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2007 Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) Results
Reading/
English
Language Arts*
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
All
percentage of students passing
W.T. White High School
87
71
67
92
60
Grade 9
87
60
58
Dallas ISD
76
42
41
All Texas public schools
87
61
60
Grade 10
85
73
57
91
52
Dallas ISD
77
52
43
81
36
All Texas public schools
85
65
59
87
51
Grade 11
89
84
79
94
72
Dallas ISD
86
73
69
93
58
All Texas public schools
91
81
78
94
70
percentage of students commended performance
W.T. White High School
19
19
9
34
6
*Reading tested in grade 9 and English language arts tested in grades 10 and 11. School score is combined indicator.
performance improvements needed to achieve Exemplary rating
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Increase passing percentage of all students taking TAKS reading/English language arts test from 87 percent to 90 percent.
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Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 230 students representing 16 percent of all students taking TAKS reading/English language arts test from 87 percent to 90 percent.
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Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 947 students representing 66 percent of all students taking TAKS reading/English language arts test from 84 percent to 90 percent.
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Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 845 students representing 59 percent of all students taking TAKS reading/English language arts test from 83 percent to 90 percent.
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Increase passing percentage of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 71 percent to 90 percent.
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Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 227 students representing 16 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 63 percent to 90 percent.
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Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 956 students representing 66 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 69 percent to 90 percent.
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Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 231 students representing 16 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 85 percent to 90 percent.
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Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 851 students representing 59 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 67 percent to 90 percent.
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Increase passing percentage of all students taking TAKS science test from 67 percent to 90 percent.
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Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 151 students representing 17 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 60 percent to 90 percent.
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Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 564 students representing 64 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 63 percent to 90 percent.
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Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 504 students representing 58 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 60 percent to 90 percent.
2006 Scholastic Achievement Test (SAT) Mean Scores
Verbal
Mathematics
Composite
W.T. White High School
na
na
917
Texas
491
506
997
National
503
518
1021
2005 - 2006 Mobility Percentage:28.5
Mobility percentage is calculated by dividing the number of students enrolled at the school for less than 83 percent of the school year by the total number of students enrolled at the school any time during the school year.
2006 - 2007 Enrollment and Class Sizes
Students
Average
class size
W.T. White High School
2,259
Ninth grade
790
Tenth grade
554
Eleventh grade
483
Twelfth grade
432
English/language arts
26.0
Foreign languages
26.7
Mathematics
25.2
Science
27.1
Social studies
27.8
Gifted and talented program
364
Special education program
204
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Sources: Dallas Independent School District; Texas Education Agency.
