2011 Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) Results
Reading/
English
Language Arts2
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
All
percentage of students passing
W.T. White High School
90
74
79
96
68
Grade 9
86
63
61
Dallas ISD
83
60
57
All Texas public schools
89
72
69
Grade 10
91
69
72
95
60
Dallas ISD
87
65
66
91
53
All Texas public schools
91
75
76
93
65
Grade 11
94
92
92
97
87
Dallas ISD
91
86
86
97
79
All Texas public schools
94
90
90
98
84
percentage of students commended performance
W.T. White High School
18
22
16
47
8
2Reading 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
•
Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 1,163 students representing 76 percent of all students taking TAKS English language arts test from 89 percent to 90 percent.
•
Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 1,040 students representing 68 percent of all students taking TAKS English language arts test from 88 percent to 90 percent.
•
Increase passing percentage of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 74 percent to 90 percent.
•
Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 168 students representing 11 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 69 percent to 90 percent.
•
Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 1,148 students representing 78 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 63 percent to 90 percent.
•
Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 155 students representing 10 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 85 percent to 90 percent.
•
Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 1,023 students representing 68 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 73 percent to 90 percent.
•
Increase passing percentage of all students taking TAKS science test from 79 percent to 90 percent.
•
Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 106 students representing 11 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 79 percent to 90 percent.
•
Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 729 students representing 76 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 77 percent to 90 percent.
•
Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 89 students representing 10 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 89 percent to 90 percent.
•
Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 648 students representing 68 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 78 percent to 90 percent.
2010 Scholastic Achievement Test (SAT) Mean Scores
Verbal
Mathematics
Composite
W.T. White High School
na
na
876
Texas
480
505
985
National
501
516
1017
2009-2010 Mobility Percentage:19.9
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.
2010-2011 Enrollment and Class Sizes
Students
Average
class size
W.T. White High School
2,264
Ninth grade
695
Tenth grade
597
Eleventh grade
503
Twelfth grade
469
English/language arts
18.0
Foreign languages
21.9
Mathematics
21.3
Science
21.7
Social studies
22.6
Gifted and talented program
322
Special education program
164
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Sources: Dallas Independent School District and Texas Education Agency
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