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Castaneda Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

4100 North 34th

Mcallen TX, 78504, Hidalgo County

Phone: 956-623-8882

Ranking:

(2,228 out of 6,018, top 37%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: McAllen 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:	36		36		34		44		44		47		60
Total Students:	633		642		668		708		741		777		960
Prekindergarten:	61	9.6%	57	8.9%	57	8.5%	62	8.8%	88	11.9%	72	9.3%	99	10.3%
Kindergarten:	76	12.0%	84	13.1%	85	12.7%	106	15.0%	106	14.3%	107	13.8%	118	12.3%
Grade 1:	90	14.2%	99	15.4%	114	17.1%	107	15.1%	104	14.0%	109	14.0%	142	14.8%
Grade 2:	98	15.5%	101	15.7%	98	14.7%	104	14.7%	101	13.6%	113	14.5%	147	15.3%
Grade 3:	95	15.0%	106	16.5%	101	15.1%	99	14.0%	115	15.5%	127	16.3%	147	15.3%
Grade 4:	107	16.9%	105	16.4%	93	13.9%	124	17.5%	108	14.6%	124	16.0%	156	16.3%
Grade 5:	106	16.7%	90	14.0%	120	18.0%	106	15.0%	119	16.1%	125	16.1%	151	15.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	304	48.0%	327	50.9%	351	52.5%	375	53.0%	401	54.1%	407	52.4%	501	52.2%
Female:	329	52.0%	315	49.1%	317	47.5%	333	47.0%	332	44.8%	362	46.6%	455	47.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.1%	3	0.4%	4	0.5%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%
Asian:	32	5.1%	30	4.7%	44	6.6%	42	5.9%	48	6.5%	40	5.1%	45	4.7%
Hispanic:	589	93.0%	596	92.8%	607	90.9%	633	89.4%	658	88.8%	706	90.9%	876	91.3%
Black:	1	0.2%	4	0.6%	3	0.4%	2	0.3%	5	0.7%	8	1.0%	7	0.7%
White:	9	1.4%	8	1.2%	9	1.3%	22	3.1%	26	3.5%	21	2.7%	32	3.3%
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:	1	0.2%	3	0.5%	4	0.6%	5	0.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	432	68.2%	323	50.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	107	11.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	12	1.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.83		17.97		19.53		16.05		16.70		16.70		15.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	65%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	66%	73%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	77%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	82%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	72%	66%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	70%	66%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84%	79%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73%	71%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	85%	75%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	82%	79%	71%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	77%	78%	77%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	83%	73%	75%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83%	81%	77%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89%	80%	77%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	79%	75%	73%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	76%	73%	73%
STAAR Spanish
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	51%	59%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	64%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	50%	35%	51%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83%	66%	57%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	67%	63%	59%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	33%	35%	49%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	29%	47%	44%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83%	74%	69%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86%	73%	70%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	17%	36%	41%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	57%	41%	41%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	80%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	75%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	80%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	80%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	84%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	84%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	88%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	90%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	86%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	91%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	91%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	98%	94%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	92%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	93%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	92%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	90%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	91%	84%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	83%	78%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	89%	84%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	90%	88%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	86%	88%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	81%	90%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	93%	92%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89%	83%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80%	77%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81%	81%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87%	84%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82%	85%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83%	88%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91%	86%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	93%	86%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	94%	88%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	95%	89%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96%	94%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96%	93%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	90%	92%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	92%	94%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	98%	94%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	97%	93%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	77%	76%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	91%	88%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	92%	91%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	90%	93%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	92%	94%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76%	77%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88%	89%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88%	90%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91%	92%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	96%	92%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	93%	94%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	97%	94%	N/A
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	66%	64%	N/A
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	57%	63%	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	77%	76%	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	73%	79%	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	79%	82%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	83%	84%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	86%	91%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	96%	91%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	94.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	NA

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	29.8%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	70.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$45,516.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$39,801.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$47,945.0

* Castaneda Elementary Primary School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.