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Garza Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

200 Esperanza Rd

Brownsville TX, 78521, Cameron County

Phone: 956-982-2660

Ranking:

(4,541 out of 6,018, bottom 25%)*

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:	44		45		43		44		46		47		49
Total Students:	676		677		722		703		704		733		769
Prekindergarten:	83	12.3%	87	12.9%	93	12.9%	94	13.4%	109	15.5%	121	16.5%	126	16.4%
Kindergarten:	106	15.7%	106	15.7%	117	16.2%	103	14.7%	102	14.5%	99	13.5%	123	16.0%
Grade 1:	118	17.5%	118	17.4%	109	15.1%	101	14.4%	97	13.8%	116	15.8%	101	13.1%
Grade 2:	102	15.1%	103	15.2%	102	14.1%	109	15.5%	108	15.3%	95	13.0%	98	12.7%
Grade 3:	95	14.1%	94	13.9%	100	13.9%	99	14.1%	91	12.9%	92	12.6%	121	15.7%
Grade 4:	89	13.2%	86	12.7%	101	14.0%	102	14.5%	93	13.2%	111	15.1%	96	12.5%
Grade 5:	83	12.3%	83	12.3%	100	13.9%	95	13.5%	104	14.8%	99	13.5%	104	13.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	352	52.1%	356	52.6%	382	52.9%	366	52.1%	349	49.6%	364	49.7%	380	49.4%
Female:	324	47.9%	321	47.4%	340	47.1%	337	47.9%	347	49.3%	361	49.2%	385	50.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	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:	674	99.7%	677	100.0%	721	99.9%	703	100.0%	703	99.9%	732	99.9%	768	99.9%
Black:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%
White:	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	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:	668	98.8%	665	98.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.3%
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:	15.40		15.14		16.72		15.81		15.47		15.50		15.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	51%	68%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	74%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	51%	73%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	74%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	59%	67%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	56%	76%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74%	72%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	50%	69%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	72%	72%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	68%	76%	71%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	75%	79%	77%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	83%	78%	75%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	54%	72%	77%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71%	74%	77%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	55%	68%	73%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	73%	72%	73%
STAAR Spanish
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83%	58%	60%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	100%	60%	64%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	50%	74%	69%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	89%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	79%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	84%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	84%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	86%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	84%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	66%	84%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	88%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	88%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	98%	92%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	93%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	91%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	91%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	90%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	87%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	72%	86%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	66%	80%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	86%	85%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	90%	88%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	85%	87%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	87%	88%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	91%	90%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68%	81%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67%	76%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83%	81%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70%	82%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77%	82%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78%	84%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64%	81%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74%	79%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	98%	94%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	87%	93%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	93%	96%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	100%	94%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	91%	92%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	95%	93%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	61%	80%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	74%	90%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	88%	92%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	89%	92%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	89%	95%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	86%	94%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	51%	71%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71%	85%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84%	87%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72%	89%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80%	90%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75%	90%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69%	91%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81%	92%	N/A
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	76%	60%	N/A
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	48%	62%	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	71%	75%	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	70%	79%	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	72%	84%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	66%	86%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	77%	90%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	67%	88%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	98.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	NA

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	9.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	48.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	52.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$42,313.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$38,437.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$45,892.0

* Garza Elementary Primary School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.