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Facts about education and crime in Houston Texas? |
Travel Info Does any one know of a website where I can find facts about crime rates and education in Houston? I'm writing an essay for a scholarship and I need the real facts. Ever page I find is sugar coating everything. I know everything is not all bad in Houston... But I know its not all good either!! Travel Tips Crime stats should be listed in city info and police. It's like Phoenix and San Diego. Education is comparible to every other major city. You should elaborate what the essay is on and the type of essay they want. Others And you asked this in travel? Nope. About HISD District Information Alerts & Notifications Organization Financing & Legislative HISD Annual Reports IndexFacts and Figures (Updated February 2007) Printer-Friendly (PDF) and PDA (DOC, RTF, HTM) Versions of Facts & Figures Facts and Figures (Updated February 2007) 2006鈥?007 Demographics The Houston Independent School District, with more than 202,000 students and encompassing 301 square miles within greater Houston, is the seventh-largest public-school system in the nation and the largest in Texas. HISD schools are organized within five geographic regions (North, East, South, West, and Central) by feeder patterns composed of specific elementary, middle, and high schools; an Alternative and Charter Schools Office oversees those types of schools. Each regional office is managed by a regional superintendent who coordinates a team of executive principals to ensure the quality of instruction throughout the region鈥檚 feeder patterns. Regional managers serve to strengthen the district鈥檚 outreach to parents by handling parental concerns and working to improve parent, volunteer, and business-partner programs. Each of the five regions manages four or five of HISD鈥檚 23 feeder patterns. HISD鈥檚 organization is designed to emphasize teaching and learning, align school goals and programs for sustained improvement, eliminate duplicated services, and provide greater oversight of data and compliance with state laws and regulations. Campuses and Enrollment Academic Level Number of Schools Enrollment % of All Students Elementary School 198 113,540 55.9 Middle School 47 39,368 19.4 High School 39 46,891 23.1 Combined/Other 11 3,137 1.5 Total 295 202,936 100.0 Students by Ethnicity Ethnicity Number of Students % of All Students African American 59,274 29.2 Asian 6,368 3.1 Hispanic 120,354 59.3 Native American 139 0.1 White 16,801 8.3 Total 202,936 100.0 Students by Grade Level Grade Number of Students % of All Students Kindergarten & Earlier 32,202 15.9 Elementary School 1鈥? 81,071 39.9 Middle School 6鈥? 41,788 20.6 High School 9鈥?2 47,875 23.6 Total 202,936 100.0 Students by Program Program Number of Students % of All Students LEP 55,461 27.3 ESL 14,463 7.1 Bilingual 38,032 18.7 At Risk 134,139 66.1 Title I 188,849 93.1 Special Education 20,226 10.0 Gifted/Talented 24,378 12.0 Economically Disadvantaged* 158,286 78.0 *Meets federal criteria for free and reduced-price lunches. HISD operates under the auspices of the Texas Education Agency, using a core curriculum based on state guidelines for prekindergarten through twelfth grade. Instructional offerings include Magnet and Vanguard/SIGHTS programs, charter schools, and alternative programs that use innovative instruction to help students who are at risk of dropping out of school. Also offered are programs in early-childhood education, Special Education, multilingual education, career and technology/vocational education, and dual credit/advanced academics. ------------------------------... Academic Achievement The Texas Education Agency Accountability System is a method for evaluating school districts and campuses with regard to their performance on certain 鈥渂ase indicators.鈥?Districts and schools may be rated as Exemplary, Recognized, Academically Acceptable, or Academically Unacceptable. Classification is based upon student performance indicators using passing rates from the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) and the State-Developed Alternative Assessment (SDAA) and dropout and four-year completion rates. These indicators are used to provide 36 possible performance measures for all students and for African American, Hispanic, White, and Economically Disadvantaged student groups. The school district's state accountability rating is determined by the indicator on which the lowest rating is achieved. Since 1996, TEA has rated HISD districtwide as Academically Acceptable. No ratings were given in 2003 due to the change from TAAS to TAKS. TEA Accountability System Campus Rating (2006) Academic Level Exemplary Recognized Acceptable Unacceptable Elementary School 13 53 116 8 Middle School 0 9 25 12 High School 2 2 18 12 Total 15 64 159 32 Percent Passing TAKS*, Grades 3鈥?1 (2006) HISD State Reading/ELA 81 87 Math 66 75 Writing 89 91 Science 60 70 Social Studies 81 87 All Tests** 56 67 SDAA II (Special Education) 82 84 *The percent passing TAKS at state standard. **The percent of students passing all the tests they took. Percent of Grades 1鈥?1 With an Average National Percentile Rank in the "At or Above Average Range" on Stanford* Year Reading Math Language Spring 2002 73 91 100 Spring 2003 82 100 100 Spring 2004 100 100 100 Spring 2005 100 100 100 Spring 2006 100 100 100 *Results are for non-Special Education students SAT Results by Ethnicity (Class of 2006) Ethnicity % At or Above Criterion* % Tested SAT Mean African American 9 27.6 1285 Asian 57 8.3 1683 Hispanic 11 37.3 1312 White 55 18.5 1689 Other 32 3.0 1496 Total 24 - 1415 *The criterion is 1110 on the SAT. School Completion (Class of 2005) Student Status District AA A H W % Graduated 73.8 75.8 90.4 68.3 86.4 % Received GED 2.3 1.8 1.0 2.0 5.2 % Continued HS 11.4 10.4 4.4 14.5 3.2 % Dropped Out (4 year) 12.5 11.9 4.2 15.3 5.2 Abbreviation Key: AA = African American, A = Asian, H = Hispanic, W = White Adequate Yearly Progress (2006) Academic Level AYP Missed AYP Elementary School 178 8 Middle School 33 16 High School 19 16 Combined 3 2 Total 233 42 TAKS/SDAA Participation, Grades 3鈥?1 Spring 2006 Answer Documents 129,973 5% Not Tested 6,499 5% Tested 123,474 95% ------------------------------... http://www.houstonisd.org/hisdconnectds/... Crime Statistics District 1 5/31/2007 - District 1 First Quarter 2007 ------------------------------... District 2 5/10/2007 - Quarterly Report District 2/ Jan. - Mar. 2007 ------------------------------... District 3 4/17/2007 - 1st Quarter Stats 2007 ------------------------------... District 4 5/17/2007 - 2007 April Year to Date Stats 4/25/2007 - 2007 January Stats 4/25/2007 - 2007 February Year to Date Stats 4/25/2007 - 2007 March Year to Date Stats 4/25/2007 - 2006 December Year to Date Stats ------------------------------... District 5 4/24/2007 - 2007 1st Quarter ------------------------------... http://www.hcso.hctx.net/statistics.asp... |
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