T E X A S E D U C A T I O N A G E N C Y Section I-1
District Name: MERCEDES ISD Academic Excellence Indicator System
District #: 108907 Final 1990-91 District Performance
District Group: 10
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Indicator:
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African Economic Special
State Group District American Hispanic White Other Disadv. LEP Education
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TAAS Grd. 3 (Int. Std. 65%)
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All Tests % Passing 64.9% 59.3% 70.8% - 70.3% 80.0% - 68.8% 28.6% 42.9%
% Academic Recog. 3.1% 2.0% 5.2% - 4.7% 20.0% - 4.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Reading % Passing 84.8% 81.3% 86.8% - 86.7% 90.0% - 85.7% 57.1% 57.1%
% Academic Recog. 48.3% 44.5% 41.4% - 40.8% 60.0% - 38.4% 14.3% 42.9%
Writing % Passing 71.0% 66.1% 77.7% - 77.6% 80.0% - 76.1% 28.6% 42.9%
% Academic Recog. 4.6% 3.4% 9.1% - 7.9% 30.0% - 7.2% 0.0% 0.0%
Math % Passing 86.9% 83.5% 88.3% - 87.8% 100.0% - 87.5% 57.1% 71.4%
% Academic Recog. 33.8% 25.4% 27.1% - 25.9% 60.0% - 24.6% 28.6% 0.0%
TAAS Grd. 5 (Int. Std. 65%)
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All Tests % Passing 53.2% 43.9% 54.3% * 52.0% 88.9% - 49.2% * 28.6%
% Academic Recog. 3.1% 1.6% 2.7% * 2.1% 11.1% - 0.8% * 0.0%
Reading % Passing 69.7% 63.4% 66.6% * 64.6% 94.4% - 61.9% * *
% Academic Recog. 34.8% 28.0% 33.8% * 31.4% 66.7% - 27.9% * *
Writing % Passing 81.1% 75.9% 79.5% * 78.5% 94.4% - 78.0% * *
% Academic Recog. 7.0% 3.9% 5.4% * 4.7% 16.7% - 2.4% * *
Math % Passing 61.8% 51.2% 66.0% * 64.4% 88.9% - 60.8% * 33.3%
% Academic Recog. 18.1% 11.2% 19.2% * 18.3% 27.8% - 14.7% * 0.0%
TAAS Grd. 7 (Int. Std. 60%)
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All Tests % Passing 48.0% 38.6% 35.4% - 34.6% 55.6% * 31.6% 3.3% 16.7%
% Academic Recog. 2.3% 1.2% 1.4% - 1.2% 0.0% * 1.2% 0.0% 0.0%
Reading % Passing 60.4% 53.1% 42.3% - 41.7% 55.6% * 38.0% 3.3% *
% Academic Recog. 20.7% 14.9% 10.6% - 10.4% 11.1% * 9.4% 0.0% *
Writing % Passing 73.8% 66.4% 72.8% - 71.8% 100.0% * 70.9% 20.0% *
% Academic Recog. 5.7% 3.8% 3.9% - 3.8% 0.0% * 2.8% 0.0% *
Math % Passing 62.9% 54.1% 56.7% - 56.4% 66.7% * 56.3% 30.0% *
% Academic Recog. 15.6% 11.7% 9.8% - 9.0% 33.3% * 8.6% 0.0% *
TAAS Grd. 9 (Int. Std. 60%)
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All Tests % Passing 49.2% 41.0% 35.5% - 35.3% 50.0% - 33.0% - -
% Academic Recog. 2.0% 0.9% 0.5% - 0.5% 0.0% - 0.3% - -
Reading % Passing 77.8% 72.1% 68.4% - 68.1% 83.3% - 65.3% - -
% Academic Recog. 28.0% 22.3% 17.5% - 17.3% 33.3% - 12.6% - -
Writing % Passing 68.0% 62.4% 54.8% - 54.5% 83.3% - 52.3% - -
% Academic Recog. 4.8% 2.3% 2.1% - 2.2% 0.0% - 1.4% - -
Math % Passing 59.1% 51.5% 45.6% - 45.4% 66.7% - 42.0% - -
% Academic Recog. 11.1% 7.8% 7.1% - 7.3% 0.0% - 5.0% - -
T E X A S E D U C A T I O N A G E N C Y Section I-2
District Name: MERCEDES ISD Academic Excellence Indicator System
District #: 108907 Final 1990-91 District Performance
District Group: 10
|------------ Ethnic ------------|
Indicator:
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African Economic Special
State Group District American Hispanic White Other Disadv. LEP Education
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TAAS Exit (Int. Std. 60%)
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All Tests % Passing 65.7% 60.1% 63.0% - 62.0% 100.0% - 57.6% - -
% Academic Recog. 2.1% 1.6% 3.7% - 3.8% 0.0% - 3.0% - -
Reading % Passing 88.3% 83.5% 75.3% - 74.7% 100.0% - 69.7% - -
% Academic Recog. 35.3% 27.9% 27.2% - 26.6% 50.0% - 19.4% - -
Writing % Passing 81.6% 82.0% 86.8% - 86.4% 100.0% - 84.1% - -
% Academic Recog. 4.7% 3.5% 7.4% - 7.6% 0.0% - 6.1% - -
Math % Passing 75.5% 68.5% 72.4% - 71.7% 100.0% - 69.7% - -
% Academic Recog. 18.6% 14.9% 19.3% - 19.0% 33.3% - 12.7% - -
% Student Attendance
____________________ 95.6% 95.7% 97.1% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Drop-out Rate
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Current Year (89/90) 5.1% 4.6% 2.0% * 2.0% 0.0% * n/a n/a n/a
Prior Year (88/89) 6.1% 5.7% 2.9% * 3.0% - * n/a n/a n/a
% Advanced Courses
__________________ 3.4% 2.8% 4.0% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Expected Graduation Rate
________________________ 98.9% 100.0% 100.0% - 100.0% * - n/a n/a n/a
% Graduates to Receive
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Advanced Seal on Transcript
___________________________ 26.7% 25.7% 0.0% - 0.0% * - n/a n/a n/a
College Admissions Tests
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Scholastic Apt. Test (SAT)
Current Year (89/90)
Average SAT Total 872 845 871 - 878 * - n/a n/a n/a
% at or Above 1000 26.6% 22.2% 20.6% - 21.9% * - n/a n/a n/a
% Tested 40.0% 23.1% 11.5% - 11.1% 25.0% - n/a n/a n/a
Prior Year (88/89)
Average SAT Total 876 845 803 - 812 * - n/a n/a n/a
% at or Above 1000 26.4% 19.0% 9.1% - 6.7% * - n/a n/a n/a
% Tested 38.3% 25.2% 11.7% - 10.9% 42.9% - n/a n/a n/a
Enhanced American College
Testing (ACT) Assessment
Current Year (89/90)
Average ACT Composite 19.8 18.8 16.9 - 16.9 18.4 - n/a n/a n/a
% at or Above 25 15.3% 11.1% 2.2% - 2.4% 0.0% - n/a n/a n/a
% Tested 26.6% 30.7% 46.3% - 43.8% 62.5% - n/a n/a n/a
Texas Academic Skills Prgm.
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% Passing on 1st Attempt 69.3% 59.7% 50.0% * 51.6% 40.0% * n/a n/a n/a
District Name: MERCEDES ISD T E X A S E D U C A T I O N A G E N C Y Section II - 1
County Name: HIDALGO Academic Excellence Indicator System Enrollment: 3,000 to 9,999
District: 108907 Final 1990-91 District Profile Wealth: below average
District Group: 10 Economic Disadv.: 40% or over
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STUDENT INFORMATION |------District------| Group State
Count Percent
Total Enrollment: 4,846 n/a 192,430 3,378,318
Enrollment by Grade Groupings:
Early Childhood Education 14 0.3% 0.4% 0.3%
Pre-Kindergarten 180 3.7% 3.3% 2.3%
Kindergarten 342 7.1% 7.2% 7.6%
Grades 1 - 6 2,280 47.0% 48.1% 49.1%
Grades 7 - 8 777 16.0% 15.2% 14.9%
Grades 9 - 12 1,253 25.9% 25.8% 25.8%
Ethnic Distribution:
White 120 2.5% 27.6% 49.5%
Hispanic 4,714 97.3% 62.1% 33.9%
African American 8 0.2% 9.8% 14.4%
Other 4 0.1% 0.4% 2.2%
Mobility 102 6.6% (a) 21.4% (a) 24.3% (a)
Economically Disadvantaged 3,942 81.3% 59.9% 39.1%
Limited English Proficient (LEP) 1,178 24.3% 18.7% 9.4%
Class Size by Subject Area: |-------Number of Classes-------| |-------Average Class Size------|
District Group State District Group State
Elementary (Grades 1-6): 73 2,910 55,159 21.2 20.9 20.4
Secondary: English 76 3,818 67,224 23.1 18.9 20.1
Foreign Language 11 651 12,935 23.0 22.6 20.6
Mathematics 49 2,639 45,021 24.5 20.3 20.7
Science 55 2,846 47,382 23.0 20.8 20.9
Social Studies 65 3,367 53,438 24.6 21.4 21.5
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FINANCIAL INFORMATION District Group State
Taxes:
Total Adopted Tax Rate $0.950 $1.066 $1.065
Standardized Tax Rates (SPTB Basis)
Maintenance and Operations $0.920 $0.847 $0.890
Interest and Sinking $0.030 $0.205 $0.156
Total Rate $0.950 $1.053 $1.045
Standardized Local Tax Base (SPTB)
Value $131,846,600 $17,124,500,409 $630,232,670,791
Value Per Pupil (Enrollment) $27,207 $88,991 $186,552
% Value by Category
Business 30.1% 38.6% 40.2%
Residential 56.3% 41.5% 41.5%
Land 13.0% 13.6% 10.5%
Oil and Gas 0.2% 5.4% 7.2%
Other 0.4% 0.9% 0.6%
(a) The denominator for this calculation uses only students who reported mobility information on the TAAS reports.
District Name: MERCEDES ISD T E X A S E D U C A T I O N A G E N C Y Section II - 2
County Name: HIDALGO Academic Excellence Indicator System Enrollment: 3,000 to 9,999
District: 108907 Final 1990-91 District Profile Wealth: below average
District Group: 10 Economic Disadv.: 40% or over
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FINANCIAL INFORMATION (Continued) District Group State
Revenues:
Total Revenues $20,492,259 $764,007,804 $13,990,551,507
Total Revenues per Pupil $4,229 $3,970 $4,141
% Revenues by Source
Local Tax 6.2% 23.1% 46.4%
Other Local & Intermediate 2.9% 3.7% 5.0%
State 73.2% 60.2% 41.4%
Federal 17.7% 12.9% 7.3%
Expenditures:
Total Expenditures $20,386,034 $768,588,402 $14,189,795,292
Total Expenditures per Pupil $4,207 $3,994 $4,200
% Expenditures by Function
Operating
Instruction 52.8% 52.2% 51.7%
Instructional Administration 4.8% 2.5% 2.1%
Campus Administration 3.0% 4.3% 4.8%
Central Administration 3.7% 5.4% 5.1%
Support 5.2% 5.3% 5.3%
Plant Services 7.4% 8.9% 10.0%
Other 11.8% 11.6% 10.0%
Non-Operating
Debt Service 0.2% 5.2% 7.6%
Capital Outlay 11.0% 4.1% 3.1%
Community Services 0.1% 0.4% 0.2%
% Expenditures by Object
Operating
Payroll 71.9% 73.2% 73.1%
Other Operating 16.9% 17.4% 16.2%
Non-Operating 11.2% 9.3% 10.8%
Operating Expenditures $18,068,510 $693,693,483 $12,627,810,276
Operating Expenditures per Pupil $3,729 $3,605 $3,738
Instructional Operating Expenditures $10,755,480 $401,112,804 $7,333,971,842
Instructional Operating Expenditures
per Pupil $2,219 $2,084 $2,171
Exclusions:
Total Capital Projects Fund
Revenues $0 $801,000 $52,587,083
Expenditures $0 $14,162,549 $1,085,811,069
Tuition Transfers $0 $360,404 $9,185,735
Adult Basic Education $0 $365,444 $4,712,199
District Name: MERCEDES ISD T E X A S E D U C A T I O N A G E N C Y Section II - 3
County Name: HIDALGO Academic Excellence Indicator System Enrollment: 3,000 to 9,999
District: 108907 Final 1990-91 District Profile Wealth: below average
District Group: 10 Economic Disadv.: 40% or over
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STAFF INFORMATION Count Percent
Professional Staff: 342.4 55.6% 56.6% 62.6%
Teachers 274.2 44.5% 47.7% 52.7%
Professional Support 42.2 6.9% 4.8% 5.4%
Campus Administration 15.0 2.4% 2.4% 2.7%
Central Administration 11.0 1.8% 1.7% 1.7%
Educational Aides: 86.6 14.1% 11.8% 8.0%
Auxiliary Staff: 187.2 30.4% 31.6% 29.4%
Total Staff by Ethnicity and Sex: 616.3 n/a 24,103.0 390,203.5
White Male 20.0 3.2% 10.0% 14.8%
White Female 55.0 8.9% 35.5% 52.3%
Hispanic Male 155.9 25.3% 15.2% 6.3%
Hispanic Female 383.4 62.2% 32.6% 14.6%
African American Male 0.0 - 1.9% 3.0%
African American Female 1.0 0.2% 4.9% 8.5%
Other Male 0.0 - - 0.2%
Other Female 1.0 0.2% 0.1% 0.3%
Teachers by Highest Degree Held:
No Degree 6.0 2.2% 5.3% 1.4%
Bachelors 210.2 76.7% 67.3% 67.5%
Masters 58.0 21.2% 27.4% 30.7%
Doctorate 0.0 - 0.1% 0.4%
Teachers by Years of Experience:
Beginning Teachers 13.9 5.1% 7.1% 6.3%
1-5 Years Experience 66.0 24.1% 25.6% 24.4%
6-10 Years Experience 51.8 18.9% 21.5% 20.7%
11-20 Years Experience 116.0 42.3% 32.5% 33.8%
Over 20 Years Experience 26.5 9.7% 13.3% 14.8%
Student/Teacher Ratio n/a 17.7 16.7 16.4
District Name: MERCEDES ISD T E X A S E D U C A T I O N A G E N C Y Section II - 4
County Name: HIDALGO Academic Excellence Indicator System Enrollment: 3,000 to 9,999
District: 108907 Final 1990-91 District Profile Wealth: below average
District Group: 10 Economic Disadv.: 40% or over
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STAFF INFORMATION (Continued) District Group State
Average Experience of Teachers: 11.0 10.8 11.3
Average Experience of Teachers with District: 8.5 7.3 7.6
Average Teacher Salary by Years of Experience:
Beginning Teachers $20,981 $18,536 $20,259
1-5 Years Experience $23,261 $22,099 $22,421
6-10 Years Experience $26,227 $25,353 $25,289
11-20 Years Experience $29,166 $28,459 $29,332
Over 20 Years Experience $32,403 $31,432 $33,422
Average Actual Salaries:
Teachers $27,088 $25,849 $26,840
Professional Support $31,853 $30,921 $32,522
Campus Administration $40,096 $40,420 $42,167
Central Administration $47,463 $45,531 $47,384
Teaching Permits by Type:
Temporary 0 85 1,718
Emergency 4 357 2,685
Other 9 377 4,176
Distribution of Teacher Appraisal Scores:
0.1 - 135.9 24 758 7,282
136.0 - 159.9 204 4,798 70,785
160.0 - 184.0 21 4,383 97,281
Teacher Career Ladder Status:
Teachers at Level II 150 4,214 76,212
Teachers at Level III 16 2,164 46,761
Turnover Rate for Teachers: 9.8% 13.7% 12.9%
* Indicates that the data for this item fell outside a reasonable range.
District Name: MERCEDES ISD T E X A S E D U C A T I O N A G E N C Y Section II - 5
County Name: HIDALGO Academic Excellence Indicator System Enrollment: 3,000 to 9,999
District: 108907 Final 1990-91 District Profile Wealth: below average
District Group: 10 Economic Disadv.: 40% or over
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PROGRAM INFORMATION |------District------| Group State
Count Percent
Student Enrollment by Program:
Special Education 365 7.5% 9.3% 9.6%
Vocational Education 721 14.9% 13.5% 13.0%
Bilingual/ESL Education 1,068 22.0% 16.7% 8.4%
Gifted and Talented Education 237 4.9% 6.0% 6.9%
Teachers by Program (Population Served):
Regular Education 168.0 61.3% 69.1% 72.1%
Special Education 14.4 5.2% 8.5% 9.0%
Compensatory Education 19.2 7.0% 5.9% 5.6%
Vocational Education 12.4 4.5% 4.5% 4.1%
Bilingual/ESL Education 38.3 14.0% 8.8% 5.4%
Gifted and Talented Education 9.0 3.3% 1.4% 2.1%
Other 13.0 4.7% 1.9% 1.8%
Instructional Operating Expenditures by Program:
Regular Education $7,123,179 66.2% 64.3% 70.9%
Special Education $492,236 4.6% 10.4% 10.5%
Compensatory Education $2,269,279 21.1% 15.9% 10.0%
Vocational Education $524,544 4.9% 4.8% 4.2%
Bilingual/ESL Education $144,782 1.3% 3.3% 2.6%
Gifted and Talented Education $201,460 1.9% 1.0% 1.7%
Other $0 - 0.2% 0.2%
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COOPERATIVE INFORMATION District Group State
Staff:
Professional Staff 0.0 6.8 501.2
Educational Aides 0.0 0.0 164.0
Auxiliary Staff 4.7 29.9 499.0
Financial:
Total Revenues by Source $246,051 $3,473,403 $83,686,083
Local $0 $659,035 $10,746,778
State $0 $1,062,255 $34,391,809
Federal $246,051 $1,752,113 $38,547,496
Total Expenditures by Object $711,151 $4,308,135 $100,460,464
Operating $695,301 $4,201,057 $96,648,368
Non-Operating $15,850 $107,078 $3,812,096
Instructional Operating Expenditures $206,434 $1,630,947 $55,663,349
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