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Dowling Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

6301 Pat Ave

Port Arthur TX, 77640, Jefferson County

Phone: 409-984-4960

Ranking:

(5,847 out of 6,018, bottom 3%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Port Arthur 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:	26		26		26		25		22		19		19
Total Students:	339		330		351		346		321		307		298
Prekindergarten:	36	10.6%	18	5.5%	23	6.6%	22	6.4%	22	6.9%	20	6.5%	22	7.4%
Kindergarten:	56	16.5%	65	19.7%	56	16.0%	58	16.8%	43	13.4%	45	14.7%	54	18.1%
Grade 1:	63	18.6%	51	15.5%	57	16.2%	50	14.5%	45	14.0%	54	17.6%	51	17.1%
Grade 2:	44	13.0%	53	16.1%	46	13.1%	46	13.3%	57	17.8%	54	17.6%	37	12.4%
Grade 3:	57	16.8%	41	12.4%	51	14.5%	60	17.3%	58	18.1%	38	12.4%	48	16.1%
Grade 4:	36	10.6%	50	15.2%	57	16.2%	61	17.6%	45	14.0%	44	14.3%	45	15.1%
Grade 5:	47	13.9%	52	15.8%	61	17.4%	49	14.2%	51	15.9%	52	16.9%	41	13.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	159	46.9%	160	48.5%	175	49.9%	176	50.9%	161	50.2%	147	47.9%	144	48.3%
Female:	180	53.1%	170	51.5%	176	50.1%	170	49.1%	152	47.4%	152	49.5%	150	50.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	1.5%	2	0.6%	3	0.9%	2	0.6%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%
Asian:	3	0.9%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	4	1.2%	5	1.6%	5	1.7%
Hispanic:	121	35.7%	102	30.9%	102	29.1%	111	32.1%	95	29.6%	80	26.1%	70	23.5%
Black:	172	50.7%	173	52.4%	184	52.4%	164	47.4%	150	46.7%	141	45.9%	141	47.3%
White:	38	11.2%	52	15.8%	60	17.1%	65	18.8%	72	22.4%	80	26.1%	82	27.5%
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%	1	0.3%	2	0.6%	3	0.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	250	73.7%	223	67.6%	252	71.8%	261	75.4%	147	45.8%	191	62.2%	205	68.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	29	8.6%	17	5.2%	31	8.8%	17	4.9%	14	4.4%	25	8.1%	23	7.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.19		12.78		13.32		13.98		14.60		16.20		16.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	44%	53%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	57%	54%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	51%	63%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	63%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	31%	52%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	57%	50%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66%	63%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64%	54%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	63%	61%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	62%	59%	71%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	61%	67%	77%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	45%	61%	75%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56%	64%	77%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63%	67%	77%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	54%	61%	73%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	41%	60%	73%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	93%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	83%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	78%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	77%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	74%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	51%	73%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	63%	73%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	61%	81%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	90%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	91%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	89%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	89%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	88%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	87%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	84%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	80%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	63%	85%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	50%	73%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	57%	76%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	85%	73%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	72%	66%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	50%	62%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	53%	73%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	63%	79%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65%	83%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	55%	71%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	59%	73%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79%	71%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72%	73%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	60%	68%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	57%	75%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63%	74%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	63%	85%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	72%	82%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	86%	90%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	82%	86%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	79%	83%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	72%	81%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	79%	89%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	76%	82%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	70%	80%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	70%	82%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	69%	81%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	70%	82%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	63%	76%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	68%	78%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	74%	80%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	68%	87%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61%	75%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70%	85%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79%	80%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83%	80%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79%	78%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79%	79%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72%	81%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77%	88%	N/A
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	48%	63%	N/A
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	35%	63%	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	50%	69%	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	48%	63%	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	51%	65%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	66%	70%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	80%	78%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	49%	77%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	78.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	21.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	21.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	89.5%

Mean Base Salary:	$50,159.0
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:	$50,527.0

* Dowling Elementary Primary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.