Wilmer-Hutchins High School

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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.

[edit] School 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.

[edit] Student 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).^[1]