USA.com / Texas / Dallas County / Highland Park, TX / Public Schools / Pleasant Grove Elementary Primary School

Pleasant Grove Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1614 North St Augustine

Dallas TX, 75217, Dallas County

Phone: 972-892-5000

Ranking:

(5,093 out of 6,018, bottom 15%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Dallas 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:	38		40		43		41		39		43		45
Total Students:	613		626		669		638		623		655		695
Prekindergarten:	70	11.4%	70	11.2%	65	9.7%	65	10.2%	64	10.3%	65	9.9%	65	9.4%
Kindergarten:	74	12.1%	88	14.1%	98	14.6%	97	15.2%	86	13.8%	102	15.6%	88	12.7%
Grade 1:	87	14.2%	87	13.9%	103	15.4%	88	13.8%	106	17.0%	95	14.5%	104	15.0%
Grade 2:	94	15.3%	99	15.8%	93	13.9%	102	16.0%	82	13.2%	95	14.5%	103	14.8%
Grade 3:	99	16.2%	85	13.6%	108	16.1%	92	14.4%	104	16.7%	94	14.4%	99	14.2%
Grade 4:	82	13.4%	113	18.1%	85	12.7%	110	17.2%	91	14.6%	97	14.8%	108	15.5%
Grade 5:	107	17.5%	84	13.4%	117	17.5%	84	13.2%	90	14.4%	107	16.3%	128	18.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	298	48.6%	293	46.8%	310	46.3%	311	48.7%	299	48.0%	324	49.5%	365	52.5%
Female:	315	51.4%	333	53.2%	359	53.7%	327	51.3%	316	50.7%	323	49.3%	326	46.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.1%	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:	476	77.7%	485	77.5%	508	75.9%	481	75.4%	451	72.4%	492	75.1%	506	72.8%
Black:	131	21.4%	127	20.3%	150	22.4%	144	22.6%	160	25.7%	152	23.2%	170	24.5%
White:	5	0.8%	4	0.6%	5	0.7%	12	1.9%	12	1.9%	11	1.7%	19	2.7%
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%	9	1.4%	5	0.7%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	558	91.0%	588	93.9%	605	90.4%	586	91.8%	562	90.2%	561	85.6%	571	82.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	44	7.2%	23	3.7%	34	5.1%	38	6.0%	47	7.5%	66	10.1%	77	11.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.13		15.65		15.74		15.38		15.97		15.20		15.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	65%	55%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	41%	57%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	55%	64%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	41%	68%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	72%	53%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	67%	58%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81%	64%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	47%	62%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	60%	61%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	38%	64%	71%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	65%	64%	77%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	66%	62%	75%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59%	68%	77%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71%	68%	77%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	65%	58%	73%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	64%	65%	73%
STAAR Spanish
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	65%	65%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66%	70%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74%	64%	60%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70%	61%	57%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	77%	69%	64%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	74%	62%	59%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66%	72%	69%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68%	75%	70%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	40%	45%	41%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	39%	43%	41%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	83%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	72%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	75%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	70%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	77%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	77%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	78%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	81%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	81%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	85%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	88%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	85%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	86%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	87%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	85%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	82%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	78%	75%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	68%	69%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	67%	74%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	74%	76%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	69%	78%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	82%	79%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	77%	82%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	85%	83%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82%	73%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72%	64%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73%	69%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78%	70%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74%	72%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85%	76%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78%	78%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63%	79%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	87%	84%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	86%	84%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	84%	86%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	86%	87%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	87%	87%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96%	90%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	81%	87%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	72%	68%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	68%	79%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	82%	82%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	76%	83%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	78%	84%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	76%	87%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	78%	88%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	81%	88%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62%	65%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71%	74%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76%	77%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78%	78%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74%	83%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72%	83%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88%	86%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91%	88%	N/A
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	56%	56%	N/A
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	47%	49%	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	45%	62%	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	56%	62%	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	66%	72%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	62%	76%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	83%	81%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	72%	81%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	67%	74%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	74%	66%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	82%	77%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	78%	70%	N/A
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78%	82%	N/A
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83%	80%	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	93%	89%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	93%	87%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	72.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	27.7%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	10.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	38.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	61.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$47,553.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$43,800.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$49,883.0

* Pleasant Grove 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.