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Purple Sage Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

6500 Purple Sage Blvd

Houston TX, 77049, Harris County

Phone: 832-386-3100

Ranking:

(2,337 out of 6,018, top 39%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Galena Park 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:	40		48		43		44		44		43		48
Total Students:	521		595		598		565		591		576		611
Prekindergarten:	37	7.1%	54	9.1%	66	11.0%	59	10.4%	64	10.8%	40	6.9%	63	10.3%
Kindergarten:	64	12.3%	90	15.1%	75	12.5%	86	15.2%	68	11.5%	82	14.2%	82	13.4%
Grade 1:	97	18.6%	87	14.6%	90	15.1%	82	14.5%	90	15.2%	85	14.8%	107	17.5%
Grade 2:	72	13.8%	92	15.5%	75	12.5%	83	14.7%	87	14.7%	98	17.0%	72	11.8%
Grade 3:	81	15.5%	77	12.9%	88	14.7%	84	14.9%	92	15.6%	81	14.1%	103	16.9%
Grade 4:	74	14.2%	99	16.6%	102	17.1%	96	17.0%	79	13.4%	108	18.8%	83	13.6%
Grade 5:	96	18.4%	96	16.1%	102	17.1%	75	13.3%	111	18.8%	82	14.2%	101	16.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	275	52.8%	326	54.8%	328	54.8%	298	52.7%	306	51.8%	284	49.3%	305	49.9%
Female:	246	47.2%	269	45.2%	270	45.2%	267	47.3%	277	46.9%	284	49.3%	302	49.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%
Asian:	2	0.4%	3	0.5%	6	1.0%	7	1.2%	8	1.4%	13	2.3%	8	1.3%
Hispanic:	381	73.1%	405	68.1%	401	67.1%	388	68.7%	419	70.9%	393	68.2%	425	69.6%
Black:	114	21.9%	153	25.7%	158	26.4%	136	24.1%	145	24.5%	150	26.0%	162	26.5%
White:	19	3.6%	28	4.7%	24	4.0%	22	3.9%	18	3.0%	18	3.1%	16	2.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	3	0.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	4	0.8%	3	0.5%	7	1.2%	7	1.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	409	78.5%	467	78.5%	467	78.1%	438	77.5%	423	71.6%	404	70.1%	400	65.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	47	9.0%	62	10.4%	51	8.5%	40	7.1%	60	10.2%	75	13.0%	77	12.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.87		12.29		14.01		12.84		13.51		13.40		12.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	71%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	63%	74%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	78%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	74%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	77%	73%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	79%	74%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77%	78%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67%	66%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	80%	73%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	82%	74%	71%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	79%	87%	77%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	81%	83%	75%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73%	78%	77%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81%	76%	77%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	76%	75%	73%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	81%	75%	73%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	91%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	83%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	85%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	84%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	88%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	89%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	93%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	91%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	91%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	95%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	95%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	94%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	96%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	95%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	96%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	93%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	83%	87%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	77%	79%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	79%	83%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	88%	86%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	95%	85%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	92%	90%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	95%	93%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82%	86%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78%	80%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	82%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81%	85%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82%	84%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84%	87%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79%	87%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84%	88%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	90%	94%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	84%	89%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	93%	95%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	93%	94%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	99%	96%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	93%	95%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	100%	96%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	86%	81%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	95%	92%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	94%	92%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	92%	93%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	94%	93%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	98%	94%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	94%	97%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	93%	96%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79%	80%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87%	87%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86%	89%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89%	90%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	93%	92%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	99%	93%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	97%	93%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	94%	93%	N/A
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	71%	76%	N/A
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	53%	65%	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	85%	82%	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	82%	78%	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	96%	87%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	89%	89%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	98%	93%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	90%	89%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	79.6%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	20.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	8.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	40.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	59.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$42,778.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$40,881.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$44,082.0

* Purple Sage 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.