2011 Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) Results
Reading/
English
Language Arts2
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
All
percentage of students passing
Northwest High School
96
86
91
99
83
Grade 9
95
83
82
Northwest ISD
96
86
85
All Texas public schools
92
72
71
Grade 10
96
83
86
99
76
Northwest ISD
96
86
89
98
80
All Texas public schools
91
75
76
93
65
Grade 11
98
94
97
99
83
All Texas public schools
98
94
97
99
92
All Texas public schools
94
90
90
98
84
percentage of students commended performance
Northwest High School
28
26
30
62
14
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 all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 86 percent to 90 percent.
•
Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 112 students representing 7 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 71 percent to 90 percent.
•
Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 284 students representing 18 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 81 percent to 90 percent.
•
Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 1,122 students representing 71 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 89 percent to 90 percent.
•
Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 345 students representing 22 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 78 percent to 90 percent.
•
Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 78 students representing 8 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 79 percent to 90 percent.
•
Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 159 students representing 16 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 87 percent to 90 percent.
•
Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 194 students representing 20 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 82 percent to 90 percent.
2010 Scholastic Achievement Test (SAT) Mean Scores
Verbal
Mathematics
Composite
Northwest High School
na
na
1009
Texas
480
505
985
National
501
516
1017
2009-2010 Mobility Percentage:13.1
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
Northwest High School
2,480
Ninth grade
642
Tenth grade
613
Eleventh grade
515
Twelfth grade
710
English/language arts
21.6
Foreign languages
20.9
Mathematics
22.1
Science
21.2
Social studies
22.4
Gifted and talented program
189
Special education program
263
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Sources: Northwest Independent School District and Texas Education Agency
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