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Moss Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

3200 Fordham Ave

Big Spring TX, 79720, Howard County

Phone: 432-264-4148

Ranking:

(5,144 out of 6,018, bottom 15%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Big Spring 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:	27		29		23		23		23		22		23
Total Students:	433		451		381		360		367		335		326
Kindergarten:	65	15.0%	81	18.0%	72	18.9%	68	18.9%	69	18.8%	63	18.8%	66	20.2%
Grade 1:	78	18.0%	77	17.1%	71	18.6%	68	18.9%	66	18.0%	68	20.3%	66	20.2%
Grade 2:	81	18.7%	66	14.6%	69	18.1%	60	16.7%	70	19.1%	62	18.5%	58	17.8%
Grade 3:	65	15.0%	78	17.3%	64	16.8%	70	19.4%	60	16.3%	67	20.0%	53	16.3%
Grade 4:	68	15.7%	78	17.3%	69	18.1%	61	16.9%	66	18.0%	60	17.9%	65	19.9%
Grade 5:	76	17.6%	71	15.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	228	52.7%	248	55.0%	202	53.0%	190	52.8%	176	48.0%	168	50.1%	156	47.9%
Female:	205	47.3%	203	45.0%	179	47.0%	170	47.2%	183	49.9%	159	47.5%	166	50.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	2	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	2	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	279	64.4%	291	64.5%	244	64.0%	236	65.6%	222	60.5%	191	57.0%	175	53.7%
Black:	14	3.2%	22	4.9%	16	4.2%	23	6.4%	36	9.8%	35	10.4%	34	10.4%
White:	131	30.3%	128	28.4%	107	28.1%	90	25.0%	109	29.7%	108	32.2%	117	35.9%
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:	7	1.6%	9	2.0%	12	3.1%	11	3.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	245	56.6%	263	58.3%	241	63.3%	200	55.6%	221	60.2%	185	55.2%	170	52.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	37	8.5%	38	8.4%	25	6.6%	26	7.2%	41	11.2%	30	9.0%	40	12.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.21		15.75		16.70		15.36		16.29		15.00		14.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	21%	37%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	35%	35%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	47%	50%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	46%	50%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	62%	51%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	44%	29%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74%	57%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	46%	38%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	73%	40%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	57%	37%	71%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	47%	41%	75%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61%	51%	77%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	51%	33%	73%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	85%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	77%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	82%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	72%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	67%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	63%	62%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	63%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	62%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	89%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	98%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	92%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	91%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	86%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	81%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	73%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	91%	74%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	85%	72%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	93%	82%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	73%	79%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	81%	74%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	80%	74%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	72%	66%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	73%	64%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87%	81%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81%	71%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	94%	85%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78%	76%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81%	72%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80%	73%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73%	69%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70%	63%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	98%	90%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	84%	88%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96%	95%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	85%	87%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	93%	81%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	84%	77%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	83%	80%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	85%	74%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	90.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	NA

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	22.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	77.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$40,117.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$31,015.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$42,794.0

* Moss Elementary Primary School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.