Castro Elementary Primary School
200 South Mayberry
Mission TX, 78572, Hidalgo County
Phone: 956-323-6800
Ranking:
(5,162 out of 6,018, bottom 14%)*

Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Mission 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 | |||
Amount | % | Amount | % | |
Total Teachers: | 35 | 38 | ||
Total Students: | 599 | 631 | ||
Prekindergarten: | 42 | 7.0% | 60 | 9.5% |
Kindergarten: | 86 | 14.4% | 97 | 15.4% |
Grade 1: | 104 | 17.4% | 93 | 14.7% |
Grade 2: | 92 | 15.4% | 102 | 16.2% |
Grade 3: | 90 | 15.0% | 92 | 14.6% |
Grade 4: | 94 | 15.7% | 97 | 15.4% |
Grade 5: | 91 | 15.2% | 90 | 14.3% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||
Male: | 307 | 51.3% | 334 | 52.9% |
Female: | 292 | 48.7% | 297 | 47.1% |
Student By Races: | ||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Asian: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Hispanic: | 593 | 99.0% | 627 | 99.4% |
Black: | 3 | 0.5% | 3 | 0.5% |
White: | 3 | 0.5% | 1 | 0.2% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Two or More Races: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Lunch Program: | ||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 560 | 93.5% | 598 | 94.8% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 16.89 | 16.64 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
STAAR | ||||||
2012 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 64% | 65% | 68% |
2013 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 60% | 69% | 69% |
2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 51% | 69% | 76% |
2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 62% | 77% | 79% |
2012 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 51% | 61% | 68% |
2013 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 57% | 69% | 68% |
2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 49% | 66% | 77% |
2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 42% | 64% | 72% |
2012 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 55% | 62% | 71% |
2013 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 47% | 66% | 71% |
2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 72% | 74% | 77% |
2013 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 64% | 74% | 75% |
2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 65% | 73% | 77% |
2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 58% | 71% | 77% |
2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 63% | 70% | 73% |
2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 64% | 69% | 73% |
STAAR Spanish | ||||||
2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 31% | 43% | 65% |
2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 38% | 36% | 68% |
2013 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 20% | 39% | 51% |
2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 23% | 40% | 57% |
2013 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 58% | 44% | 59% |
2013 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 40% | 47% | 44% |
2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 83% | 71% | 70% |
2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 20% | 24% | 41% |
TAKS | ||||||
2004 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86% | 87% | N/A |
2005 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79% | 81% | N/A |
2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87% | 85% | N/A |
2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75% | 82% | N/A |
2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77% | 85% | N/A |
2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 72% | 86% | N/A |
2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70% | 88% | N/A |
2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 44% | 80% | N/A |
2004 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79% | 85% | N/A |
2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87% | 90% | N/A |
2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91% | 91% | N/A |
2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93% | 91% | N/A |
2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90% | 91% | N/A |
2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88% | 92% | N/A |
2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75% | 90% | N/A |
2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 56% | 82% | N/A |
2004 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 90% | 84% | N/A |
2005 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 63% | 79% | N/A |
2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 82% | 83% | N/A |
2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 89% | 90% | N/A |
2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 85% | 84% | N/A |
2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 86% | 91% | N/A |
2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 83% | 89% | N/A |
2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 73% | 87% | N/A |
2004 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 87% | 84% | N/A |
2005 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 63% | 74% | N/A |
2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 82% | 79% | N/A |
2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 76% | 80% | N/A |
2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 73% | 79% | N/A |
2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 77% | 86% | N/A |
2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 65% | 80% | N/A |
2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 70% | 79% | N/A |
2004 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 97% | 95% | N/A |
2005 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 89% | 90% | N/A |
2006 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 93% | 93% | N/A |
2007 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 89% | 92% | N/A |
2008 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 87% | 91% | N/A |
2009 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 92% | 94% | N/A |
2010 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 88% | 95% | N/A |
2011 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 82% | 90% | N/A |
2004 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 72% | 82% | N/A |
2005 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 84% | 90% | N/A |
2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 78% | 88% | N/A |
2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 90% | 93% | N/A |
2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 81% | 88% | N/A |
2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 84% | 92% | N/A |
2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 91% | 90% | N/A |
2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 84% | 89% | N/A |
2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 66% | 77% | N/A |
2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 68% | 83% | N/A |
2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 72% | 82% | N/A |
2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 85% | 88% | N/A |
2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 84% | 88% | N/A |
2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 79% | 90% | N/A |
2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 83% | 89% | N/A |
2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 82% | 89% | N/A |
2004 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 62% | 69% | N/A |
2005 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 55% | 65% | N/A |
2006 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 61% | 76% | N/A |
2007 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 93% | 84% | N/A |
2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 85% | 87% | N/A |
2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 89% | 90% | N/A |
2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 90% | 91% | N/A |
2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 82% | 86% | N/A |
2004 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 84% | 81% | N/A |
2005 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 83% | 83% | N/A |
2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 89% | 91% | N/A |
2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 90% | 88% | N/A |
2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 77% | 81% | N/A |
2004 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 87% | 87% | N/A |
2005 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 98% | 91% | N/A |
2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 92% | 96% | N/A |
2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 91% | 94% | N/A |
2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 90% | 91% | N/A |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
Teacher's Experience and Compensation
2007 | |
Teachers with Bachelor Degree: | 90.0% |
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree: | 10.0% |
Mean Number of Years of Teaching: | 11.0 years |
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | 40.0% |
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | 60.0% |
Mean Base Salary: | $43,667.0 |
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | $38,069.0 |
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | $47,398.0 |
* Castro Elementary Primary School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.