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Dr Americo Paredes Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

5301 Bentsen Palm Dr

Mission TX, 78572, Hidalgo County

Phone: 956-584-0871

Ranking:

(4,992 out of 6,018, bottom 17%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: La Joya 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:	37		41		43		44		36		36		48
Total Students:	629		650		677		709		563		539		764
Prekindergarten:	76	12.1%	61	9.4%	68	10.0%	79	11.1%	66	11.7%	65	12.1%	103	13.5%
Kindergarten:	73	11.6%	91	14.0%	102	15.1%	102	14.4%	69	12.3%	106	19.7%	111	14.5%
Grade 1:	88	14.0%	106	16.3%	94	13.9%	95	13.4%	93	16.5%	86	16.0%	126	16.5%
Grade 2:	102	16.2%	87	13.4%	105	15.5%	118	16.6%	90	16.0%	69	12.8%	120	15.7%
Grade 3:	94	14.9%	100	15.4%	119	17.6%	96	13.5%	78	13.9%	87	16.1%	100	13.1%
Grade 4:	95	15.1%	111	17.1%	98	14.5%	92	13.0%	97	17.2%	64	11.9%	92	12.0%
Grade 5:	101	16.1%	94	14.5%	91	13.4%	127	17.9%	70	12.4%	62	11.5%	112	14.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	323	51.4%	332	51.1%	341	50.4%	345	48.7%	270	48.0%	276	51.2%	411	53.8%
Female:	306	48.6%	318	48.9%	336	49.6%	364	51.3%	285	50.6%	255	47.3%	349	45.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	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:	628	99.8%	648	99.7%	677	100.0%	708	99.9%	561	99.6%	538	99.8%	764	100.0%
Black:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%
White:	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
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:	605	96.2%	625	96.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	27	3.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	3	0.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.05		15.98		15.84		16.09		15.83		15.10		16.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	48%	58%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	51%	59%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	55%	69%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	71%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	58%	70%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	54%	59%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	55%	70%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63%	64%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	56%	68%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	55%	65%	71%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	77%	78%	77%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	68%	72%	75%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63%	67%	77%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57%	65%	77%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	82%	67%	73%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	68%	65%	73%
STAAR Spanish
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	38%	37%	59%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	58%	63%	65%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	59%	61%	68%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	80%	49%	53%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	100%	52%	60%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	58%	58%	57%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	100%	61%	64%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	70%	68%	59%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	60%	48%	49%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	40%	53%	69%
TAKS
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	61%	78%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	87%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	85%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	86%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	87%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	90%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	93%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	90%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	91%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	86%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	63%	82%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	84%	85%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	87%	86%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	88%	90%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	56%	73%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79%	78%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70%	79%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77%	74%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76%	78%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	84%	91%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96%	93%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	91%	90%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	93%	90%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	83%	90%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	73%	87%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	65%	88%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	75%	89%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	78%	86%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	91%	90%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70%	84%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79%	86%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80%	83%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81%	82%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	49%	68%	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	57%	80%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	59%	80%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	74%	83%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	71%	83%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	90.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	7.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	10.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	64.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	35.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$43,799.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$39,791.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$51,014.0

* Dr Americo Paredes 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.