GENERAL INFORMATION

• Spearman is a AA school with district wide enrollment of approximately 800 students
• Daily attendance is over 98%
• Over 40% of seniors are enrolled in advanced placement courses. Nearly three quarters of those taking an Advanced Placement test earn college credit.

• 37% of the students are enrolled in one or more Honors courses.
• High School enrollment is 225.
• Elementary school enrollment is 354, 89% of which master grade level TAAS (Texas Assessment of Academic Skills) evaluations.
• Junior High enrollment is 189.
• Computer labs with Internet access available for all grades.
• Advanced training programs available for students on all campuses.

DEGREES HELD BY FACULTY77% Bachelors23% Masters

GRADUATING SENIORS94% plan to attend college 2001 seniors received more than $30,000.00 in scholarships by the Spearman Scholarship Foundation and over

TEST SCORESStudent test scores are routinely well above state and national average, including the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS).

COLLEGE ADMISSIONS EXAMINATION SCORE AVERAGES FOR

  ACT                                       SAT
 Spearman HS 21.5                         Spearman HS 1033
 State       20.0                              State   879
 National    20.7

 

TAAS TEST SCORES ( 2000)
	6th	7th	8th	Combined
All Test	97.8	87.2	98.2	94.6
Reading	97.8	93.3	100.0	97.2
Writing	N/A	N/A	100.0	100
Math	100.0	93.6	98.1	97.3

Spearman Junior High has received the following honors by the Texas Education Agency:

• UIL Competition Recognized 
• UIL Competition Recognized 
• UIL Competition Exemplary 
• UIL Academic Champs  
• UIL Academic 2nd  

Spearman High School was one of 39 of Texas' 1,518 high schools to be awarded "Exemplary Status" by the Texas Education Agency for college entrance scores.

Gus Birdwell Elementary has received a campus rating of "Recognized" by the Texas Education Agency for every school year since . This rating is based upon TAAS scores and attendance.
SPEARMAN SCHOOL CHAMPIONS:

• District Academic Meet champions the past three years, 32 regional qualifiers, 6 state qualifiers.
• District sweepstakes winner for the past three years for the best overall co-curricular programs.
• Ten appearances by the Lynxette basketball team at the state basketball tournament with three state championships.
• 1974-75 Semi-State Finalist in Spearman Lynx Football
• 1974-75 State Runners Up
• Outstanding 2-A Chorale that consistently earns regional and statewide recognition for excellence.
• Appearances by the Lynx football team in post-district competition during three of the past five years.
• Four consecutive playoff appearances by the Lynx Varsity basketball team.
• District champions in boys' and girls' tennis for the past eight years.
• District champions in boys' golf the past four years.
• District champions in girls' golf five of the last seven years.

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