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Grissom Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

4900 Simsbrook Dr

Houston TX, 77045, Harris County

Phone: 713-434-5660

Ranking:

(5,051 out of 6,018, bottom 16%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Houston 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		32		43		46		47		47		45
Total Students:	569		629		787		791		806		812		787
Prekindergarten:	51	9.0%	55	8.7%	60	7.6%	67	8.5%	65	8.1%	68	8.4%	70	8.9%
Kindergarten:	81	14.2%	81	12.9%	104	13.2%	122	15.4%	120	14.9%	108	13.3%	99	12.6%
Grade 1:	86	15.1%	88	14.0%	131	16.6%	115	14.5%	120	14.9%	124	15.3%	128	16.3%
Grade 2:	76	13.4%	96	15.3%	117	14.9%	116	14.7%	123	15.3%	126	15.5%	114	14.5%
Grade 3:	94	16.5%	97	15.4%	122	15.5%	128	16.2%	135	16.7%	135	16.6%	129	16.4%
Grade 4:	88	15.5%	103	16.4%	134	17.0%	124	15.7%	121	15.0%	134	16.5%	116	14.7%
Grade 5:	93	16.3%	109	17.3%	119	15.1%	119	15.0%	122	15.1%	117	14.4%	131	16.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	268	47.1%	303	48.2%	388	49.3%	389	49.2%	403	50.0%	399	49.1%	403	51.2%
Female:	301	52.9%	326	51.8%	399	50.7%	402	50.8%	395	49.0%	405	49.9%	380	48.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	0.7%	4	0.6%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	326	57.3%	329	52.3%	455	57.8%	468	59.2%	489	60.7%	482	59.4%	463	58.8%
Black:	233	40.9%	290	46.1%	325	41.3%	315	39.8%	309	38.3%	321	39.5%	316	40.2%
White:	2	0.4%	3	0.5%	4	0.5%	7	0.9%	7	0.9%	8	1.0%	8	1.0%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	2	0.4%	2	0.3%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	535	94.0%	591	94.0%	363	46.1%	396	50.1%	483	59.9%	462	56.9%	479	60.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	26	4.6%	25	4.0%	35	4.4%	42	5.3%	49	6.1%	106	13.1%	78	9.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.24		19.97		18.30		17.02		17.15		17.30		17.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	43%	64%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	33%	64%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	38%	71%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	57%	74%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	32%	66%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	38%	64%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	37%	71%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	44%	64%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	49%	69%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	47%	67%	71%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	75%	75%	77%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	47%	69%	75%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60%	72%	77%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	51%	70%	77%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	60%	69%	73%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	47%	66%	73%
STAAR Spanish
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	66%	56%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	67%	59%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	72%	65%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	73%	68%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	67%	65%	53%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	70%	65%	51%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82%	70%	60%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65%	65%	57%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	92%	74%	64%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	83%	70%	59%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	84%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	70%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	45%	70%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	54%	75%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	63%	78%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	82%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	83%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	63%	85%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	87%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	89%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	89%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	91%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	91%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	90%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	89%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	87%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	79%	79%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	58%	69%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	66%	74%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	59%	80%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	79%	82%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	76%	86%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	82%	87%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	77%	88%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71%	80%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69%	70%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	60%	74%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78%	77%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	77%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81%	82%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89%	81%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79%	83%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	70%	86%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	93%	88%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	90%	89%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	87%	85%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	95%	90%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	99%	91%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	97%	92%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	88%	90%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	72%	76%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	82%	81%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	92%	89%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	91%	89%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	86%	91%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	88%	92%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	85%	92%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57%	71%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71%	77%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79%	81%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86%	85%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90%	87%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76%	87%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85%	89%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89%	90%	N/A
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	46%	61%	N/A
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	55%	51%	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	68%	65%	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	55%	71%	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	83%	82%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	81%	85%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	89%	87%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	85%	86%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	95%	62%	N/A
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	95%	78%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	76.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	23.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	8.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	51.2%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	48.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$44,629.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$40,943.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$48,490.0

* Grissom 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.