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Best Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

10000 Centre Parkway

Houston TX, 77036, Harris County

Phone: 713-988-6445

Ranking:

(5,911 out of 6,018, bottom 2%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 4

School District: Alief 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:	59		57		54		54		57		56		55
Total Students:	878		873		829		767		853		812		758
Prekindergarten:	104	11.8%	108	12.4%	95	11.5%	92	12.0%	83	9.7%	86	10.6%	87	11.5%
Kindergarten:	148	16.9%	136	15.6%	163	19.7%	132	17.2%	144	16.9%	159	19.6%	134	17.7%
Grade 1:	151	17.2%	174	19.9%	148	17.9%	153	19.9%	196	23.0%	156	19.2%	151	19.9%
Grade 2:	171	19.5%	161	18.4%	162	19.5%	152	19.8%	159	18.6%	145	17.9%	141	18.6%
Grade 3:	162	18.5%	150	17.2%	148	17.9%	123	16.0%	132	15.5%	133	16.4%	131	17.3%
Grade 4:	142	16.2%	144	16.5%	113	13.6%	115	15.0%	139	16.3%	133	16.4%	114	15.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	423	48.2%	444	50.9%	446	53.8%	406	52.9%	458	53.7%	425	52.3%	380	50.1%
Female:	455	51.8%	429	49.1%	383	46.2%	361	47.1%	387	45.4%	379	46.7%	374	49.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	7	0.8%	7	0.8%	9	1.1%	11	1.4%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%
Asian:	19	2.2%	15	1.7%	16	1.9%	18	2.3%	21	2.5%	33	4.1%	32	4.2%
Hispanic:	582	66.3%	565	64.7%	528	63.7%	471	61.4%	523	61.3%	476	58.6%	388	51.2%
Black:	214	24.4%	242	27.7%	240	29.0%	232	30.2%	295	34.6%	292	36.0%	328	43.3%
White:	52	5.9%	37	4.2%	34	4.1%	29	3.8%	13	1.5%	11	1.4%	9	1.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	4	0.5%	7	0.8%	2	0.2%	5	0.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	803	91.5%	791	90.6%	755	91.1%	679	88.5%	755	88.5%	683	84.1%	638	84.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	15	1.7%	23	2.6%	15	1.8%	28	3.7%	34	4.0%	47	5.8%	36	4.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.91		15.20		15.23		14.24		14.93		14.40		13.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	52%	67%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	41%	70%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	49%	73%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	76%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	43%	67%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	40%	69%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	52%	76%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	49%	66%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	36%	62%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	32%	60%	71%
STAAR Spanish
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	48%	57%	56%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	24%	58%	59%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	50%	63%	65%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	38%	62%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	44%	49%	60%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	46%	50%	57%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	46%	48%	64%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	36%	45%	59%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	86%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	48%	76%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	47%	71%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	41%	75%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	48%	81%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	61%	81%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	83%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	85%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	86%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	89%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	88%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	90%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	92%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	91%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	91%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	89%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	68%	82%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	65%	79%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	48%	78%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	66%	83%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	74%	84%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	75%	85%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	83%	87%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	78%	87%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66%	80%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68%	76%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	53%	76%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70%	82%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66%	82%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74%	83%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74%	84%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74%	84%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	65%	82%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	82%	88%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	78%	87%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	77%	88%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	77%	91%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	88%	91%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	81%	90%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	70%	89%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	85.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	14.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	7.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	59.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	40.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$46,779.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$44,953.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$49,481.0

* Best Elementary Primary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.