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Joan Link Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

2815 Ridge Hollow Dr

Houston TX, 77067, Harris County

Phone: 281-891-8390

Ranking:

(2,851 out of 6,018, top 47%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Spring 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:	44		46		44		47		50		54		51
Total Students:	683		719		725		781		760		775		782
Prekindergarten:	66	9.7%	101	14.0%	85	11.7%	94	12.0%	95	12.5%	104	13.4%	93	11.9%
Kindergarten:	112	16.4%	94	13.1%	104	14.3%	121	15.5%	106	13.9%	106	13.7%	117	15.0%
Grade 1:	91	13.3%	108	15.0%	111	15.3%	122	15.6%	114	15.0%	119	15.4%	100	12.8%
Grade 2:	110	16.1%	104	14.5%	114	15.7%	117	15.0%	114	15.0%	105	13.5%	124	15.9%
Grade 3:	111	16.3%	105	14.6%	103	14.2%	118	15.1%	102	13.4%	119	15.4%	119	15.2%
Grade 4:	98	14.3%	98	13.6%	104	14.3%	103	13.2%	117	15.4%	114	14.7%	121	15.5%
Grade 5:	95	13.9%	109	15.2%	104	14.3%	106	13.6%	112	14.7%	108	13.9%	108	13.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	340	49.8%	356	49.5%	356	49.1%	375	48.0%	387	50.9%	423	54.6%	424	54.2%
Female:	343	50.2%	363	50.5%	369	50.9%	406	52.0%	365	48.0%	344	44.4%	354	45.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	8	1.2%	4	0.6%	2	0.3%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%
Asian:	19	2.8%	18	2.5%	21	2.9%	20	2.6%	14	1.8%	16	2.1%	17	2.2%
Hispanic:	439	64.3%	446	62.0%	462	63.7%	494	63.3%	476	62.6%	464	59.9%	459	58.7%
Black:	196	28.7%	224	31.2%	226	31.2%	255	32.7%	259	34.1%	275	35.5%	287	36.7%
White:	20	2.9%	24	3.3%	11	1.5%	9	1.2%	10	1.3%	19	2.5%	19	2.4%
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:	1	0.1%	3	0.4%	3	0.4%	2	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	573	83.9%	571	79.4%	578	79.7%	648	83.0%	603	79.3%	587	75.7%	582	74.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	38	5.6%	54	7.5%	71	9.8%	58	7.4%	81	10.7%	80	10.3%	101	12.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.53		15.80		16.48		16.60		15.10		14.40		15.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	65%	50%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	53%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	61%	62%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	69%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	67%	56%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	59%	55%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83%	68%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	58%	58%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	72%	62%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	67%	62%	71%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	83%	66%	77%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	72%	65%	75%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70%	69%	77%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80%	69%	77%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	65%	57%	73%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	74%	63%	73%
STAAR Spanish
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	57%	56%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	61%	59%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	66%	65%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	68%	68%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	71%	48%	53%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	79%	43%	51%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70%	51%	60%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70%	52%	57%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	89%	59%	64%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	73%	53%	59%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	83%	56%	49%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	64%	52%	44%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88%	74%	69%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58%	65%	70%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	57%	32%	41%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	33%	24%	41%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	89%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	78%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	78%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	79%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	83%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	81%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	82%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	82%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	90%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	92%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	91%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	92%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	91%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	89%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	88%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	83%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	65%	84%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	68%	76%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	82%	81%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	97%	85%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	92%	83%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	87%	86%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	98%	88%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	94%	87%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74%	85%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65%	75%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79%	80%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77%	81%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83%	80%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77%	78%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	95%	82%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76%	80%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	93%	89%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	85%	89%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	94%	91%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	90%	89%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	88%	89%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	95%	91%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	95%	89%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	91%	87%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	69%	81%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	82%	86%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	93%	87%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	95%	91%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	89%	90%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	89%	90%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	91%	90%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	97%	88%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76%	81%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84%	85%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87%	86%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91%	89%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92%	90%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	95%	89%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85%	90%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	98%	90%	N/A
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	55%	62%	N/A
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	44%	59%	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	72%	67%	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	89%	78%	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	90%	82%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	97%	81%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	78%	84%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	93%	82%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	89.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	5.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	6.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	64.9%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	35.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$42,701.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$40,828.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$46,167.0

* Joan Link Elementary Primary School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.