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Spence Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1300 Gears Rd

Houston TX, 77067, Harris County

Phone: 281-539-4050

Ranking:

(3,151 out of 6,018, bottom 48%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 4

School District: Aldine 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:	54		52		50		49		60		59		55
Total Students:	1,033		1,071		971		874		1,050		976		903
Kindergarten:	210	20.3%	244	22.8%	209	21.5%	199	22.8%	243	23.1%	213	21.8%	222	24.6%
Grade 1:	223	21.6%	237	22.1%	202	20.8%	194	22.2%	231	22.0%	209	21.4%	176	19.5%
Grade 2:	212	20.5%	197	18.4%	204	21.0%	172	19.7%	204	19.4%	193	19.8%	196	21.7%
Grade 3:	199	19.3%	208	19.4%	188	19.4%	154	17.6%	187	17.8%	187	19.2%	177	19.6%
Grade 4:	189	18.3%	185	17.3%	168	17.3%	155	17.7%	184	17.5%	174	17.8%	132	14.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	548	53.0%	582	54.3%	517	53.2%	464	53.1%	561	53.4%	507	51.9%	481	53.3%
Female:	485	47.0%	489	45.7%	454	46.8%	410	46.9%	481	45.8%	461	47.2%	418	46.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.3%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	11	1.1%	13	1.2%	11	1.1%	12	1.4%	17	1.6%	14	1.4%	17	1.9%
Hispanic:	657	63.6%	660	61.6%	603	62.1%	548	62.7%	619	59.0%	556	57.0%	477	52.8%
Black:	334	32.3%	365	34.1%	333	34.3%	296	33.9%	407	38.8%	394	40.4%	393	43.5%
White:	15	1.5%	16	1.5%	10	1.0%	3	0.3%	7	0.7%	12	1.2%	16	1.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	11	1.1%	16	1.5%	13	1.3%	13	1.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	901	87.2%	867	81.0%	833	85.8%	730	83.5%	849	80.9%	781	80.0%	681	75.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	38	3.7%	38	3.5%	43	4.4%	45	5.1%	58	5.5%	74	7.6%	86	9.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.30		20.68		19.53		17.84		17.42		16.50		16.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	63%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	40%	64%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	71%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	65%	74%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	72%	65%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	66%	65%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67%	70%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63%	62%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	63%	64%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	66%	68%	71%
STAAR Spanish
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	50%	53%	56%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	62%	59%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	61%	67%	65%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	71%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	14%	48%	51%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70%	57%	60%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	56%	55%	57%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	77%	64%	64%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	46%	55%	59%
TAKS
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	85%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	84%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	84%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	88%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	86%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	95%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	93%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	92%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	91%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	86%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	93%	87%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	91%	89%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	91%	90%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81%	85%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85%	81%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81%	83%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86%	84%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89%	84%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	91%	93%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	91%	92%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	92%	91%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	94%	93%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	90%	87%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	80.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	19.6%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	8.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	52.2%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	47.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$44,905.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$39,987.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$50,271.0

* Spence Elementary Primary School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.