K.B. Polk Center for the Academically Talented and Gifted

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Dallas, TX 75209 › Texas Education Agency (TEA) accountability rating guidelines
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2007 TEA campus accountability rating: Academically Acceptable

2007 Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) results
 
   
reading
writing
mathematics
science
all
percentage of students passing
 
Polk Center
84
89
84
76
69
 
  grade 3
81
  
73
  
68
  Dallas ISD 77   71   64
  all Texas public schools
89
  
82
  
78
 
  grade 4
81
89
83
  
67
  Dallas ISD 70 87 76   61
  all Texas public schools
84
91
86
  
75
 
  grade 5
75
  
85
76
64
  Dallas ISD 68   75 63 51
  all Texas public schools
83
  
86
78
69
 
percentage of students commended performance
 
Polk Center
27
30
36
26
16

performance improvements needed to achieve exemplary rating

• Increase passing percentage of all students taking TAKS reading test from 84 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 100 students representing 39 percent of all students taking TAKS reading test from 87 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 141 students representing 55 percent of all students taking TAKS reading test from 81 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 191 students representing 75 percent of all students taking TAKS reading test from 81 percent to 90 percent.

• Increase passing percentage of all students taking TAKS writing test from 89 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 49 students representing 62 percent of all students taking TAKS writing test from 94 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 64 students representing 81 percent of all students taking TAKS writing test from 89 percent to 90 percent.

• Increase passing percentage of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 84 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 101 students representing 39 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 79 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 141 students representing 55 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 87 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 191 students representing 75 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 81 percent to 90 percent.

• Increase passing percentage of all students taking TAKS science test from 76 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 53 students representing 45 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 77 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 56 students representing 47 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 70 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 80 students representing 67 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 70 percent to 90 percent.

2005-2006 mobility percentage: 13.8

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.

2006-2007 enrollment and class sizes
 
   
students
average class size
Polk Center
532
  
  Early childhood education
6
  
  Pre-kindergarten
44
  
  Kindergarten
68
16.0
  First grade
66
16.0
  Second grade
67
23.0
  Third grade
68
17.0
  Fourth grade
88
17.2
  Fifth grade
125
18.8
 
  Gifted and talented program
105
  
  Special education program
34
  


Sources: Dallas ISD and Texas Education Agency
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