| Definition of Terms |
School Of Science & Engineering |
| School Level |
High school |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 9 - 12 |
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| County |
Dallas County, TX |
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| Awards |
 Blue Ribbon School – Selected in
2005 |
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| Total Students |
383 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
68% /
32% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
26 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 127 students | | Grade 10 - 90 students | | Grade 11 - 95 students | | Grade 12 - 71 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:15 |
1:14 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
1% |
n/a |
| % Asian |
4% |
2% |
| % Hispanic |
44% |
37% |
| % Black |
24% |
13% |
| % White |
28% |
46% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
36% |
32% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
9% |
6% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
1% |
1% |
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| School District Name |
Dallas Independent School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
255 |
5 |
| Number of Students Managed |
161,471 students |
1,220 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$1,432,324,000 |
$11,313,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$1,833,704,000 |
$11,189,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$8,870 |
$9,273 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$11,356 |
$9,171 |
| District Graduation Rates |
77% |
97% |
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- The School of Science and Engineering at the Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Magnet Center (known as the Science and Engineering Magnet or SEM) is located at the Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Magnet Center, home of six magnet high schools in the Dallas Independent School District. SEM's mascot is the eagle, and its school colors are maroon and white.
- Jovan Carisa Wells is acting as principal following the sudden retirement of the former principal Richard White for health reasons.
- Academic Activities
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SEM offers math courses from the basics of Algebra to higher level courses such as Calculus AB & BC and Statistics which are taken as Advanced Placement courses allowing the student chances to earn college credit. Tech courses that instruct students in Computer Science concepts and the Java programming language are also available. SEM stresses a philosophy of hands-on science education. It is the only high school in the nation to offer concurrent lab classes where students are exposed to college level laboratory experience along with their AP science curriculum. SEM is one of the few high schools in the nation to own a functioning transmission electron microscope reserved solely for student use.
- Prestige
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- SEM was ranked as second best high school in the United States in 2007 according to Newsweek's survey "The 1200 Best Public High Schools in the USA" [1], it was eighth in 2006 and sixth in 2005. In 2007, SEM was ranked as the 18th best public high school in America by US News and World Report[2].
- The College Board announced that SEM is number one in the world for passing minorities in Calculus BC and number one in the United States for passing Hispanics in Computer Science.
- In 2005, SEM received the Blue Ribbon School award by the U.S. Department of Education.
- In 2006, SEM was visited by President George W. Bush for excellence in education and the school's philosophy of emphasising math and science, something he stressed in his 2006 State of the Union address.The school consistently ranks number two in D Magazine's Best Public High Schools in Dallas and has been named the Academic UIL District Champion for District 9-5A and 11-5A in 2006 and 2007 respectively.
- SEM graduates have gained acceptance to and have attended many prestigious schools including:University of Dallas, University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M University, Stanford University, the University of Notre Dame, Duke University, Yale University, Harvard University, Columbia University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Wellesley College, Vanderbilt University, Rice University,the University of Oklahoma, Johns Hopkins University,the United States Military Academies, Emory University, California Institute of Technology,Harvey Mudd College, Southern Methodist University, University of California-Berkley, University of Southern California, Morehouse College, and Tulane University.
- Extracurricular Activities
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SEM does not offer sports (due to rules and regulations involving magnet schools-though students may play at their home high schools), but it does provide a wide variety of extracurricular activities, including:
- External links
- Science and Engineering Website
- DISD Science and Engineering page
- Newsweek: Best High Schools in the United States
- President Visits Science and Engineering High School in Texas
- President Bush Heads To North Texas School
- Dallas ISD home page
- Student Council Announcements Site for the Class of 2009
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| About This Zip Code (75203) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
19,492 people |
19,677,938 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
8% |
23% |
| Population Average Age |
27 years old
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32 years old |
| Average Household size |
3.3 persons
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2.7 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$21,993
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$42,049 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
3.9 rooms |
5.1 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
51 years old |
33 years old |
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Zipcode (75203)
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| % Owning / % Renting |
32% / 68% |
63% / 37% |
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