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Desert Hills Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

300 North Kenazo Ave

El Paso TX, 79928, El Paso County

Phone: 915-926-4500

Ranking:

(4,136 out of 6,018, bottom 31%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 3

School District: Clint 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:	58		55		56		56		59		55		54
Total Students:	1,129		1,109		1,128		1,022		1,023		981		916
Prekindergarten:	187	16.6%	143	12.9%	165	14.6%	152	14.9%	140	13.7%	143	14.6%	137	15.0%
Kindergarten:	205	18.2%	224	20.2%	239	21.2%	191	18.7%	193	18.9%	217	22.1%	169	18.4%
Grade 1:	250	22.1%	263	23.7%	234	20.7%	230	22.5%	248	24.2%	204	20.8%	218	23.8%
Grade 2:	241	21.3%	244	22.0%	241	21.4%	251	24.6%	214	20.9%	213	21.7%	194	21.2%
Grade 3:	246	21.8%	235	21.2%	249	22.1%	198	19.4%	228	22.3%	204	20.8%	198	21.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	584	51.7%	590	53.2%	605	53.6%	548	53.6%	544	53.2%	507	51.7%	466	50.9%
Female:	545	48.3%	519	46.8%	523	46.4%	474	46.4%	471	46.0%	466	47.5%	446	48.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	3	0.3%	3	0.3%	2	0.2%	1	0.1%
Asian:	8	0.7%	7	0.6%	5	0.4%	5	0.5%	4	0.4%	3	0.3%	1	0.1%
Hispanic:	1,020	90.3%	986	88.9%	1,002	88.8%	917	89.7%	927	90.6%	908	92.6%	835	91.2%
Black:	20	1.8%	24	2.2%	30	2.7%	27	2.6%	25	2.4%	16	1.6%	17	1.9%
White:	72	6.4%	82	7.4%	84	7.4%	69	6.8%	64	6.3%	52	5.3%	62	6.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	7	0.6%	6	0.5%	4	0.4%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	679	60.1%	703	63.4%	419	37.1%	685	67.0%	523	51.1%	543	55.4%	435	47.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	140	12.4%	142	12.8%	221	19.6%	133	13.0%	213	20.8%	156	15.9%	79	8.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.39		20.16		20.14		18.15		17.39		17.90		17.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	65%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	71%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	69%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	73%	79%
STAAR Spanish
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	60%	68%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	87%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	83%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	88%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	83%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	82%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	84%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	90%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	90%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	98%	91%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	95%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	88%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	89%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	93%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	89%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	86%	84%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	65%	72%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	76%	78%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84%	78%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74%	72%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77%	77%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	92%	93%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	85%	91%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	90%	87%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	81%	85%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	79%	84%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80%	83%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74%	73%	N/A
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	45%	46%	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	66%	56%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	77.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	22.7%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	8.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	56.8%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	43.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$44,912.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$42,132.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$48,571.0

* Desert Hills Elementary Primary School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.