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Sam Houston Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

608 North Cantu

Weslaco TX, 78596, Hidalgo County

Phone: 956-969-6740

Ranking:

(1,916 out of 6,018, top 32%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Weslaco 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:	42		42		41		44		44		46		44
Total Students:	723		726		698		736		688		674		705
Prekindergarten:	82	11.3%	90	12.4%	73	10.5%	74	10.1%	63	9.2%	59	8.8%	75	10.6%
Kindergarten:	109	15.1%	105	14.5%	92	13.2%	104	14.1%	97	14.1%	98	14.5%	100	14.2%
Grade 1:	120	16.6%	105	14.5%	113	16.2%	122	16.6%	115	16.7%	104	15.4%	124	17.6%
Grade 2:	103	14.2%	112	15.4%	94	13.5%	125	17.0%	109	15.8%	113	16.8%	108	15.3%
Grade 3:	114	15.8%	104	14.3%	109	15.6%	102	13.9%	100	14.5%	93	13.8%	112	15.9%
Grade 4:	92	12.7%	106	14.6%	105	15.0%	110	14.9%	105	15.3%	98	14.5%	112	15.9%
Grade 5:	103	14.2%	104	14.3%	112	16.0%	99	13.5%	99	14.4%	109	16.2%	74	10.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	341	47.2%	354	48.8%	359	51.4%	363	49.3%	341	49.6%	340	50.4%	357	50.6%
Female:	382	52.8%	372	51.2%	339	48.6%	373	50.7%	339	49.3%	326	48.4%	344	48.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	3	0.4%
Hispanic:	710	98.2%	718	98.9%	693	99.3%	730	99.2%	685	99.6%	672	99.7%	699	99.1%
Black:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%
White:	10	1.4%	6	0.8%	4	0.6%	4	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.3%
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%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	635	87.8%	638	87.9%	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:	17.21		17.18		17.03		16.73		15.55		14.50		16.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	70%	N/A
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	73%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	70%	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	73%	N/A
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	85%	76%	N/A
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	90%	72%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83%	72%	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69%	61%	N/A
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	70%	66%	N/A
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	78%	63%	N/A
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	90%	83%	N/A
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	80%	78%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82%	73%	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77%	68%	N/A
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	82%	77%	N/A
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	85%	73%	N/A
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	92%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	86%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	86%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	89%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	86%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	89%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	90%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	90%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	88%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	93%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	91%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	89%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	92%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	92%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	87%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	85%	89%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	92%	84%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	93%	91%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	96%	92%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	82%	86%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	93%	92%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	98%	94%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	96%	93%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88%	84%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68%	79%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82%	80%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78%	80%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70%	79%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79%	83%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90%	86%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84%	83%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	91%	94%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	88%	93%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	97%	95%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96%	94%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	90%	92%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	92%	95%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	93%	92%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	91%	94%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	88%	85%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	91%	92%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	95%	94%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	94%	91%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	96%	95%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	97%	95%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	98%	96%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83%	73%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	94%	85%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	95%	89%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	95%	86%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	96%	86%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88%	85%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	97%	90%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	96%	91%	N/A
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	81%	75%	N/A
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	73%	72%	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	86%	87%	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	95%	85%	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	97%	91%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	100%	94%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	95%	94%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	99%	93%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	84.6%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	15.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	7.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	56.4%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	43.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$43,485.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$40,582.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$47,242.0

* Sam Houston 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.