Thomas J. Rusk Middle School

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Dallas, TX 75235 › 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*
social studies
all
percentage of students passing
 
Rusk Middle School
80
93
58
na
88
54
 
  grade 7
80
93
63
    
58
  Dallas ISD
77
88
67
    
59
  all Texas public schools
85
93
77
    
71
 
  grade 8
79
  
54
53
88
37
  Dallas ISD
81
  
58
53
80
43
  all Texas public schools
89
  
73
71
87
61
 
percentage of students commended performance
 
Rusk Middle School
12
17
4
na
20
<1

performance improvements needed to achieve exemplary rating

• Increase passing percentage of all students taking TAKS reading test from 80 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 386 students representing 87 percent of all students taking TAKS reading test from 88 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 401 students representing 91 percent of all students taking TAKS reading test from 80 percent to 90 percent.

• Increase passing percentage of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 58 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 388 students representing 87 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 57 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 405 students representing 91 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 59 percent to 90 percent.

• Increase passing percentage of all students taking TAKS social studies test from 88 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 210 students representing 88 percent of all students taking TAKS social studies test from 88 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 216 students representing 90 percent of all students taking TAKS social studies test from 89 percent to 90 percent.

* TAKS science test results not included in determining accountability ratings for 2007.

2005-2006 mobility percentage: 28.7

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
Rusk Middle School
559
  
  Seventh grade
257
  
  Eighth grade
302
  
 
  English/language arts  
19.5
  Foreign languages  
--
  Mathematics  
20.3
  Science  
16.1
  Social studies  
18.4
 
  Gifted and talented program
61
  
  Special education program
57
  


Sources: Dallas ISD and Texas Education Agency
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