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Gene Howe Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

5108 Pico

Amarillo TX, 79110, Randall County

Phone: 806-677-2380

Ranking:

(1,589 out of 6,018, top 26%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 4

School District: Canyon 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:	25		25		24		23		24		36		34
Total Students:	381		387		375		373		375		588		565
Kindergarten:	68	17.8%	85	22.0%	67	17.9%	68	18.2%	69	18.4%	134	22.8%	112	19.8%
Grade 1:	74	19.4%	70	18.1%	78	20.8%	63	16.9%	90	24.0%	103	17.5%	133	23.5%
Grade 2:	68	17.8%	76	19.6%	72	19.2%	88	23.6%	62	16.5%	133	22.6%	108	19.1%
Grade 3:	85	22.3%	71	18.3%	89	23.7%	64	17.2%	86	22.9%	106	18.0%	122	21.6%
Grade 4:	86	22.6%	83	21.4%	68	18.1%	88	23.6%	67	17.9%	111	18.9%	90	15.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	204	53.5%	213	55.0%	203	54.1%	205	55.0%	191	50.9%	296	50.3%	286	50.6%
Female:	177	46.5%	174	45.0%	172	45.9%	168	45.0%	176	46.9%	284	48.3%	275	48.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	3	0.5%	3	0.5%
Asian:	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	3	0.8%	1	0.3%	2	0.5%	7	1.2%	7	1.2%
Hispanic:	97	25.5%	96	24.8%	79	21.1%	77	20.6%	72	19.2%	107	18.2%	99	17.5%
Black:	10	2.6%	6	1.6%	8	2.1%	6	1.6%	7	1.9%	24	4.1%	18	3.2%
White:	266	69.8%	279	72.1%	283	75.5%	286	76.7%	293	78.1%	447	76.0%	438	77.5%
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:	6	1.6%	5	1.3%	2	0.5%	3	0.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	148	38.8%	138	35.7%	118	31.5%	109	29.2%	108	28.8%	112	19.0%	136	24.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	33	8.7%	28	7.2%	22	5.9%	28	7.5%	40	10.7%	52	8.8%	25	4.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.15		15.29		15.64		16.19		15.37		16.20		16.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	77%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	84%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	83%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	87%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	72%	79%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	77%	78%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	85%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78%	81%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	67%	82%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	65%	78%	71%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	98%	95%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	88%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	90%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	87%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	88%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	92%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	94%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	96%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	96%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	98%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	99%	99%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	97%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	96%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	98%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	97%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	94%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	93%	89%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	92%	87%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	88%	84%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	85%	89%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	90%	86%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	90%	91%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	85%	92%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	90%	94%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91%	92%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87%	87%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	93%	88%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	95%	92%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	97%	94%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	98%	93%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	99%	94%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	97%	96%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	92%	94%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96%	94%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	95%	94%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	84.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	15.6%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	10.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	34.4%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	65.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$40,041.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,817.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$42,253.0

* Gene Howe Elementary Primary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.