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South Texas Business Education & Technology Academy (Top 100, #54)

South Texas ISD School District
Hidalgo County

510 S Sugar Road
Edinburg, Texas
(956)383-1684

Poverty-Adjusted Adjusted Performance Index:	1.35
Disadvantaged Students Performance Gap:	19.2
College Readiness Index	69.7

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

Grades Served	7-12
Magnet School	Not Available
Charter School	No
Admissions Type	Application-Merit Selection
NCES Locale Type	Mid-Size City
Receives Title I Funding	Yes

Enrollment	737
Minority Enrollment (% of total)	83.6%
Disadvantaged Student Enrollment (% of total)	60.9%

State Test Performance Index	93.3
Poverty-Adjusted Adjusted Performance Index	1.35

Disadvantaged Students' State Test Proficiency Rate	84.7
Disadvantaged Students Performance Gap	19.2
Non-disadvantaged Students' State Test Proficiency Rate	89.0
Current State Test Achievement Gap	4.4

AP Participation Rate	78.9%
Quality-Adjusted AP Participation Rate	66.7%
Exams Per Test Taker	2.2
Quality-Adjusted Exams Per Test Taker	1.7
AP Pass Rate	64.6%
College Readiness Index	69.7

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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