MacArthur High School 2007 TAKS Scores TEA Accountability Rating

3700 N. McArthur Blvd.	›	www.irvingisd.net
Irving, TX 75062	›	Texas Education Agency (TEA) accountability rating guidelines
972 261-2100	›	other schools near northwest Dallas County luxury home neighborhoods

2007 TEA campus accountability rating: Academically Acceptable

2007 Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) results


		reading/ English language arts*	mathematics	science	social studies	all
percentage of students passing

MacArthur High School		85	63	64	90	55

	grade 9	81	51			50
	Irving ISD	83	51			50
	all Texas public schools	87	61			60

	grade 10	85	66	60	87	52
	Irving ISD	86	60	55	86	46
	all Texas public schools	85	65	59	87	51

	grade 11	89	77	69	93	64
	Irving ISD	90	75	72	93	64
	all Texas public schools	91	81	78	94	70

percentage of students commended performance

MacArthur High School		18	15	8	35	6

* 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 reading/English language arts test from 85 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 339 students representing 22 percent of all students taking TAKS reading/English language arts test from 80 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 688 students representing 45 percent of all students taking TAKS reading/English language arts test from 79 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 728 students representing 47 percent of all students taking TAKS reading/English language arts test from 80 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 63 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 335 students representing 22 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 50 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 682 students representing 45 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 57 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 413 students representing 27 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 79 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 726 students representing 48 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 55 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of all students taking TAKS science test from 64 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 196 students representing 22 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 55 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 682 students representing 45 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 57 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 413 students representing 27 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 79 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 726 students representing 48 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 55 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 196 students representing 22 percent of all students taking TAKS social studies test from 86 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 369 students representing 42 percent of all students taking TAKS social studies test from 87 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 388 students representing 44 percent of all students taking TAKS social studies test from 84 percent to 90 percent.

2006 Scholastic Achievement Test (SAT) mean scores
	Verbal	Mathematics	Composite
MacArthur High School	na	na	985
Texas	491	506	997
National	503	518	1021

2005-2006 mobility percentage: 24.6

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.

2006-2007 enrollment and class sizes


		students	average class size
MacArthur High School		2,389
	Ninth grade	828
	Tenth grade	556
	Eleventh grade	549
	Twelfth grade	456

	English/language arts		23.8
	Foreign languages		26.1
	Mathematics		24.0
	Science		24.3
	Social studies		25.7

	Gifted and talented program	254
	Special education program	212

Sources: Irving ISD and Texas Education Agency

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