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Amber Terrace Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

224 Amber Ln

Desoto TX, 75115, Dallas County

Phone: 972-223-8757

Ranking:

(4,693 out of 6,018, bottom 22%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: DeSoto Independent School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	38		40		41		41		38		38		36
Total Students:	677		612		637		603		546		546		548
Prekindergarten:	68	10.0%	40	6.5%	49	7.7%	46	7.6%	48	8.8%	30	5.5%	26	4.7%
Kindergarten:	97	14.3%	92	15.0%	77	12.1%	96	15.9%	82	15.0%	72	13.2%	81	14.8%
Grade 1:	114	16.8%	94	15.4%	108	17.0%	99	16.4%	81	14.8%	84	15.4%	78	14.2%
Grade 2:	90	13.3%	91	14.9%	100	15.7%	88	14.6%	83	15.2%	75	13.7%	83	15.1%
Grade 3:	107	15.8%	97	15.8%	104	16.3%	87	14.4%	81	14.8%	87	15.9%	85	15.5%
Grade 4:	105	15.5%	94	15.4%	92	14.4%	90	14.9%	78	14.3%	89	16.3%	96	17.5%
Grade 5:	96	14.2%	104	17.0%	107	16.8%	97	16.1%	93	17.0%	109	20.0%	99	18.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	368	54.4%	312	51.0%	325	51.0%	310	51.4%	269	49.3%	278	50.9%	295	53.8%
Female:	309	45.6%	300	49.0%	312	49.0%	293	48.6%	269	49.3%	260	47.6%	249	45.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.1%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	3	0.5%	1	0.2%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	3	0.5%
Hispanic:	233	34.4%	209	34.2%	189	29.7%	212	35.2%	208	38.1%	178	32.6%	160	29.2%
Black:	404	59.7%	367	60.0%	408	64.1%	348	57.7%	297	54.4%	332	60.8%	347	63.3%
White:	32	4.7%	29	4.7%	30	4.7%	38	6.3%	38	7.0%	32	5.9%	37	6.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	7	1.0%	6	1.0%	8	1.3%	3	0.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	479	70.8%	444	72.5%	466	73.2%	443	73.5%	358	65.6%	333	61.0%	328	59.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	61	9.0%	47	7.7%	61	9.6%	45	7.5%	59	10.8%	77	14.1%	64	11.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.69		15.17		15.45		14.74		14.38		14.50		15.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	52%	54%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	43%	54%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	60%	72%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	65%	74%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	58%	57%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	44%	50%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67%	74%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	49%	63%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	53%	67%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	55%	64%	71%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	59%	71%	77%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	54%	58%	75%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72%	75%	77%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71%	70%	77%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	64%	65%	73%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	55%	53%	73%
STAAR Spanish
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	53%	56%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	58%	65%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	38%	29%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67%	50%	60%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	60%	60%	57%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	78%	62%	64%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	70%	58%	59%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	33%	33%	69%
TAKS
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	79%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	80%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	81%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	83%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	93%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	92%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	90%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	84%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	64%	74%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	87%	81%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	90%	86%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	91%	87%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69%	74%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90%	82%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83%	84%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81%	85%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	83%	87%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96%	91%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	93%	90%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	88%	91%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	77%	71%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	74%	74%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	73%	68%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	87%	78%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	74%	78%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	83%	85%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	96%	91%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	91%	92%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65%	66%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73%	73%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72%	70%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90%	85%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80%	84%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77%	86%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86%	91%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	97%	92%	N/A
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	48%	44%	N/A
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	41%	34%	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	51%	44%	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	58%	52%	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	49%	59%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	73%	75%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	90%	86%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	66%	62%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	70%	66%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	70%	66%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	71%	63%	N/A
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81%	77%	N/A
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79%	77%	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91%	87%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	93%	89%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	79.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	20.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	10.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	46.2%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	53.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$43,644.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$40,208.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$46,590.0

* Amber Terrace Elementary Primary School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.