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Benson El Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

601 Dean St

Uvalde TX, 78801, Uvalde County

Phone: 830-591-4954

Ranking:

(4,647 out of 6,018, bottom 23%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 5 to Grade 5

School District: Uvalde 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:	29		28		26		27		27		28		29
Total Students:	306		368		342		344		358		380		387
Grade 5:	306	100.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	154	50.3%	206	56.0%	169	49.4%	174	50.6%	168	46.9%	183	48.2%	190	49.1%
Female:	152	49.7%	162	44.0%	173	50.6%	170	49.4%	182	50.8%	189	49.7%	193	49.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.3%	2	0.5%	2	0.6%	1	0.3%	2	0.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	2	0.7%	5	1.4%	6	1.8%	5	1.5%	5	1.4%	4	1.1%	3	0.8%
Hispanic:	273	89.2%	327	88.9%	295	86.3%	300	87.2%	310	86.6%	335	88.2%	354	91.5%
Black:	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	8	2.2%	4	1.1%	3	0.8%
White:	28	9.2%	31	8.4%	38	11.1%	35	10.2%	33	9.2%	37	9.7%	27	7.0%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	1	0.3%	2	0.5%	0	0.0%	2	0.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	228	74.5%	251	68.2%	243	71.1%	252	73.3%	263	73.5%	244	64.2%	270	69.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	24	7.8%	43	11.7%	26	7.6%	27	7.8%	29	8.1%	31	8.2%	31	8.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	10.56		12.99		13.15		12.75		13.10		13.60		13.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	63%	54%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	46%	56%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	69%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	71%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	69%	58%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	55%	55%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76%	67%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64%	63%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	65%	59%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	57%	56%	71%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	90%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	81%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	82%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	76%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	67%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	72%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	82%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	75%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	90%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	93%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	92%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	85%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	85%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	85%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	87%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	80%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	81%	86%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	73%	80%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	92%	82%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	72%	74%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	70%	68%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	81%	76%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	82%	80%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77%	83%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71%	74%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89%	82%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81%	80%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68%	70%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	71%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81%	79%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79%	74%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	76%	88%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	86%	90%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	95%	94%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	80%	87%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	76%	80%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	80%	80%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	89%	86%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	78%	82%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	100.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	0.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	8.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	44.8%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	55.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$36,155.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,254.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$38,512.0

* Benson El Middle School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.