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Nixon Smiley Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

500 Anglin St

Smiley TX, 78159, Gonzales County

Phone: 830-582-1536

Ranking:

(3,817 out of 6,018, bottom 37%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 4

School District: Nixon-Smiley Consolidated 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:	24		22		21		24		25		27		25
Total Students:	462		383		407		416		434		505		463
Prekindergarten:	91	19.7%	92	24.0%	98	24.1%	108	26.0%	103	23.7%	79	15.6%	82	17.7%
Kindergarten:	65	14.1%	73	19.1%	80	19.7%	75	18.0%	78	18.0%	96	19.0%	74	16.0%
Grade 1:	79	17.1%	77	20.1%	73	17.9%	80	19.2%	86	19.8%	74	14.7%	90	19.4%
Grade 2:	76	16.5%	73	19.1%	72	17.7%	84	20.2%	75	17.3%	90	17.8%	75	16.2%
Grade 3:	70	15.2%	68	17.8%	84	20.6%	69	16.6%	92	21.2%	79	15.6%	87	18.8%
Grade 4:	81	17.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	87	17.2%	55	11.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	215	46.5%	184	48.0%	206	50.6%	203	48.8%	215	49.5%	250	49.5%	239	51.6%
Female:	247	53.5%	199	52.0%	201	49.4%	213	51.2%	211	48.6%	247	48.9%	220	47.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	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:	365	79.0%	298	77.8%	309	75.9%	319	76.7%	320	73.7%	362	71.7%	329	71.1%
Black:	3	0.6%	2	0.5%	6	1.5%	6	1.4%	11	2.5%	12	2.4%	5	1.1%
White:	90	19.5%	81	21.1%	91	22.4%	89	21.4%	103	23.7%	131	25.9%	129	27.9%
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:	4	0.9%	2	0.5%	1	0.2%	2	0.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	355	76.8%	285	74.4%	294	72.2%	339	81.5%	343	79.0%	362	71.7%	335	72.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	56	12.1%	53	13.8%	72	17.7%	34	8.2%	49	11.3%	50	9.9%	48	10.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.25		17.41		19.78		17.58		17.54		18.40		18.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	52%	52%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	69%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	60%	60%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66%	66%	79%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	98%	98%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	81%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	87%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	74%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	71%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	98%	98%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	98%	98%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	87%	87%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	63%	63%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87%	87%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81%	81%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	98%	98%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	98%	98%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	96.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	NA

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	26.9%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	73.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$39,370.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$30,896.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$42,492.0

* Nixon Smiley Elementary Primary School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.