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Bess Brannen Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

802 That Way St

Lake Jackson TX, 77566, Brazoria County

Phone: 979-730-7170

Ranking:

(503 out of 6,018, top 8%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 4

School District: Brazosport Independent School District

Title I Eligible School: No

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		26		27		32		33		33		34
Total Students:	464		466		474		515		509		510		532
Prekindergarten:	26	5.6%	23	4.9%	24	5.1%	26	5.0%	29	5.7%	14	2.7%	15	2.8%
Kindergarten:	95	20.5%	77	16.5%	71	15.0%	92	17.9%	92	18.1%	96	18.8%	91	17.1%
Grade 1:	73	15.7%	75	16.1%	95	20.0%	99	19.2%	87	17.1%	93	18.2%	113	21.2%
Grade 2:	79	17.0%	94	20.2%	96	20.3%	93	18.1%	89	17.5%	104	20.4%	98	18.4%
Grade 3:	101	21.8%	99	21.2%	94	19.8%	97	18.8%	101	19.8%	96	18.8%	105	19.7%
Grade 4:	90	19.4%	98	21.0%	94	19.8%	108	21.0%	111	21.8%	107	21.0%	110	20.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	239	51.5%	243	52.1%	257	54.2%	271	52.6%	267	52.5%	276	54.1%	291	54.7%
Female:	225	48.5%	223	47.9%	217	45.8%	244	47.4%	234	46.0%	226	44.3%	237	44.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.4%	4	0.9%	5	1.1%	5	1.0%	2	0.4%	3	0.6%	2	0.4%
Asian:	17	3.7%	26	5.6%	27	5.7%	23	4.5%	29	5.7%	22	4.3%	21	3.9%
Hispanic:	151	32.5%	157	33.7%	160	33.8%	165	32.0%	147	28.9%	120	23.5%	139	26.1%
Black:	20	4.3%	18	3.9%	19	4.0%	14	2.7%	26	5.1%	30	5.9%	26	4.9%
White:	264	56.9%	254	54.5%	254	53.6%	299	58.1%	305	59.9%	335	65.7%	344	64.7%
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:	10	2.2%	7	1.5%	9	1.9%	9	1.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	139	30.0%	118	25.3%	129	27.2%	138	26.8%	113	22.2%	98	19.2%	101	19.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	18	3.9%	24	5.2%	27	5.7%	27	5.2%	38	7.5%	26	5.1%	35	6.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.10		17.62		17.54		16.29		15.57		15.60		15.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	66%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	62%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	79%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	77%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	77%	62%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	76%	58%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92%	80%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89%	70%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	87%	75%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	80%	69%	71%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	96%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	89%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	88%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	90%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	98%	89%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	89%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	88%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	91%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	95%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	98%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	99%	97%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	97%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	95%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	97%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	96%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	94%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	92%	89%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	97%	91%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	90%	88%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	94%	89%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	93%	87%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	95%	90%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	98%	87%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	88%	90%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	93%	90%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	97%	88%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	94%	90%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	97%	90%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	94%	86%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	97%	90%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	97%	87%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	96%	89%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	95%	93%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	98%	97%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	100%	96%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	98%	94%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	99%	94%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	98%	94%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	97%	95%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	81.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	18.2%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	17.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	9.1%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	90.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$48,713.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$41,900.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$49,394.0

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