Wilmer-Hutchins High School

Wilmer-Hutchins High School (nicknamed "The Hutch") was a public secondary school in Dallas, Texas (USA). It was part of the now defunct Wilmer-Hutchins Independent School District.

Located at 5500 Langdon Road in far south Dallas, the school served students in grades nine through twelve. It served portions of Dallas, most of Hutchins, Wilmer, a small portion of Lancaster, as well as unincorporated areas in southeastern Dallas County.

Prior to its closure, the school won the 1990 Class AAAA state football championship. [ [Dave Campbell's Texas Football, 2008 edition, page 362] ]

chool enrollment (1988-2005)

*1988-89 - 1,104 students *1989-90 - 1,045 students *1990-91 - 948 students *1991-92 - 934 students *1992-93 - 938 students *1993-94 - 918 students

*1994-95 - 973 students *1995-96 - 994 students *1996-97 - 861 students *1997-98 - 754 students *1998-99 - 747 students *1999-00 - 735 students

*2000-01 - 693 students *2001-02 - 687 students *2002-03 - 684 students *2003-04 - 744 students *2004-05 - 669 students

The ethnic composition of students in the 2004-2005 school year was 74% African American, 23% Hispanic, and 3% White. Of the 669 students, 355 (53%) were considered economically disadvantaged.

tudent performance

Wilmer-Hutchins High Schools's performance on the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS), a state standardized test used from 1991 to 2003, was generally at or below state standards. The school received the rating of "acceptable" on six occasions (1993-94, 1995-96, 1997-98, 2000-01, 2001-02, and 2002-03) and the state's worst rating of "low performing" four times (1994-95, 1996-97, 1998-99, and 1999-00).

A new standardized test, the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) was introduced in 2003. WHHS received a rating of "academically acceptable" for the 2003-04 school year and "academically unacceptable" for the 2004-05 school year. This was due to lower than acceptable passing rates on the test in Reading ("All Students" category and 1 of 3 analyzed subgroups) and Mathematics ("All Students" and all 3 analyzed subgroups). [ [http://www.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/aeis/2005/index.html] - 2004-05 Academic Excellence Indicator System (AEIS) report, Texas Education Agency.]

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