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Houston Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

3245 36th St

Port Arthur TX, 77642, Jefferson County

Phone: 409-984-4800

Ranking:

(5,738 out of 6,018, bottom 5%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Port Arthur 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:	45		45		45		62		60		55		54
Total Students:	655		684		741		1,055		1,009		1,020		917
Prekindergarten:	70	10.7%	72	10.5%	68	9.2%	75	7.1%	63	6.2%	71	7.0%	65	7.1%
Kindergarten:	112	17.1%	100	14.6%	108	14.6%	170	16.1%	166	16.5%	155	15.2%	164	17.9%
Grade 1:	97	14.8%	98	14.3%	114	15.4%	179	17.0%	132	13.1%	163	16.0%	178	19.4%
Grade 2:	90	13.7%	109	15.9%	119	16.1%	135	12.8%	164	16.3%	188	18.4%	141	15.4%
Grade 3:	103	15.7%	100	14.6%	88	11.9%	169	16.0%	186	18.4%	151	14.8%	132	14.4%
Grade 4:	104	15.9%	80	11.7%	124	16.7%	171	16.2%	146	14.5%	151	14.8%	118	12.9%
Grade 5:	79	12.1%	125	18.3%	120	16.2%	156	14.8%	152	15.1%	141	13.8%	119	13.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	358	54.7%	385	56.3%	391	52.8%	557	52.8%	495	49.1%	489	47.9%	432	47.1%
Female:	297	45.3%	299	43.7%	350	47.2%	498	47.2%	506	50.1%	523	51.3%	481	52.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	29	4.4%	25	3.7%	35	4.7%	36	3.4%	1	0.1%	3	0.3%	2	0.2%
Asian:	25	3.8%	24	3.5%	20	2.7%	34	3.2%	36	3.6%	34	3.3%	34	3.7%
Hispanic:	422	64.4%	447	65.4%	477	64.4%	528	50.0%	472	46.8%	469	46.0%	425	46.3%
Black:	149	22.7%	161	23.5%	179	24.2%	419	39.7%	469	46.5%	482	47.3%	419	45.7%
White:	28	4.3%	24	3.5%	28	3.8%	25	2.4%	31	3.1%	32	3.1%	37	4.0%
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:	2	0.3%	3	0.4%	2	0.3%	13	1.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	535	81.7%	528	77.2%	593	80.0%	833	79.0%	702	69.6%	706	69.2%	685	74.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	34	5.2%	40	5.8%	27	3.6%	51	4.8%	48	4.8%	73	7.2%	88	9.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.48		15.04		16.40		17.10		16.95		18.50		16.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	32%	53%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	35%	54%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	39%	63%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	50%	63%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	54%	52%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	49%	50%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72%	63%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	51%	54%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	64%	61%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	47%	59%	71%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	50%	67%	77%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	63%	61%	75%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57%	64%	77%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69%	67%	77%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	47%	61%	73%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	52%	60%	73%
STAAR Spanish
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	47%	50%	56%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	65%	75%	65%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	56%	48%	53%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63%	52%	60%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	53%	66%	64%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	64%	56%	49%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	0%	15%	44%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73%	67%	69%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	20%	59%	70%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	55%	47%	41%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	0%	55%	41%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	93%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	83%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	78%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	52%	77%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	74%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	73%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	66%	73%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	81%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	91%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	89%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	89%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	88%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	87%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	84%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	80%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	83%	85%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	83%	73%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	87%	76%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	75%	73%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	51%	66%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	50%	62%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	70%	73%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	74%	79%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77%	83%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82%	71%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82%	73%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68%	71%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	62%	73%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	54%	68%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78%	75%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73%	74%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	77%	85%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	89%	82%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	92%	90%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	87%	86%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	81%	83%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	72%	81%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	81%	89%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	72%	82%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	72%	80%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	90%	82%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	91%	81%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	68%	82%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	75%	76%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	74%	78%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	60%	80%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	80%	87%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74%	75%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87%	85%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88%	80%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70%	80%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74%	78%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74%	79%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70%	81%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83%	88%	N/A
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	60%	63%	N/A
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	70%	63%	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	81%	69%	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	51%	63%	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	72%	65%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	67%	70%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	58%	78%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	72%	77%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	79.6%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	20.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	24.1%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	75.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$43,759.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$37,057.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$45,884.0

* Houston Elementary Primary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.