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Houston Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

301 East Taft Ave

Harlingen TX, 78550, Cameron County

Phone: 956-427-3110

Ranking:

(3,866 out of 6,018, bottom 36%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Harlingen Consolidated 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:	30		33		32		32		32		30		24
Total Students:	481		503		482		512		507		498		321
Prekindergarten:	50	10.4%	52	10.3%	60	12.4%	52	10.2%	54	10.7%	68	13.7%	46	14.3%
Kindergarten:	66	13.7%	64	12.7%	58	12.0%	70	13.7%	87	17.2%	73	14.7%	41	12.8%
Grade 1:	68	14.1%	68	13.5%	71	14.7%	89	17.4%	69	13.6%	76	15.3%	41	12.8%
Grade 2:	65	13.5%	81	16.1%	87	18.0%	71	13.9%	92	18.1%	73	14.7%	53	16.5%
Grade 3:	70	14.6%	89	17.7%	71	14.7%	87	17.0%	62	12.2%	77	15.5%	42	13.1%
Grade 4:	93	19.3%	75	14.9%	81	16.8%	69	13.5%	71	14.0%	65	13.1%	54	16.8%
Grade 5:	69	14.3%	74	14.7%	54	11.2%	74	14.5%	72	14.2%	66	13.3%	44	13.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	265	55.1%	264	52.5%	251	52.1%	271	52.9%	259	51.1%	255	51.2%	154	48.0%
Female:	216	44.9%	239	47.5%	231	47.9%	241	47.1%	240	47.3%	235	47.2%	163	50.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	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%	1	0.3%
Hispanic:	470	97.7%	489	97.2%	463	96.1%	488	95.3%	481	94.9%	471	94.6%	304	94.7%
Black:	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	3	0.6%	8	1.6%	9	1.8%	5	1.6%
White:	9	1.9%	13	2.6%	18	3.7%	17	3.3%	18	3.6%	18	3.6%	11	3.4%
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%	3	0.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	409	85.0%	422	83.9%	399	82.8%	428	83.6%	417	82.2%	394	79.1%	246	76.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	30	6.2%	29	5.8%	27	5.6%	25	4.9%	36	7.1%	37	7.4%	37	11.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.01		15.22		14.85		16.03		15.88		16.40		13.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	62%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	70%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	71%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	74%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	72%	67%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	73%	65%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77%	76%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71%	64%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	81%	72%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	65%	69%	71%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	69%	72%	77%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	73%	71%	75%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60%	73%	77%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69%	76%	77%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	52%	69%	73%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	75%	71%	73%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	89%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	79%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	80%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	81%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	84%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	83%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	89%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	87%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	91%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	91%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	91%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	98%	92%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	94%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	92%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	91%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	88%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	88%	80%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	88%	81%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	78%	85%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	73%	84%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	87%	90%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	87%	88%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82%	76%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86%	80%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73%	81%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78%	82%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79%	83%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81%	84%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87%	82%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	78%	92%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	93%	92%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	90%	94%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	88%	93%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	78%	91%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	89%	93%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	90%	93%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	94%	92%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	78%	89%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	90%	88%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	88%	89%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	84%	89%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	91%	93%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	96%	93%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65%	74%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77%	85%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90%	84%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85%	88%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87%	89%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82%	89%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91%	92%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89%	92%	N/A
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	55%	63%	N/A
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	45%	61%	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	76%	73%	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	64%	78%	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	57%	84%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	77%	84%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	83%	90%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	79%	89%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	83.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	16.7%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	16.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	29.2%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	70.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$45,409.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$37,025.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$48,862.0

* Houston Elementary Primary School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.