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Thigpen-Zavala Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

2500 Galveston Ave

Mcallen TX, 78501, Hidalgo County

Phone: 956-971-4353

Ranking:

(4,518 out of 6,018, bottom 25%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: McAllen 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:	33		34		36		37		35		36		38
Total Students:	629		636		626		691		670		657		658
Prekindergarten:	73	11.6%	71	11.2%	59	9.4%	73	10.6%	93	13.9%	82	12.5%	84	12.8%
Kindergarten:	99	15.7%	75	11.8%	90	14.4%	109	15.8%	103	15.4%	85	12.9%	83	12.6%
Grade 1:	87	13.8%	109	17.1%	112	17.9%	106	15.3%	89	13.3%	112	17.0%	108	16.4%
Grade 2:	97	15.4%	104	16.4%	98	15.7%	91	13.2%	98	14.6%	111	16.9%	109	16.6%
Grade 3:	96	15.3%	102	16.0%	82	13.1%	111	16.1%	104	15.5%	90	13.7%	88	13.4%
Grade 4:	103	16.4%	78	12.3%	97	15.5%	108	15.6%	92	13.7%	90	13.7%	91	13.8%
Grade 5:	74	11.8%	97	15.3%	88	14.1%	93	13.5%	91	13.6%	87	13.2%	95	14.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	328	52.1%	340	53.5%	344	55.0%	371	53.7%	364	54.3%	374	56.9%	357	54.3%
Female:	301	47.9%	296	46.5%	282	45.0%	320	46.3%	298	44.5%	275	41.9%	297	45.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	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:	626	99.5%	635	99.8%	625	99.8%	688	99.6%	669	99.9%	657	100.0%	657	99.8%
Black:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
White:	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	3	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%
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:	598	95.1%	560	88.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	80	12.2%	126	19.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	5	0.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.80		18.49		17.41		18.44		19.02		18.30		17.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	53%	65%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	58%	73%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	77%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	82%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	76%	66%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	69%	66%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	61%	79%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65%	71%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	66%	75%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	75%	79%	71%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	74%	78%	77%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	60%	73%	75%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65%	81%	77%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72%	80%	77%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	70%	75%	73%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	82%	73%	73%
STAAR Spanish
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	0%	51%	59%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	43%	64%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	40%	35%	51%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	60%	66%	57%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	60%	63%	59%
TAKS
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	88%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	90%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	92%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	90%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	94%	92%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	92%	94%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	60%	86%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69%	86%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	88%	94%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	85%	93%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	86%	94%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	93%	95%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85%	94%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76%	94%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	83%	91%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	81%	91%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Thigpen-Zavala Elementary Primary School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.