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Luna Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1050 Lochness Rd

Garland TX, 75044, Dallas County

Phone: 972-675-3040

Ranking:

(1,326 out of 6,018, top 22%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Garland 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:	31		31		31		33		35		33		37
Total Students:	453		495		498		494		508		482		507
Kindergarten:	72	15.9%	93	18.8%	96	19.3%	94	19.0%	106	20.9%	97	20.1%	100	19.7%
Grade 1:	79	17.4%	74	14.9%	84	16.9%	79	16.0%	77	15.2%	83	17.2%	90	17.8%
Grade 2:	73	16.1%	73	14.7%	78	15.7%	79	16.0%	82	16.1%	80	16.6%	77	15.2%
Grade 3:	71	15.7%	92	18.6%	79	15.9%	80	16.2%	76	15.0%	78	16.2%	71	14.0%
Grade 4:	86	19.0%	86	17.4%	80	16.1%	81	16.4%	86	16.9%	75	15.6%	90	17.8%
Grade 5:	72	15.9%	77	15.6%	80	16.1%	81	16.4%	81	15.9%	69	14.3%	79	15.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	236	52.1%	271	54.7%	272	54.6%	267	54.0%	270	53.1%	249	51.7%	272	53.6%
Female:	217	47.9%	224	45.3%	226	45.4%	227	46.0%	230	45.3%	225	46.7%	231	45.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.7%	4	0.8%	6	1.2%	4	0.8%	2	0.4%	3	0.6%	4	0.8%
Asian:	50	11.0%	55	11.1%	59	11.8%	53	10.7%	54	10.6%	56	11.6%	55	10.8%
Hispanic:	133	29.4%	156	31.5%	149	29.9%	144	29.1%	154	30.3%	142	29.5%	157	31.0%
Black:	64	14.1%	67	13.5%	65	13.1%	72	14.6%	85	16.7%	66	13.7%	84	16.6%
White:	195	43.0%	201	40.6%	202	40.6%	201	40.7%	213	41.9%	215	44.6%	207	40.8%
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:	8	1.8%	12	2.4%	17	3.4%	20	4.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	137	30.2%	183	37.0%	168	33.7%	168	34.0%	179	35.2%	143	29.7%	181	35.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	29	6.4%	26	5.3%	29	5.8%	30	6.1%	41	8.1%	39	8.1%	40	7.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.59		15.94		15.94		15.07		14.66		14.60		13.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	77%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	75%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	83%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	84%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	87%	74%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	82%	76%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87%	81%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80%	78%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	72%	75%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	79%	77%	71%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	92%	82%	77%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	92%	80%	75%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80%	82%	77%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90%	84%	77%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	82%	83%	73%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	85%	79%	73%
STAAR Spanish
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	17%	52%	56%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	56%	54%	59%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	33%	65%	65%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	33%	65%	68%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	93%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	87%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	88%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	88%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	89%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	90%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	93%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	97%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	99%	96%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	95%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	96%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	96%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	77%	83%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	93%	87%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	98%	90%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	89%	88%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	94%	92%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	91%	92%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	99%	92%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85%	84%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	95%	87%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	100%	88%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91%	87%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	94%	90%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	95%	90%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96%	94%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	95%	92%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	98%	93%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96%	94%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	97%	94%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	100%	95%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	100%	95%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	96%	85%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	94%	91%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	96%	93%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	96%	93%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	96%	93%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	96%	95%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	100%	95%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	95%	83%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88%	90%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	93%	90%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	99%	93%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	93%	94%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	96%	93%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	99%	96%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	84%	72%	N/A
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	70%	68%	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	81%	75%	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	89%	81%	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	88%	87%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	94%	90%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	97%	92%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	93%	92%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	74.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	25.7%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	18.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	11.4%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	88.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$48,823.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$42,370.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$49,656.0

* Luna Elementary Primary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.