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2009 Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) Results
English
Language Arts
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
All
percentage of students passing
Plano West Senior High School - Grade 11
97
94
96
>99
91
Plano ISD
97
92
95
99
89
All Texas public schools
93
82
86
97
76
percentage of students commended performance
Plano West Senior High School - Grade 11
56
61
44
84
32
performance improvements needed to achieve Exemplary rating
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Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 55 students representing 6 percent of all students taking TAKS English language arts test from 87 percent to 90 percent.
•
Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 62 students representing 7 percent of all students taking TAKS English language arts test from 87 percent to 90 percent.
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Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 80 students representing 9 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 79 percent to 90 percent.
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Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 54 students representing 6 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 78 percent to 90 percent.
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Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 59 students representing 7 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 73 percent to 90 percent.
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Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 81 students representing 9 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 89 percent to 90 percent.
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Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 54 students representing 6 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 85 percent to 90 percent.
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Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 58 students representing 7 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 81 percent to 90 percent.
2008 Scholastic Achievement Test (SAT) Mean Scores
Verbal
Mathematics
Composite
Plano West Senior High School
na
na
1180
Texas
488
505
993
National
502
515
1017
2007 - 2008 Mobility Percentage:8.3
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.
2008 - 2009 Enrollment and Class Sizes
Students
Average
class size
Plano West Senior High School
1,915
Eleventh grade
968
Twelfth grade
947
English/language arts
21.6
Foreign languages
17.1
Mathematics
24.0
Science
25.7
Social studies
23.9
Gifted and talented program
184
Special education program
172
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Sources: Plano Independent School District and Texas Education Agency
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