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Bowie Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

309 West Lincoln Ave

Harlingen TX, 78550, Cameron County

Phone: 956-427-3080

Ranking:

(946 out of 6,018, top 16%)*

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:	24		24		24		23		24		22		22
Total Students:	401		367		393		390		358		364		349
Prekindergarten:	54	13.5%	49	13.4%	61	15.5%	59	15.1%	50	14.0%	36	9.9%	51	14.6%
Kindergarten:	58	14.5%	59	16.1%	56	14.2%	51	13.1%	44	12.3%	60	16.5%	50	14.3%
Grade 1:	61	15.2%	57	15.5%	58	14.8%	55	14.1%	62	17.3%	60	16.5%	58	16.6%
Grade 2:	60	15.0%	50	13.6%	50	12.7%	63	16.2%	48	13.4%	54	14.8%	53	15.2%
Grade 3:	64	16.0%	50	13.6%	58	14.8%	57	14.6%	58	16.2%	52	14.3%	51	14.6%
Grade 4:	45	11.2%	55	15.0%	51	13.0%	57	14.6%	47	13.1%	52	14.3%	53	15.2%
Grade 5:	59	14.7%	47	12.8%	59	15.0%	48	12.3%	49	13.7%	50	13.7%	33	9.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	202	50.4%	182	49.6%	195	49.6%	183	46.9%	161	45.0%	183	50.3%	171	49.0%
Female:	199	49.6%	185	50.4%	198	50.4%	207	53.1%	189	52.8%	173	47.5%	174	49.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	2	0.5%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	391	97.5%	363	98.9%	387	98.5%	384	98.5%	348	97.2%	355	97.5%	343	98.3%
Black:	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%
White:	9	2.2%	1	0.3%	4	1.0%	4	1.0%	9	2.5%	8	2.2%	5	1.4%
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:	361	90.0%	337	91.8%	355	90.3%	354	90.8%	315	88.0%	308	84.6%	317	90.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	13	3.2%	10	2.7%	19	4.8%	20	5.1%	20	5.6%	25	6.9%	13	3.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.72		15.28		16.51		16.97		14.85		16.50		15.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	62%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	70%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	71%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	74%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	98%	67%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	86%	65%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92%	76%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77%	64%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	100%	72%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	91%	69%	71%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	74%	72%	77%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	96%	71%	75%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81%	73%	77%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92%	76%	77%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	59%	69%	73%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	98%	71%	73%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	98%	89%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	79%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	80%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	81%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	84%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	83%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	89%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	87%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	91%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	91%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	91%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	98%	92%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	94%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	98%	92%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	91%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	88%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	85%	86%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	91%	80%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	95%	81%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	100%	84%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	96%	85%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	94%	84%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	98%	90%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	100%	88%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91%	86%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82%	76%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88%	80%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92%	81%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89%	82%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	94%	83%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82%	84%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	95%	82%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	90%	92%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	98%	92%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	95%	94%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	100%	93%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	94%	91%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	98%	93%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	98%	93%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	98%	92%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	72%	83%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	88%	89%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	100%	88%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	85%	91%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	97%	89%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	90%	89%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	96%	93%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	96%	93%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	47%	74%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90%	85%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	93%	84%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	97%	89%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86%	89%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	100%	92%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91%	92%	N/A
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	28%	63%	N/A
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	51%	61%	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	83%	73%	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	82%	78%	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	97%	84%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	83%	84%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	100%	90%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	89%	89%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	85.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	15.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	30.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	70.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$45,548.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$37,633.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$48,941.0

* Bowie Elementary Primary School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.