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School Of Science & Engineering (Top 100, #18)

Dallas ISD School District
Dallas County

1201 E Eighth Street
Dallas, Texas
(972)925-5960

Poverty-Adjusted Adjusted Performance Index:	3.23
Disadvantaged Students Performance Gap:	34.5
College Readiness Index	87.7

For more information on this school, visit the SchoolMatters website.

Grades Served	9-12
Magnet School	Not Available
Charter School	No
Admissions Type	Application-Merit Selection
NCES Locale Type	Large City
Receives Title I Funding	No

Enrollment	383
Minority Enrollment (% of total)	67.6%
Disadvantaged Student Enrollment (% of total)	44.4%

State Test Performance Index	128.2
Poverty-Adjusted Adjusted Performance Index	3.23

Disadvantaged Students' State Test Proficiency Rate	100.0
Disadvantaged Students Performance Gap	34.5
Non-disadvantaged Students' State Test Proficiency Rate	99.1
Current State Test Achievement Gap	-0.9

AP Participation Rate	100.0%
Quality-Adjusted AP Participation Rate	81.7%
Exams Per Test Taker	6.8
Quality-Adjusted Exams Per Test Taker	5.2
AP Pass Rate	59.4%
College Readiness Index	87.7

Criteria for Medals

Gold Medal

Top 100 schools nationally based on College Readiness Index

Silver Medal

all other schools with a college-readiness index of at least 20, but that are not in the top 100 nationally

Bronze Medal

either do not offer AP, or do not achieve a college readiness index of at least 20, but successfully meet other two key performance indicator criteria

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