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Hector P Garcia Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

2444 Graham

Grand Prairie TX, 75050, Dallas County

Phone: 972-237-0001

Ranking:

(3,589 out of 6,018, bottom 40%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 4

School District: Grand Prairie 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:	32		34		35		36		32		37		38
Total Students:	614		604		549		570		560		524		566
Prekindergarten:	94	15.3%	98	16.2%	75	13.7%	91	16.0%	80	14.3%	72	13.7%	78	13.8%
Kindergarten:	105	17.1%	100	16.6%	91	16.6%	72	12.6%	86	15.4%	93	17.7%	94	16.6%
Grade 1:	101	16.4%	99	16.4%	81	14.8%	106	18.6%	82	14.6%	79	15.1%	87	15.4%
Grade 2:	104	16.9%	93	15.4%	104	18.9%	103	18.1%	76	13.6%	87	16.6%	95	16.8%
Grade 3:	94	15.3%	110	18.2%	102	18.6%	98	17.2%	83	14.8%	73	13.9%	77	13.6%
Grade 4:	116	18.9%	104	17.2%	96	17.5%	100	17.5%	78	13.9%	72	13.7%	57	10.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	322	52.4%	314	52.0%	270	49.2%	291	51.1%	269	48.0%	258	49.2%	285	50.4%
Female:	292	47.6%	290	48.0%	279	50.8%	279	48.9%	283	50.5%	258	49.2%	277	48.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	3	0.5%	4	0.7%	4	0.7%	0	0.0%	3	0.5%
Asian:	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	1	0.2%	4	0.7%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	3	0.5%
Hispanic:	537	87.5%	548	90.7%	497	90.5%	510	89.5%	507	90.5%	487	92.9%	499	88.2%
Black:	10	1.6%	9	1.5%	11	2.0%	14	2.5%	14	2.5%	7	1.3%	17	3.0%
White:	62	10.1%	45	7.5%	36	6.6%	37	6.5%	34	6.1%	29	5.5%	44	7.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	3	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	496	80.8%	490	81.1%	458	83.4%	471	82.6%	446	79.6%	382	72.9%	426	75.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	62	10.1%	51	8.4%	52	9.5%	43	7.5%	65	11.6%	69	13.2%	47	8.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.00		17.76		15.73		15.83		17.50		14.20		14.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	69%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	56%	67%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	76%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	59%	74%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	86%	69%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	84%	65%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88%	79%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	70%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	88%	74%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	71%	65%	71%
STAAR Spanish
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	73%	65%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	61%	73%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	59%	62%	60%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	50%	61%	57%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	60%	68%	64%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	64%	63%	59%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	89%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	81%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	79%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	80%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	82%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	83%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	88%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	90%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	89%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	92%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	92%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	92%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	91%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	93%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	92%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	90%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	77%	86%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	69%	76%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	73%	80%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	76%	83%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	70%	81%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	69%	83%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	89%	88%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	96%	91%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64%	79%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66%	79%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87%	80%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70%	79%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77%	81%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83%	87%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78%	87%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	98%	91%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	83%	91%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	74%	86%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	88%	93%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	90%	92%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	93%	95%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	70%	80%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	74%	89%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	93%	87%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	91%	87%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	90%	86%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	91%	89%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	94%	93%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63%	78%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76%	85%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88%	86%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74%	86%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85%	88%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85%	91%	N/A
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	52%	66%	N/A
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	55%	60%	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	67%	71%	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	56%	67%	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	60%	76%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	86%	82%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	84%	89%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	76.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	23.7%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	8.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	44.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	55.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$45,999.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$43,658.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$47,893.0

* Hector P Garcia 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.