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Ben Milam Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1215 Rangerville Rd

Harlingen TX, 78550, Cameron County

Phone: 956-427-3150

Ranking:

(4,750 out of 6,018, bottom 21%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Harlingen Consolidated 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:	27		29		29		33		34		32		33
Total Students:	483		461		507		499		511		544		516
Prekindergarten:	72	14.9%	64	13.9%	56	11.0%	61	12.2%	57	11.2%	62	11.4%	62	12.0%
Kindergarten:	72	14.9%	60	13.0%	68	13.4%	63	12.6%	63	12.3%	68	12.5%	67	13.0%
Grade 1:	76	15.7%	65	14.1%	70	13.8%	64	12.8%	69	13.5%	78	14.3%	86	16.7%
Grade 2:	65	13.5%	66	14.3%	70	13.8%	66	13.2%	77	15.1%	92	16.9%	66	12.8%
Grade 3:	65	13.5%	67	14.5%	72	14.2%	76	15.2%	89	17.4%	66	12.1%	81	15.7%
Grade 4:	70	14.5%	68	14.8%	70	13.8%	98	19.6%	74	14.5%	89	16.4%	85	16.5%
Grade 5:	63	13.0%	71	15.4%	101	19.9%	71	14.2%	82	16.0%	89	16.4%	69	13.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	237	49.1%	235	51.0%	266	52.5%	250	50.1%	246	48.1%	267	49.1%	271	52.5%
Female:	246	50.9%	226	49.0%	241	47.5%	249	49.9%	257	50.3%	269	49.4%	241	46.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.6%	6	1.3%	6	1.2%	6	1.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	410	84.9%	394	85.5%	429	84.6%	402	80.6%	501	98.0%	537	98.7%	510	98.8%
Black:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	3	0.6%
White:	68	14.1%	60	13.0%	72	14.2%	91	18.2%	9	1.8%	5	0.9%	3	0.6%
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:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	424	87.8%	406	88.1%	453	89.3%	443	88.8%	450	88.1%	461	84.7%	449	87.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	20	4.1%	26	5.6%	25	4.9%	22	4.4%	29	5.7%	48	8.8%	35	6.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.92		15.92		17.45		15.09		15.05		16.90		15.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	51%	62%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	50%	70%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	63%	71%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	74%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	65%	67%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	57%	65%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78%	76%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	53%	64%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	72%	72%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	54%	69%	71%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	66%	72%	77%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	42%	71%	75%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70%	73%	77%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76%	76%	77%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	67%	69%	73%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	55%	71%	73%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	89%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	79%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	80%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	81%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	84%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	83%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	89%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	87%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	91%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	91%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	91%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	92%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	94%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	92%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	91%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	88%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	76%	86%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	77%	80%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	64%	81%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	78%	84%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	83%	85%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	87%	84%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	90%	88%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92%	86%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71%	76%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64%	80%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	81%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78%	82%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72%	83%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86%	84%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83%	82%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	100%	92%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	91%	94%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	87%	93%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	94%	91%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	92%	93%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	97%	93%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	94%	92%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	80%	83%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	87%	89%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	83%	88%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	86%	91%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	90%	89%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	87%	89%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	86%	93%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	90%	93%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64%	74%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83%	85%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79%	84%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81%	88%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88%	89%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87%	89%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77%	92%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	94%	92%	N/A
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	55%	63%	N/A
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	55%	61%	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	54%	73%	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	69%	78%	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	79%	84%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	80%	84%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	73%	90%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	80%	89%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	85.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	14.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	32.1%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	67.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$44,610.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$37,756.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$47,857.0

* Ben Milam 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.