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Garden Park Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

855 Military Hwy

Brownsville TX, 78520, Cameron County

Phone: 956-982-2630

Ranking:

(3,468 out of 6,018, bottom 42%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Brownsville 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:	40		43		47		51		54		53		51
Total Students:	688		697		762		828		886		856		844
Prekindergarten:	73	10.6%	70	10.0%	83	10.9%	89	10.7%	113	12.8%	110	12.9%	134	15.9%
Kindergarten:	73	10.6%	84	12.1%	93	12.2%	128	15.5%	119	13.4%	118	13.8%	106	12.6%
Grade 1:	96	14.0%	97	13.9%	134	17.6%	123	14.9%	142	16.0%	122	14.3%	131	15.5%
Grade 2:	92	13.4%	120	17.2%	109	14.3%	126	15.2%	132	14.9%	133	15.5%	125	14.8%
Grade 3:	115	16.7%	115	16.5%	108	14.2%	117	14.1%	137	15.5%	131	15.3%	119	14.1%
Grade 4:	126	18.3%	103	14.8%	120	15.7%	126	15.2%	123	13.9%	116	13.6%	120	14.2%
Grade 5:	113	16.4%	108	15.5%	115	15.1%	119	14.4%	120	13.5%	126	14.7%	109	12.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	349	50.7%	345	49.5%	381	50.0%	400	48.3%	437	49.3%	433	50.6%	430	50.9%
Female:	339	49.3%	352	50.5%	381	50.0%	428	51.7%	441	49.8%	415	48.5%	410	48.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	0.4%	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:	687	99.9%	692	99.3%	762	100.0%	826	99.8%	880	99.3%	846	98.8%	837	99.2%
Black:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%
White:	1	0.1%	5	0.7%	0	0.0%	2	0.2%	6	0.7%	6	0.7%	7	0.8%
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:	675	98.1%	690	99.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.40		16.37		16.07		16.27		16.41		16.20		16.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	68%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	74%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	63%	73%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	74%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	63%	67%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	76%	76%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63%	72%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65%	69%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	66%	72%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	85%	76%	71%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	85%	79%	77%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	85%	78%	75%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77%	72%	77%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72%	74%	77%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	75%	68%	73%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	59%	72%	73%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	89%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	79%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	84%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	84%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	86%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	84%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	84%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	88%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	92%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	94%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	93%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	91%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	91%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	90%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	87%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	89%	86%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	86%	80%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	77%	85%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	87%	88%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	86%	87%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	81%	88%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	81%	90%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	96%	90%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76%	81%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	76%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77%	81%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81%	82%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73%	82%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77%	84%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77%	81%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81%	79%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	93%	96%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96%	93%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	91%	94%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	95%	94%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	93%	92%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	97%	93%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	69%	80%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	92%	90%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	96%	94%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	90%	92%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	96%	95%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65%	71%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87%	85%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91%	87%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	93%	89%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86%	90%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84%	90%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	93%	92%	N/A
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	45%	60%	N/A
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	66%	62%	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	77%	75%	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	86%	79%	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	81%	84%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	81%	86%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	88%	90%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	87%	88%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	92.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	7.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	25.5%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	74.5%

Mean Base Salary:	$45,525.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$38,822.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$47,819.0

* Garden Park 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.