1Accountability rating raised one level due to school meeting Texas Projection Measure improvement standard. Click on this TEA accountability ratings link for accountability rating information and general guidelines.
Performance information, as is shown below, for the 2009-2010 school year will be posted on these campus pages when it is published by the TEA in late-November.
2009 Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) Results
Reading
Writing
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
All
percentage of students passing
Hillwood Middle School
97
99
96
88
99
90
Grade 7
95
99
96
93
Keller ISD
95
98
93
89
All Texas public schools
87
94
82
76
Grade 8
99
93
88
99
85
Keller ISD
99
94
89
99
85
All Texas public schools
95
82
73
92
67
percentage of students commended performance
Hillwood Middle School
56
56
38
40
60
23
performance improvements needed to achieve Exemplary rating
•
Increase passing percentage of all students taking TAKS science test from 88 percent to 90 percent.
•
Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 81 students representing 17 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 78 percent to 90 percent.
•
Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 71 students representing 15 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 75 percent to 90 percent.
2007 - 2008 Mobility Percentage:9.1
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.
2008 - 2009 Enrollment and Class Sizes
Students
Average
class size
Hillwood Middle School
1,055
Seventh grade
542
Eighth grade
513
English/language arts
24.2
Foreign languages
25.7
Mathematics
20.1
Science
18.6
Social studies
24.7
Gifted and talented program
140
Special education program
73
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Sources: Keller Independent School District and Texas Education Agency
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