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Ignite Public School And Comm Serv Center At Weslaco

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615 South International

Weslaco TX, 78596, Hidalgo County

Phone: 956-969-2600

Type: Other/Alternative School, Other School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 12

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	10		9		9		8		6		7		8
Total Students:	196		201		173		133		118		176		212
Prekindergarten:	38	19.4%	35	17.4%	40	23.1%	44	33.1%	47	39.8%	84	47.7%	79	37.3%
Kindergarten:	16	8.2%	22	10.9%	8	4.6%	13	9.8%	17	14.4%	13	7.4%	19	9.0%
Grade 1:	17	8.7%	8	4.0%	9	5.2%	8	6.0%	4	3.4%	12	6.8%	12	5.7%
Grade 2:	6	3.1%	9	4.5%	5	2.9%	5	3.8%	6	5.1%	4	2.3%	9	4.2%
Grade 3:	3	1.5%	10	5.0%	8	4.6%	5	3.8%	5	4.2%	5	2.8%	2	0.9%
Grade 4:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Grade 5:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Grade 6:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Grade 7:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Grade 8:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Grade 9:	21	10.7%	32	15.9%	19	11.0%	16	12.0%	2	1.7%	12	6.8%	14	6.6%
Grade 10:	29	14.8%	33	16.4%	22	12.7%	13	9.8%	8	6.8%	14	8.0%	25	11.8%
Grade 11:	38	19.4%	24	11.9%	33	19.1%	14	10.5%	10	8.5%	13	7.4%	26	12.3%
Grade 12:	28	14.3%	28	13.9%	29	16.8%	15	11.3%	19	16.1%	19	10.8%	26	12.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	98	50.0%	98	48.8%	78	45.1%	62	46.6%	40	33.9%	67	38.1%	81	38.2%
Female:	98	50.0%	103	51.2%	95	54.9%	71	53.4%	70	59.3%	101	57.4%	127	59.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	1	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	196	100.0%	199	99.0%	171	98.8%	133	100.0%	116	98.3%	174	98.9%	208	98.1%
Black:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.8%	2	1.1%	1	0.5%
White:	0	0.0%	1	0.5%	2	1.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.8%	0	0.0%	3	1.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	158	80.6%	156	77.6%	151	87.3%	111	83.5%	97	82.2%	146	83.0%	180	84.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	11	5.6%	22	10.9%	10	5.8%	17	12.8%	18	15.3%	27	15.3%	12	5.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.16		22.33		18.31		16.63		19.67		27.10		26.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	38%	61%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	43%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	63%	68%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	50%	41%	79%
STAAR EOC
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	40%	16%	83%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	17%	15%	78%
2012	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	11%	12%	65%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	30%	31%	87%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	37%	34%	85%
2013	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	42%	16%	84%
2012	English I Reading	End of course	% met std	25%	13%	68%
2013	English I Reading	End of course	% met std	27%	16%	65%
2012	English I Writing	End of course	% met std	25%	13%	55%
2013	English I Writing	End of course	% met std	8%	3%	48%
2013	English II Reading	End of course	% met std	13%	12%	78%
2013	English II Writing	End of course	% met std	8%	3%	52%
2013	Geometry	End of course	% met std	44%	21%	86%
2013	Physics	End of course	% met std	60%	26%	81%
2012	U.S. History	End of course	% met std	20%	20%	63%
2012	World Geography	End of course	% met std	10%	13%	81%
2013	World Geography	End of course	% met std	33%	15%	75%
2013	World History	End of course	% met std	4%	4%	70%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	6%	6%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	0%	6%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	59%	14%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	13%	15%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	13%	23%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	13%	12%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	31%	30%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	78%	35%	N/A
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	50%	39%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	75%	32%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	64%	53%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	77%	60%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	50%	59%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	100%	52%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	82%	69%	N/A
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	100%	75%	N/A
2004	Science	10th Grade	% met std	21%	19%	N/A
2005	Science	10th Grade	% met std	8%	5%	N/A
2006	Science	10th Grade	% met std	35%	11%	N/A
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	13%	11%	N/A
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	7%	20%	N/A
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	13%	10%	N/A
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	15%	24%	N/A
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	22%	25%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	62%	59%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	50%	43%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	81%	47%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	40%	42%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	36%	55%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	86%	49%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	62%	60%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	78%	57%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	17%	28%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	25%	34%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	20%	31%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	0%	25%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	57%	48%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	59%	49%	N/A
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	92%	56%	N/A
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	42%	39%	N/A
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75%	52%	N/A
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60%	56%	N/A
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	50%	58%	N/A
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67%	81%	N/A
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	86%	76%	N/A
2005	Science	11th Grade	% met std	33%	22%	N/A
2006	Science	11th Grade	% met std	44%	24%	N/A
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	20%	18%	N/A
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	20%	37%	N/A
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	0%	29%	N/A
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	43%	48%	N/A
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	55%	48%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	100%	73%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	89%	63%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	70%	72%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	50%	56%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	40%	54%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	86%	85%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	86%	84%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	40%	42%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	55%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	77%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	77%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	75%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	60%	73%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	4%	7%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	25%	12%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	29%	12%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	5%	14%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	0%	7%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	0%	15%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	50%	19%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	43%	22%	N/A
2004	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	52%	60%	N/A
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	38%	54%	N/A
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	63%	64%	N/A
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	77%	65%	N/A
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	67%	60%	N/A
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	89%	53%	N/A
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	86%	67%	N/A
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	77%	62%	N/A

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Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	100.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	0.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	11.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	42.9%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	57.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$31,281.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$27,870.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$33,839.0