Dowell Middle School 2007 TAKS Scores TEA Accountability Rating

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2007 Texas Education Agency campus accountability rating: Recognized

2007 Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) results


		reading	writing	mathematics	science*	social studies	all
percentage of students passing

Dowell Middle School		94	96	88	na	97	85

	grade 6	97		93			92
	McKinney ISD	97		94			93
	all Texas public schools	92		80			78

	grade 7	90	96	86			82
	McKinney ISD	92	97	88			84
	all Texas public schools	85	93	77			71

	grade 8	94		83	86	97	79
	McKinney ISD	94		85	85	94	78
	all Texas public schools	89		73	71	87	61

percentage of students commended performance

Dowell Middle School		57	55	44	na	57	34

performance improvements needed to achieve exemplary rating
•	Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 124 students representing 11 percent of all students taking TAKS reading test from 86 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 197 students representing 17 percent of all students taking TAKS reading test from 85 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 219 students representing 19 percent of all students taking TAKS reading test from 82 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 59 students representing 17 percent of all students taking TAKS writing test from 83 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 60 students representing 17 percent of all students taking TAKS writing test from 80 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 88 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 126 students representing 11 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 71 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 201 students representing 18 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 77 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 222 students representing 19 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 68 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 41 students representing 12 percent of all students taking TAKS social studies test from 85 percent to 90 percent.

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

2005-2006 mobility percentage: 11.7

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
Dowell Middle School		1,235
	Sixth grade	448	21.7
	Seventh grade	389
	Eighth grade	398

	English/language arts		24.7
	Foreign languages		24.0
	Mathematics		20.6
	Science		23.8
	Social studies		22.7

	Gifted and talented program	112
	Special education program	121

Sources: McKinney ISD and Texas Education Agency

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