Tara Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

6950 Linger Lodge Rd East

Bradenton FL, 34203, Manatee County

Phone: 941-751-7660

Ranking:

(1,288 out of 2,614, top 49%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Manatee County 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:	36		41		41		40		40		44		47
Total Students:	567		599		626		623		622		698		774
Prekindergarten:	1	0.2%	29	4.8%	26	4.2%	28	4.5%	2	0.3%	4	0.6%	2	0.3%
Kindergarten:	77	13.6%	88	14.7%	100	16.0%	109	17.5%	81	13.0%	106	15.2%	109	14.1%
Grade 1:	96	16.9%	89	14.9%	118	18.8%	76	12.2%	95	15.3%	106	15.2%	155	20.0%
Grade 2:	86	15.2%	105	17.5%	79	12.6%	83	13.3%	97	15.6%	134	19.2%	135	17.4%
Grade 3:	116	20.5%	94	15.7%	94	15.0%	100	16.1%	132	21.2%	128	18.3%	115	14.9%
Grade 4:	85	15.0%	82	13.7%	88	14.1%	121	19.4%	119	19.1%	112	16.0%	120	15.5%
Grade 5:	79	13.9%	84	14.0%	121	19.3%	106	17.0%	96	15.4%	108	15.5%	138	17.8%
Grade 6:	27	4.8%	28	4.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	299	52.7%	302	50.4%	313	50.0%	305	49.0%	304	48.9%	339	48.6%	383	49.5%
Female:	268	47.3%	297	49.6%	313	50.0%	318	51.0%	299	48.1%	322	46.1%	350	45.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	3	0.5%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%
Asian:	36	6.3%	42	7.0%	39	6.2%	36	5.8%	34	5.5%	28	4.0%	41	5.3%
Hispanic:	169	29.8%	172	28.7%	177	28.3%	171	27.4%	163	26.2%	167	23.9%	200	25.8%
Black:	37	6.5%	45	7.5%	46	7.3%	42	6.7%	56	9.0%	52	7.4%	44	5.7%
White:	303	53.4%	321	53.6%	348	55.6%	361	57.9%	355	57.1%	420	60.2%	452	58.4%
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:	21	3.7%	19	3.2%	16	2.6%	11	1.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	290	51.1%	268	44.7%	258	41.2%	242	38.8%	250	40.2%	223	31.9%	233	30.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	24	4.2%	34	5.7%	44	7.0%	42	6.7%	40	6.4%	68	9.7%	68	8.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.75		14.61		15.27		15.73		15.55		16.60		16.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
FCAT
2007	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	338	318	N/A
2008	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	342	326	N/A
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	329	322	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	325	320	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	340	322	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	205	196	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	199	196	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	328	305	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317	311	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	318	309	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	315	305	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	323	306	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	205	197	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	198	196	N/A
2004	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	318	303	N/A
2005	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309	305	N/A
2006	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	307	309	N/A
2007	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309	309	N/A
2008	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	318	316	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	323	322	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	329	319	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	324	317	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	217	212	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	216	212	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	321	315	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314	316	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309	310	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	315	312	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	324	316	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	316	322	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	318	316	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	322	316	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	212	211	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	214	209	N/A
2007	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	324	328	N/A
2008	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	327	329	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	333	328	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	326	328	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	331	328	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	222	218	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	221	219	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	307	308	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	305	304	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	315	308	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	306	306	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	307	305	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	218	218	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	221	219	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	302	297	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	299	302	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	301	305	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	320	308	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	307	310	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	310	310	N/A
2012	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	304	310	N/A
2013	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	201	198	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	225	223	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	216	223	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	56.3%	69.6%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	43.8%	30.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	11.0 years	11.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	47.9%	45.2%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	52.1%	54.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$47,089.0	$43,490.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$41,480.0	$38,302.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$52,248.0	$48,208.0

* Tara Elementary 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.