	This District
All Students	80%
Female	77%
Male	82%
African American	n/a
Asian	n/a
Hispanic	72%
Native American	n/a
White	82%
Economically disadvantaged	75%
Not economically disadvantaged	87%
Special education	64%
Not special education	81%
Limited English proficient	67%
Not limited English proficient	82%
Non-migrant	80%
Gifted/talented	100%

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 4

Reading	This District
All Students	85%
Female	80%
Male	89%
African American	82%
Asian	n/a
Hispanic	80%
Native American	n/a
White	86%
Economically disadvantaged	84%
Not economically disadvantaged	86%
Special education	58%
Not special education	87%
Limited English proficient	80%
Not limited English proficient	85%
Non-migrant	85%
Gifted/talented	100%

Writing	This District
All Students	95%
Female	98%
Male	92%
African American	100%
Asian	n/a
Hispanic	92%
Native American	n/a
White	95%
Economically disadvantaged	96%
Not economically disadvantaged	93%
Special education	64%
Not special education	97%
Limited English proficient	89%
Not limited English proficient	95%
Non-migrant	95%
Gifted/talented	100%

Math	This District
All Students	80%
Female	81%
Male	79%
African American	50%
Asian	n/a
Hispanic	80%
Native American	n/a
White	83%
Economically disadvantaged	78%
Not economically disadvantaged	83%
Special education	53%
Not special education	82%
Limited English proficient	75%
Not limited English proficient	80%
Non-migrant	80%
Gifted/talented	100%

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 5

Reading	This District
All Students	79%
Female	84%
Male	75%
African American	80%
Asian	n/a
Hispanic	63%
Native American	n/a
White	85%
Economically disadvantaged	69%
Not economically disadvantaged	94%
Special education	65%
Not special education	81%
Limited English proficient	39%
Not limited English proficient	82%
Non-migrant	79%
Gifted/talented	100%

Science	This District
All Students	70%
Female	69%
Male	71%
African American	75%
Asian	n/a
Hispanic	55%
Native American	n/a
White	75%
Economically disadvantaged	62%
Not economically disadvantaged	81%
Special education	44%
Not special education	72%
Limited English proficient	41%
Not limited English proficient	72%
Non-migrant	70%
Gifted/talented	100%

Math	This District
All Students	74%
Female	78%
Male	71%
African American	60%
Asian	n/a
Hispanic	66%
Native American	n/a
White	78%
Economically disadvantaged	63%
Not economically disadvantaged	90%
Special education	47%
Not special education	76%
Limited English proficient	44%
Not limited English proficient	76%
Non-migrant	74%
Gifted/talented	100%

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 6

Reading	This District
All Students	92%
Female	94%
Male	90%
African American	100%
Asian	n/a
Hispanic	87%
Native American	n/a
White	93%
Economically disadvantaged	92%
Not economically disadvantaged	91%
Special education	79%
Not special education	93%
Limited English proficient	75%
Not limited English proficient	93%
Non-migrant	92%
Gifted/talented	100%

Math	This District
All Students	66%
Female	66%
Male	66%
African American	22%
Asian	n/a
Hispanic	52%
Native American	n/a
White	73%
Economically disadvantaged	59%
Not economically disadvantaged	74%
Special education	36%
Not special education	68%
Limited English proficient	31%
Not limited English proficient	68%
Non-migrant	66%
Gifted/talented	100%

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 7

Reading	This District
All Students	84%
Female	86%
Male	82%
African American	73%
Asian	n/a
Hispanic	81%
Native American	n/a
White	85%
Economically disadvantaged	78%
Not economically disadvantaged	90%
Special education	14%
Not special education	88%
Limited English proficient	29%
Not limited English proficient	85%
Non-migrant	84%
Gifted/talented	100%

Writing	This District
All Students	91%
Female	97%
Male	86%
African American	82%
Asian	n/a
Hispanic	89%
Native American	n/a
White	92%
Economically disadvantaged	89%
Not economically disadvantaged	93%
Special education	36%
Not special education	94%
Limited English proficient	17%
Not limited English proficient	92%
Non-migrant	91%
Gifted/talented	100%

Math	This District
All Students	66%
Female	63%
Male	68%
African American	64%
Asian	n/a
Hispanic	58%
Native American	n/a
White	69%
Economically disadvantaged	60%
Not economically disadvantaged	73%
Special education	13%
Not special education	69%
Limited English proficient	14%
Not limited English proficient	68%
Non-migrant	66%
Gifted/talented	100%

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 8

Reading	This District
All Students	93%
Female	97%
Male	88%
African American	100%
Asian	n/a
Hispanic	85%
Native American	n/a
White	95%
Economically disadvantaged	90%
Not economically disadvantaged	96%
Special education	76%
Not special education	94%
Limited English proficient	30%
Not limited English proficient	95%
Non-migrant	93%
Gifted/talented	100%

Social Studies	This District
All Students	91%
Female	91%
Male	90%
African American	91%
Asian	n/a
Hispanic	86%
Native American	n/a
White	92%
Economically disadvantaged	88%
Not economically disadvantaged	94%
Special education	81%
Not special education	91%
Limited English proficient	50%
Not limited English proficient	92%
Non-migrant	91%
Gifted/talented	100%

Science	This District
All Students	64%
Female	58%
Male	70%
African American	45%
Asian	n/a
Hispanic	59%
Native American	n/a
White	67%
Economically disadvantaged	58%
Not economically disadvantaged	71%
Special education	31%
Not special education	67%
Limited English proficient	0%
Not limited English proficient	67%
Non-migrant	64%
Gifted/talented	100%

Math	This District
All Students	88%
Female	89%
Male	87%
African American	82%
Asian	n/a
Hispanic	84%
Native American	n/a
White	89%
Economically disadvantaged	88%
Not economically disadvantaged	88%
Special education	71%
Not special education	89%
Limited English proficient	25%
Not limited English proficient	90%
Non-migrant	88%
Gifted/talented	100%

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 9

Reading	This District
All Students	92%
Female	93%
Male	92%
African American	90%
Asian	n/a
Hispanic	91%
Native American	n/a
White	93%
Economically disadvantaged	87%
Not economically disadvantaged	98%
Special education	55%
Not special education	96%
Not limited English proficient	94%
Non-migrant	92%
Gifted/talented	100%

Math	This District
All Students	52%
Female	58%
Male	48%
African American	45%
Asian	n/a
Hispanic	44%
Native American	n/a
White	55%
Economically disadvantaged	52%
Not economically disadvantaged	53%
Special education	25%
Not special education	55%
Not limited English proficient	54%
Non-migrant	52%
Gifted/talented	100%

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 10

Social Studies	This District
All Students	86%
Female	82%
Male	89%
African American	71%
Asian	n/a
Hispanic	78%
Native American	n/a
White	89%
Economically disadvantaged	79%
Not economically disadvantaged	91%
Special education	31%
Not special education	89%
Limited English proficient	60%
Not limited English proficient	87%
Non-migrant	86%
Gifted/talented	100%

Science	This District
All Students	61%
Female	56%
Male	66%
African American	43%
Asian	n/a
Hispanic	42%
Native American	n/a
White	67%
Economically disadvantaged	53%
Not economically disadvantaged	66%
Special education	0%
Not special education	64%
Limited English proficient	0%
Not limited English proficient	62%
Non-migrant	61%
Gifted/talented	91%

English Language Arts	This District
All Students	86%
Female	91%
Male	81%
African American	86%
Asian	n/a
Hispanic	81%
Native American	n/a
White	87%
Economically disadvantaged	82%
Not economically disadvantaged	89%
Special education	25%
Not special education	89%
Limited English proficient	50%
Not limited English proficient	87%
Non-migrant	86%
Gifted/talented	100%

Math	This District
All Students	48%
Female	48%
Male	48%
African American	0%
Asian	n/a
Hispanic	34%
Native American	n/a
White	54%
Economically disadvantaged	41%
Not economically disadvantaged	54%
Special education	8%
Not special education	50%
Limited English proficient	20%
Not limited English proficient	49%
Non-migrant	48%
Gifted/talented	91%

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 11

Social Studies	This District
All Students	97%
Female	99%
Male	95%
African American	86%
Asian	n/a
Hispanic	92%
Native American	n/a
White	98%
Economically disadvantaged	96%
Not economically disadvantaged	97%
Special education	40%
Not special education	98%
Not limited English proficient	98%
Non-migrant	97%
Gifted/talented	100%

Science	This District
All Students	86%
Female	87%
Male	86%
African American	71%
Asian	n/a
Hispanic	80%
Native American	n/a
White	89%
Economically disadvantaged	83%
Not economically disadvantaged	89%
Special education	40%
Not special education	88%
Not limited English proficient	88%
Non-migrant	86%
Gifted/talented	100%

English Language Arts	This District
All Students	92%
Female	98%
Male	87%
African American	88%
Asian	n/a
Hispanic	83%
Native American	n/a
White	95%
Economically disadvantaged	90%
Not economically disadvantaged	93%
Special education	20%
Not special education	94%
Limited English proficient	20%
Not limited English proficient	94%
Non-migrant	92%
Gifted/talented	100%

Math	This District
All Students	78%
Female	81%
Male	76%
African American	71%
Asian	n/a
Hispanic	76%
Native American	n/a
White	79%
Economically disadvantaged	73%
Not economically disadvantaged	82%
Special education	20%
Not special education	80%
Limited English proficient	20%
Not limited English proficient	79%
Non-migrant	78%
Gifted/talented	100%

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

About the Tests

In 2008-2009, the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) was used to test students in reading in grades 3 through 9; in writing in grades 4 and 7; in English language arts in grades 10 and 11; in mathematics in grades 3 through 11; in science in grades 5, 8, 10 and 11; and in social studies in grades 8, 10 and 11.
TAKS is a standards-based test, which means it measures how well students are mastering specific skills defined for each grade by the state of Texas.
The different student groups are identified by the Texas Education Agency; if there are a small number of students in a particular group, the state doesn't report data for that group.
The grade 11 Exit Level TAKS is a high school graduation requirement.
The goal is for all students to score at or above the state standard.

Testing in Texas: An Overview

See Texas' state standards

Accountability Rating

In 2008-2009 this district was rated "Academically Acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency. In 2007-2008, this district was rated "Academically Acceptable". In 2006-2007, this district was rated "Academically Acceptable".

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

About the Accountability Ratings

Texas uses Accountability Ratings to indicate the overall performance of each school and district.
The ratings are based on TAKS test results, dropout rates for grades 7 and 8 and school completion rates for grades 9 through 12.
Schools and districts rated under standard accountability procedures are designated as Exemplary, Recognized, Academically Acceptable or Academically Unacceptable.
Schools and districts rated under alternative education accountability (AEA) procedures are designated as either AEA: Academically Acceptable or AEA: Academically Unacceptable.

Testing in Texas: An Overview

Compare all elementary, middle and high schools in this district

Gold Performance Acknowledgments

In 2007-2008 this district was not acknowledged by the Texas Education Agency for any indicators.

Source: TX Education Agency, 2007-2008

About the GPA

Texas uses the Gold Performance Acknowledgments (GPA) to recognize schools and districts for performance on a range of indicators including, among others, test results in specific subject areas, college admission test results and attendance rates.
To be considered for the GPA, schools must have an Accountability Rating of "Academically Acceptable" or higher and must meet the acknowledgment criteria for one or more of the indicators. For example, to receive a GPA for attendance, Academically Acceptable high schools must meet the state's minimum acknowledgment threshold of 95% attendance rate.

Testing in Texas: An Overview

ACT Results

Composite

	This District¹	State Average¹	National Average²
Graduating class of 2006	21	20	21
Graduating class of 2005	19	20	21
Graduating class of 2004	20	20	21

¹Source: TX Education Agency
²Source: ACT

About the Tests

The ACT is a national college admission and placement examination.
ACT scores range from a low of 1 to a high of 36. The composite score is an average of the English, math, reading and science scores.

More about the tests

Teachers

Teacher Experience

Source: TX Education Agency, 2007-2008
	This District	State Average
Beginning teachers	5%	8%
1 to 5 years	38%	30%
6 to 10 years	18%	20%
11 to 20 years	21%	23%
21 or more years	18%	19%

Teacher Experience and Credentials: Issues to Consider >

Average Class Size

Source: TX Education Agency, 2007-2008
	This District	State Average
Kindergarten	18	19
Grade 1	19	19
Grade 2	20	19
Grade 3	17	19
Grade 4	18	20
Grade 5	24	22
Grade 6	22	21
Mixed grade (elementary and middle)	n/a	22
English (middle and high school)	23	20
Foreign language (middle and high school)	25	21
Math (middle and high school)	24	20
Science (middle and high school)	23	21
Social Studies (middle and high school)	25	22

How Important is Class Size? >

Students

Student Ethnicity

Source: TX Education Agency, 2007-2008
Ethnicity	This District	State Average
White	72%	35%
Hispanic	24%	47%
Black	4%	14%
Asian or Pacific Islander	<1%	3%
Native American	<1%	<1%

How Important is Cultural Diversity at Your School? >

Student Subgroups

Source: TX Education Agency, 2007-2008
	This District	State Average
Economically disadvantaged	50%	55%
Special education	10%	10%
Gifted/talented students	5%	8%
Limited English proficient	9%	17%

The Achievement Gap: Is Your School Helping All Students? >

Spending Per Pupil

		This District	State Average
Total per pupil expenditures		$7,332	$7,733

Source: NCES, 2006-2007
Breakdown By Expenditure
Instructional	61%	60%
Support services	7%	10%
School leadership	12%	11%
Other expenditures	20%	19%

School Finance: Issues to Consider >