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Thomas Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1240 Lakeside Dr

Abilene TX, 79602, Taylor County

Phone: 325-671-4995

Ranking:

(2,191 out of 6,018, top 36%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Abilene 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:	35		33		34		38		39		39		41
Total Students:	555		559		555		538		591		581		577
Prekindergarten:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	97	17.5%	79	14.1%	96	17.3%	96	17.8%	101	17.1%	112	19.3%	101	17.5%
Grade 1:	80	14.4%	106	19.0%	93	16.8%	98	18.2%	95	16.1%	97	16.7%	100	17.3%
Grade 2:	108	19.5%	97	17.4%	104	18.7%	84	15.6%	108	18.3%	109	18.8%	111	19.2%
Grade 3:	91	16.4%	101	18.1%	94	16.9%	79	14.7%	112	19.0%	97	16.7%	89	15.4%
Grade 4:	90	16.2%	98	17.5%	76	13.7%	103	19.1%	88	14.9%	84	14.5%	81	14.0%
Grade 5:	88	15.9%	77	13.8%	91	16.4%	78	14.5%	87	14.7%	82	14.1%	95	16.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	279	50.3%	285	51.0%	271	48.8%	263	48.9%	289	48.9%	278	47.8%	292	50.6%
Female:	276	49.7%	274	49.0%	284	51.2%	275	51.1%	294	49.7%	295	50.8%	281	48.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	0.9%	4	0.7%	4	0.7%	5	0.9%	4	0.7%	3	0.5%	2	0.3%
Asian:	14	2.5%	8	1.4%	9	1.6%	6	1.1%	6	1.0%	10	1.7%	12	2.1%
Hispanic:	237	42.7%	234	41.9%	244	44.0%	246	45.7%	275	46.5%	242	41.7%	225	39.0%
Black:	69	12.4%	70	12.5%	65	11.7%	48	8.9%	65	11.0%	69	11.9%	73	12.7%
White:	205	36.9%	218	39.0%	213	38.4%	219	40.7%	241	40.8%	257	44.2%	265	45.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	23	4.1%	25	4.5%	20	3.6%	14	2.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	349	62.9%	377	67.4%	356	64.1%	335	62.3%	359	60.7%	332	57.1%	344	59.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	29	5.2%	27	4.8%	39	7.0%	23	4.3%	40	6.8%	40	6.9%	34	5.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.76		16.85		16.12		14.02		15.26		14.80		13.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	68%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	69%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	76%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	77%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	81%	65%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	91%	66%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72%	76%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	70%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	71%	69%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	74%	69%	71%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	88%	76%	77%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	76%	74%	75%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67%	73%	77%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74%	74%	77%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	75%	74%	73%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	87%	75%	73%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	94%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	87%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	88%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	88%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	85%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	82%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	88%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	86%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	96%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	98%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	96%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	96%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	96%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	93%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	91%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	87%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	81%	91%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	89%	91%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	88%	90%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	89%	92%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	95%	88%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	94%	89%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	96%	86%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	95%	88%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86%	93%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84%	86%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85%	88%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87%	89%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84%	86%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87%	87%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88%	85%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82%	83%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	88%	94%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	99%	95%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	95%	96%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	97%	95%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96%	94%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	91%	94%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	87%	90%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	98%	95%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	96%	94%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	92%	93%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	96%	91%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	96%	92%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	100%	91%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85%	86%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	95%	94%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91%	94%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	93%	92%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	97%	90%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	94%	93%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86%	90%	N/A
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	84%	82%	N/A
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	71%	76%	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	80%	80%	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	91%	81%	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	92%	86%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	91%	86%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	97%	88%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	97%	85%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	81.1%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	18.9%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	15.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	18.9%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	81.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$42,083.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,736.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$44,264.0

* Thomas 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.