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2009 Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) Results
Reading/
English
Language Arts*
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
All
percentage of students passing
Northwest High School
97
84
86
97
80
Grade 9
98
85
85
All Texas public schools
91
71
70
Grade 10
96
81
82
96
72
All Texas public schools
90
69
67
91
57
Grade 11
98
86
91
98
82
All Texas public schools
93
82
86
97
76
percentage of students commended performance
Northwest High School
32
29
24
62
13
* 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 all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 84 percent to 90 percent.
•
Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 144 students representing 7 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 70 percent to 90 percent.
•
Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 369 students representing 17 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 1,581 students representing 72 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 87 percent to 90 percent.
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Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 380 students representing 17 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 71 percent to 90 percent.
•
Increase passing percentage of all students taking TAKS science test from 86 percent to 90 percent.
•
Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 88 students representing 6 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 72 percent to 90 percent.
•
Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 239 students representing 17 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 77 percent to 90 percent.
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Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 242 students representing 17 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 71 percent to 90 percent.
2008 Scholastic Achievement Test (SAT) Mean Scores
Verbal
Mathematics
Composite
Northwest High School
na
na
1014
Texas
488
505
993
National
502
515
1017
2007 - 2008 Mobility Percentage:15.6
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
Northwest High School
3,188
Ninth grade
979
Tenth grade
882
Eleventh grade
723
Twelfth grade
604
English/language arts
25.6
Foreign languages
26.6
Mathematics
20.3
Science
23.5
Social studies
26.1
Gifted and talented program
179
Special education program
303
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Sources: Northwest Independent School District and Texas Education Agency
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