Merkel Int Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1601 South 3rd

Merkel TX, 79536, Taylor County

Phone: 325-928-5464

Ranking:

(2,810 out of 6,018, top 47%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 3 to Grade 4

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:	14		11		8		9		10		10		10
Total Students:	187		176		99		117		112		102		103
Grade 3:	102	54.5%	88	50.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 4:	85	45.5%	88	50.0%	48	48.5%	50	42.7%	65	58.0%	51	50.0%	52	50.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	87	46.5%	74	42.0%	54	54.5%	62	53.0%	49	43.8%	46	45.1%	50	48.5%
Female:	100	53.5%	102	58.0%	45	45.5%	55	47.0%	55	49.1%	48	47.1%	49	47.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	1	0.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	1.0%	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:	39	20.9%	45	25.6%	18	18.2%	29	24.8%	30	26.8%	18	17.6%	14	13.6%
Black:	0	0.0%	3	1.7%	3	3.0%	3	2.6%	1	0.9%	1	1.0%	2	1.9%
White:	144	77.0%	124	70.5%	77	77.8%	83	70.9%	81	72.3%	82	80.4%	87	84.5%
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:	4	2.1%	3	1.7%	1	1.0%	2	1.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	87	46.5%	91	51.7%	48	48.5%	60	51.3%	57	50.9%	32	31.4%	34	33.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	17	9.1%	17	9.7%	13	13.1%	7	6.0%	11	9.8%	18	17.6%	17	16.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.30		15.83		13.03		13.51		11.43		10.30		10.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	34%	34%	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	76%	N/A
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	57%	56%	N/A
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	49%	49%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70%	70%	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71%	71%	N/A
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	61%	62%	N/A
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	53%	53%	N/A
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	77%	70%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85%	81%	N/A
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	77%	79%	N/A
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	100%	98%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	96%	89%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	95%	90%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	98%	94%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	92%	87%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	79%	79%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	87%	82%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	87%	90%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92%	94%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	58%	66%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72%	78%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82%	80%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81%	85%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81%	84%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79%	79%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	93%	92%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	98%	92%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	100%	98%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	85%	88%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	86%	90%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	84%	87%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	80%	83%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	87%	89%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	96%	97%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	90%	91%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	98%	98%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	98%	88%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	92%	93%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	96%	94%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90%	92%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	98%	97%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91%	93%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	96%	97%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	96%	90%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	96%	95%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	78%	84%	N/A
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	83%	70%	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	67%	75%	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	88%	92%	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	89%	86%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	96%	91%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	94%	93%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	90%	92%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	100.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	0.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	16.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	90.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$40,793.0
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:	$41,993.0

* Merkel Int 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.