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Blessing Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

139 Fm 616

Blessing TX, 77419, Matagorda County

Phone: 361-588-6622

Ranking:

(4,391 out of 6,018, bottom 27%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Tidehaven 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:	16		15		15		17		16		17		16
Total Students:	233		211		210		222		229		235		243
Prekindergarten:	18	7.7%	17	8.1%	17	8.1%	11	5.0%	18	7.9%	10	4.3%	22	9.1%
Kindergarten:	35	15.0%	37	17.5%	22	10.5%	27	12.2%	26	11.4%	39	16.6%	33	13.6%
Grade 1:	40	17.2%	22	10.4%	28	13.3%	28	12.6%	39	17.0%	35	14.9%	44	18.1%
Grade 2:	40	17.2%	30	14.2%	29	13.8%	41	18.5%	34	14.8%	43	18.3%	36	14.8%
Grade 3:	28	12.0%	33	15.6%	38	18.1%	36	16.2%	44	19.2%	39	16.6%	34	14.0%
Grade 4:	38	16.3%	37	17.5%	35	16.7%	42	18.9%	35	15.3%	30	12.8%	37	15.2%
Grade 5:	34	14.6%	35	16.6%	41	19.5%	37	16.7%	33	14.4%	39	16.6%	37	15.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	113	48.5%	109	51.7%	116	55.2%	125	56.3%	122	53.3%	137	58.3%	141	58.0%
Female:	120	51.5%	102	48.3%	94	44.8%	97	43.7%	99	43.2%	90	38.3%	98	40.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.9%	3	1.3%	1	0.4%
Hispanic:	130	55.8%	102	48.3%	106	50.5%	111	50.0%	114	49.8%	113	48.1%	132	54.3%
Black:	1	0.4%	1	0.5%	0	0.0%	2	0.9%	6	2.6%	5	2.1%	5	2.1%
White:	100	42.9%	105	49.8%	104	49.5%	105	47.3%	107	46.7%	114	48.5%	105	43.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	2	0.9%	3	1.4%	0	0.0%	2	0.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	151	64.8%	122	57.8%	109	51.9%	119	53.6%	120	52.4%	104	44.3%	120	49.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	20	8.6%	25	11.8%	23	11.0%	26	11.7%	30	13.1%	39	16.6%	31	12.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.00		14.25		14.20		13.19		14.41		14.00		14.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	65%	68%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	56%	56%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	71%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	66%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	53%	53%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	68%	67%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78%	84%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76%	67%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	59%	68%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	62%	57%	71%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	75%	62%	77%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	69%	75%	75%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73%	71%	77%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66%	72%	77%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	73%	67%	73%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	80%	80%	73%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	83%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	88%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	76%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	78%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	81%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	78%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	71%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	78%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	92%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	100%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	89%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	93%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	78%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	89%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	86%	82%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	69%	70%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	76%	74%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	66%	73%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	71%	75%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	82%	75%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	89%	77%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	93%	88%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83%	75%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92%	90%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74%	78%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77%	82%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	79%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91%	87%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69%	67%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96%	87%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	97%	95%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	94%	95%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	89%	79%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	84%	87%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	84%	83%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	66%	79%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	85%	84%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	91%	89%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	97%	92%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	89%	88%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	79%	85%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	86%	89%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	89%	87%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	51%	67%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81%	80%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	100%	96%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	97%	94%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86%	88%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87%	89%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83%	89%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	94%	97%	N/A
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	26%	57%	N/A
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	46%	61%	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	88%	89%	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	93%	92%	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	73%	81%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	85%	91%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	82%	85%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	89%	90%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	86.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	NA

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	19.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	86.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$42,892.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$44,507.0

* Blessing 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.