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Palmer-Laakso Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

30515 Farm Rd 1847

San Benito TX, 78586, Cameron County

Phone: 956-254-5121

Ranking:

(2,025 out of 6,018, top 34%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Los Fresnos 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:	34		36		43		44		40		40		42
Total Students:	624		604		767		763		737		666		687
Prekindergarten:	82	13.1%	74	12.3%	107	14.0%	108	14.2%	106	14.4%	71	10.7%	101	14.7%
Kindergarten:	91	14.6%	88	14.6%	87	11.3%	113	14.8%	99	13.4%	104	15.6%	98	14.3%
Grade 1:	87	13.9%	78	12.9%	122	15.9%	93	12.2%	123	16.7%	100	15.0%	112	16.3%
Grade 2:	79	12.7%	101	16.7%	97	12.6%	122	16.0%	97	13.2%	110	16.5%	107	15.6%
Grade 3:	97	15.5%	77	12.7%	123	16.0%	107	14.0%	113	15.3%	102	15.3%	88	12.8%
Grade 4:	84	13.5%	102	16.9%	106	13.8%	115	15.1%	104	14.1%	87	13.1%	88	12.8%
Grade 5:	104	16.7%	84	13.9%	125	16.3%	105	13.8%	95	12.9%	92	13.8%	93	13.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	308	49.4%	308	51.0%	406	52.9%	427	56.0%	397	53.9%	366	55.0%	379	55.2%
Female:	316	50.6%	296	49.0%	361	47.1%	336	44.0%	332	45.0%	292	43.8%	304	44.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.3%	3	0.5%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	4	0.5%	3	0.5%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	3	0.4%	3	0.5%	3	0.4%
Hispanic:	580	92.9%	561	92.9%	721	94.0%	717	94.0%	682	92.5%	609	91.4%	622	90.5%
Black:	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	5	0.7%	2	0.3%	3	0.4%	4	0.6%	3	0.4%
White:	41	6.6%	36	6.0%	38	5.0%	39	5.1%	45	6.1%	47	7.1%	59	8.6%
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:	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	1	0.1%	2	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	480	76.9%	460	76.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.15		16.77		18.00		17.35		18.43		16.70		16.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	75%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	81%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	84%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	87%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	78%	78%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	77%	79%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	81%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	75%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	75%	83%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	77%	79%	71%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	86%	88%	77%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	81%	91%	75%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68%	82%	77%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80%	85%	77%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	82%	88%	73%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	88%	92%	73%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	75%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	78%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	81%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	84%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	85%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	92%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	92%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	91%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	90%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	94%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	89%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	98%	93%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	94%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	98%	94%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	93%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	90%	82%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	91%	88%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	90%	84%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	94%	89%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	82%	92%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	92%	95%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89%	83%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85%	80%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88%	81%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91%	85%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91%	82%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	93%	84%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84%	89%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	97%	93%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	98%	96%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	95%	94%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	89%	90%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	90%	92%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	85%	94%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	100%	97%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	94%	82%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	93%	87%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	92%	93%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	96%	93%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	97%	93%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	97%	98%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80%	78%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89%	85%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91%	89%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	96%	90%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	96%	91%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89%	89%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	83%	64%	N/A
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	80%	66%	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	80%	80%	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	75%	78%	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	92%	85%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	94%	89%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	94%	95%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	90%	95%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	90.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	9.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	9.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	46.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	53.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$40,915.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$36,932.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$44,355.0

* Palmer-Laakso 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.