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John F Kennedy Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1801 North Diamond Ave

Penitas TX, 78576, Hidalgo County

Phone: 956-323-2330

Ranking:

(2,532 out of 6,018, top 42%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: La Joya 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:	47		48		47		49		52		49		42
Total Students:	801		792		786		778		838		805		634
Prekindergarten:	110	13.7%	103	13.0%	110	14.0%	94	12.1%	144	17.2%	124	15.4%	85	13.4%
Kindergarten:	98	12.2%	109	13.8%	107	13.6%	134	17.2%	119	14.2%	105	13.0%	84	13.2%
Grade 1:	117	14.6%	111	14.0%	137	17.4%	107	13.8%	118	14.1%	120	14.9%	90	14.2%
Grade 2:	108	13.5%	145	18.3%	104	13.2%	110	14.1%	102	12.2%	118	14.7%	105	16.6%
Grade 3:	143	17.9%	109	13.8%	109	13.9%	101	13.0%	120	14.3%	123	15.3%	88	13.9%
Grade 4:	112	14.0%	107	13.5%	105	13.4%	113	14.5%	118	14.1%	108	13.4%	85	13.4%
Grade 5:	113	14.1%	108	13.6%	114	14.5%	119	15.3%	117	14.0%	107	13.3%	97	15.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	401	50.1%	389	49.1%	389	49.5%	391	50.3%	427	51.0%	417	51.8%	321	50.6%
Female:	400	49.9%	403	50.9%	397	50.5%	387	49.7%	403	48.1%	380	47.2%	309	48.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	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%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	792	98.9%	791	99.9%	781	99.4%	777	99.9%	837	99.9%	802	99.6%	632	99.7%
Black:	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
White:	5	0.6%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	3	0.4%	2	0.3%
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%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	617	77.0%	632	79.8%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	11	1.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	1	0.1%	3	0.4%	15	1.9%	23	3.0%	37	4.4%	43	5.3%	51	8.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.94		16.50		16.70		15.92		16.23		16.40		15.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	65%	58%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	59%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	69%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	71%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	78%	70%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	64%	59%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80%	70%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74%	64%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	78%	68%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	67%	65%	71%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	90%	78%	77%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	83%	72%	75%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75%	67%	77%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80%	65%	77%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	77%	67%	73%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	89%	65%	73%
STAAR Spanish
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	63%	65%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	61%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	57%	52%	60%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	59%	58%	57%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	66%	61%	64%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	73%	68%	59%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	40%	48%	49%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67%	53%	69%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	20%	35%	41%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	90%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	80%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	78%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	78%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	87%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	85%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	86%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	87%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	90%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	92%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	90%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	93%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	90%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	99%	91%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	86%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	99%	82%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	88%	77%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	86%	74%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	90%	82%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	92%	83%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	90%	85%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	90%	86%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	89%	90%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89%	80%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82%	68%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86%	74%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81%	73%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83%	78%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77%	79%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86%	74%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86%	78%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	98%	89%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	93%	86%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96%	89%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	99%	93%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	93%	90%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96%	90%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	94%	90%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	79%	78%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	88%	81%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	87%	83%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	95%	87%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	89%	88%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	93%	89%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	94%	86%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	97%	90%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71%	65%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81%	78%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88%	79%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	94%	84%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89%	86%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89%	83%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90%	82%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	93%	85%	N/A
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	53%	55%	N/A
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	57%	53%	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	75%	63%	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	82%	68%	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	87%	80%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	85%	80%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	91%	83%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	89%	83%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	89.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	10.2%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	32.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	67.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$47,135.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$40,252.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$50,473.0

* John F Kennedy 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.