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Eligio Kika De La Garza Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

5441 La Homa Rd

Mission TX, 78572, Hidalgo County

Phone: 956-580-6000

Ranking:

(3,384 out of 6,018, bottom 44%)*

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:	33		36		39		43		44		43		42
Total Students:	491		528		575		608		650		673		632
Prekindergarten:	63	12.8%	56	10.6%	73	12.7%	77	12.7%	87	13.4%	88	13.1%	80	12.7%
Kindergarten:	61	12.4%	76	14.4%	89	15.5%	93	15.3%	101	15.5%	90	13.4%	97	15.3%
Grade 1:	76	15.5%	83	15.7%	86	15.0%	99	16.3%	95	14.6%	112	16.6%	97	15.3%
Grade 2:	72	14.7%	78	14.8%	94	16.3%	80	13.2%	93	14.3%	95	14.1%	117	18.5%
Grade 3:	76	15.5%	91	17.2%	73	12.7%	87	14.3%	96	14.8%	109	16.2%	82	13.0%
Grade 4:	72	14.7%	71	13.4%	84	14.6%	85	14.0%	96	14.8%	86	12.8%	87	13.8%
Grade 5:	71	14.5%	73	13.8%	76	13.2%	87	14.3%	82	12.6%	93	13.8%	72	11.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	247	50.3%	279	52.8%	301	52.3%	315	51.8%	323	49.7%	333	49.5%	325	51.4%
Female:	244	49.7%	249	47.2%	274	47.7%	293	48.2%	319	49.1%	332	49.3%	303	47.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	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:	490	99.8%	528	100.0%	575	100.0%	606	99.7%	648	99.7%	669	99.4%	631	99.8%
Black:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%
White:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	3	0.4%	1	0.2%
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:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	471	95.9%	507	96.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	7	1.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	0.5%	6	1.0%	8	1.2%	8	1.2%	9	1.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.94		14.81		14.79		14.17		14.80		15.70		15.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	54%	58%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	59%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	44%	69%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	71%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	78%	70%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	66%	59%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67%	70%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65%	64%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	70%	68%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	80%	65%	71%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	86%	78%	77%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	71%	72%	75%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64%	67%	77%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63%	65%	77%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	69%	67%	73%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	61%	65%	73%
STAAR Spanish
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	63%	65%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	59%	61%	68%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	100%	49%	53%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	52%	60%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70%	58%	57%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	88%	61%	64%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96%	68%	59%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	25%	46%	44%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	50%	61%	70%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	17%	41%	41%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	80%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	78%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	78%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	87%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	85%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	86%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	87%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	91%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	90%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	92%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	90%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	93%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	91%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	86%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	97%	82%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	87%	77%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	86%	74%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	93%	82%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	91%	83%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	89%	85%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	96%	86%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	92%	90%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	94%	80%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82%	68%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80%	74%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73%	73%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84%	78%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85%	79%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	74%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71%	78%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96%	89%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	90%	86%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	97%	89%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	94%	91%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96%	93%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	89%	90%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	93%	90%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	91%	78%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	95%	81%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	90%	83%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	91%	87%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	85%	88%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	92%	89%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	93%	86%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	92%	90%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88%	65%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91%	78%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86%	79%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89%	84%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83%	86%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79%	83%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83%	82%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80%	85%	N/A
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	91%	55%	N/A
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	73%	53%	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	81%	63%	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	65%	68%	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	83%	80%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	81%	80%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	88%	83%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	88%	83%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	91.1%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	6.7%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	7.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	62.2%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	37.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$43,721.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$40,320.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$49,324.0

* Eligio Kika De La Garza Elementary Primary School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.