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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
Pearce High School
97
93
94
99
91
Grade 9
96
90
89
Richardson ISD
92
76
74
All Texas public schools
87
61
60
Grade 10
97
95
93
98
89
Richardson ISD
92
80
77
91
71
All Texas public schools
85
65
59
87
51
Grade 11
99
96
96
99
93
Richardson ISD
93
87
87
96
80
All Texas public schools
91
81
78
94
70
percentage of students commended performance
Pearce High School
47
50
39
71
27
*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
•
Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 65 students representing 5 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 78 percent to 90 percent.
•
Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 245 students representing 18 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 84 percent to 90 percent.
•
Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 222 students representing 17 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 82 percent to 90 percent.
•
Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 136 students representing 16 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 82 percent to 90 percent.
•
Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 123 students representing 14 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 80 percent to 90 percent.
2006 Scholastic Achievement Test (SAT) Mean Scores
Verbal
Mathematics
Composite
Pearce High School
na
na
1107
Texas
491
506
997
National
503
518
1021
2005 - 2006 Mobility Percentage:12.8
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
Pearce High School
1,956
Ninth grade
539
Tenth grade
471
Eleventh grade
492
Twelfth grade
454
English/language arts
27.8
Foreign languages
25.4
Mathematics
28.3
Science
29.4
Social studies
30.3
Gifted and talented program
296
Special education program
190
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Sources: Richardson Independent School District; Texas Education Agency.