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

6911 Victoria Avenue › www.dallasisd.org
Dallas, TX 75209 › Texas Education Agency (TEA) accountability rating guidelines
972 794-8900 › other schools near north Dallas luxury home neighborhoods


2011 TEA campus accountability rating: Recognized1
1Accountability rating raised one level due to school meeting Exception Provision improvement standard. Click on this TEA accountability ratings link for accountability rating information and general guidelines.

2011 Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) results
 
   
reading
writing
mathematics
science
all
percentage of students passing
 
Polk Center*
87
92
84
96
76
 
  grade 32
82
  
68
  
65
  Dallas ISD 82   81   78
  all Texas public schools
90
  
88
  
83
 
  grade 42
86
83
92
  
78
  Dallas ISD 79 86 83   74
  all Texas public schools
86
91
89
  
78
 
  grade 52
86
  
90
96
80
  Dallas ISD 76   79 82 65
  all Texas public schools
87
  
86
86
76
 
percentage of students commended performance
 
Polk Center*
38
38
37
33
16
2Results of TAKS administered in English. TAKS administered in Spanish results included in overall percentage of students passing and commended performance results.

performance improvements needed to achieve exemplary rating

•
Increase passing percentage of all students taking TAKS reading test from 87 percent to 90 percent.
•
Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 70 students representing 26 percent of all students taking TAKS reading test from 77 percent to 90 percent.
•
Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 243 students representing 90 percent of all students taking TAKS reading test from 86 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 70 students representing 26 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 76 percent to 90 percent.
•
Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 183 students representing 68 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 86 percent to 90 percent.
•
Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 243 students representing 90 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 82 percent to 90 percent.

2009-2010 mobility percentage: 13.4

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.

2010-2011 enrollment and class sizes
 
   
students
average class size
Polk Center
555
  
  Early childhood education
8
  
  Pre-kindergarten
44
  
  Kindergarten
61
13.4
  First grade
87
20.6
  Second grade
68
15.4
  Third grade
71
17,8
  Fourth grade
109
14.0
  Fifth grade
107
17.8
 
  Gifted and talented program
82
  
  Special education program
41
  


Sources: Dallas ISD and Texas Education Agency
Dallas DFW Luxury Real Estate | Homes For Sale ________________________

11/22/2011 - Same month, year-to-year sales of DFW luxury homes selling for $1 million and up increased in October, with 46 previously occupied homes sold this year versus 32 such homes sold last year, a 43.8 percent jump. This means DFW luxury home sales have increased seventeen of the previous ...



Dave Downs
RE/MAX DFW Associates
972 355-3511

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Each office independently owned and operated
© 2012 Dave Downs. All rights reserved.