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Merrifield Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

102 East Vinyard St

Duncanville TX, 75137, Dallas County

Phone: 972-708-2900

Ranking:

(2,873 out of 6,018, top 48%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 4

School District: Duncanville 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		30		31		32		33		34
Total Students:	536		570		559		558		558		574		609
Prekindergarten:	47	8.8%	48	8.4%	48	8.6%	48	8.6%	44	7.9%	43	7.5%	44	7.2%
Kindergarten:	92	17.2%	94	16.5%	95	17.0%	96	17.2%	96	17.2%	93	16.2%	108	17.7%
Grade 1:	96	17.9%	118	20.7%	118	21.1%	98	17.6%	110	19.7%	114	19.9%	132	21.7%
Grade 2:	104	19.4%	104	18.2%	108	19.3%	111	19.9%	121	21.7%	131	22.8%	110	18.1%
Grade 3:	108	20.1%	109	19.1%	104	18.6%	105	18.8%	109	19.5%	89	15.5%	107	17.6%
Grade 4:	89	16.6%	97	17.0%	86	15.4%	100	17.9%	78	14.0%	104	18.1%	108	17.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	284	53.0%	300	52.6%	280	50.1%	283	50.7%	271	48.6%	286	49.8%	315	51.7%
Female:	252	47.0%	270	47.4%	279	49.9%	275	49.3%	279	50.0%	280	48.8%	290	47.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	8	1.5%	12	2.1%	8	1.4%	10	1.8%	5	0.9%	4	0.7%	4	0.7%
Asian:	3	0.6%	3	0.5%	2	0.4%	7	1.3%	7	1.3%	10	1.7%	10	1.6%
Hispanic:	243	45.3%	253	44.4%	268	47.9%	271	48.6%	283	50.7%	277	48.3%	347	57.0%
Black:	246	45.9%	252	44.2%	240	42.9%	226	40.5%	213	38.2%	234	40.8%	206	33.8%
White:	31	5.8%	45	7.9%	41	7.3%	44	7.9%	50	9.0%	49	8.5%	42	6.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	4	0.7%	5	0.9%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	415	77.4%	423	74.2%	405	72.5%	388	69.5%	395	70.8%	378	65.9%	387	63.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	38	7.1%	40	7.0%	59	10.6%	77	13.8%	71	12.7%	88	15.3%	102	16.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.22		18.63		18.56		17.97		17.69		17.60		17.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	59%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	37%	46%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	73%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	59%	71%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	48%	51%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	43%	53%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72%	71%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65%	64%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	70%	69%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	78%	71%	71%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	93%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	88%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	92%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	89%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	89%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	86%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	85%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	93%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	99%	98%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	97%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	97%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	97%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	95%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	90%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	81%	85%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	90%	89%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	89%	88%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	83%	90%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	80%	86%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	83%	80%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82%	89%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80%	87%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81%	87%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89%	89%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87%	87%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86%	89%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92%	90%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84%	83%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	91%	95%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	98%	96%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	95%	94%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	98%	95%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	98%	96%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	99%	96%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	99%	95%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96%	92%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	93.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	NA

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	8.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	36.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	63.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$44,185.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$42,075.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$45,406.0

* Merrifield 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.