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Merkel Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1602 South 5th

Merkel TX, 79536, Taylor County

Phone: 325-928-4795

Ranking:

(1,619 out of 6,018, top 27%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 2

School District: Merkel 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:	25		26		22		21		20		22		22
Total Students:	340		353		338		302		268		273		276
Prekindergarten:	53	15.6%	67	19.0%	56	16.6%	55	18.2%	60	22.4%	63	23.1%	59	21.4%
Kindergarten:	92	27.1%	91	25.8%	79	23.4%	71	23.5%	67	25.0%	56	20.5%	55	19.9%
Grade 1:	99	29.1%	91	25.8%	76	22.5%	78	25.8%	55	20.5%	46	16.8%	43	15.6%
Grade 2:	96	28.2%	104	29.5%	67	19.8%	56	18.5%	41	15.3%	46	16.8%	68	24.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	160	47.1%	171	48.4%	148	43.8%	142	47.0%	123	45.9%	128	46.9%	130	47.1%
Female:	180	52.9%	182	51.6%	190	56.2%	160	53.0%	137	51.1%	137	50.2%	142	51.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.9%	2	0.6%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	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:	80	23.5%	81	22.9%	64	18.9%	65	21.5%	59	22.0%	58	21.2%	60	21.7%
Black:	2	0.6%	4	1.1%	4	1.2%	4	1.3%	7	2.6%	8	2.9%	10	3.6%
White:	245	72.1%	259	73.4%	263	77.8%	223	73.8%	202	75.4%	207	75.8%	206	74.6%
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:	10	2.9%	7	2.0%	6	1.8%	9	3.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	185	54.4%	180	51.0%	146	43.2%	143	47.4%	121	45.1%	126	46.2%	128	46.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	30	8.8%	27	7.6%	42	12.4%	31	10.3%	37	13.8%	34	12.5%	33	12.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.39		13.53		15.19		14.21		13.11		12.60		12.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	68%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	74%	N/A
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	98%	99%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	97%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	84%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	92%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	93%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	89%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	88%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	98%	94%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	98%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	97%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	98%	94%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	98%	98%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	100%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	97%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	90.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	NA

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	18.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	90.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$41,458.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$42,732.0

* Merkel 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.