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Thornton Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

2900 Pin Oak Dr

Temple TX, 76502, Bell County

Phone: 254-215-5700

Ranking:

(3,252 out of 6,018, bottom 46%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Temple 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:	34		31		31		32		32		32		31
Total Students:	539		520		512		505		503		510		471
Prekindergarten:	1	0.2%	4	0.8%	2	0.4%	6	1.2%	NA	NA	3	0.6%	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	111	20.6%	83	16.0%	87	17.0%	73	14.5%	80	15.9%	84	16.5%	76	16.1%
Grade 1:	107	19.9%	91	17.5%	72	14.1%	77	15.2%	87	17.3%	81	15.9%	95	20.2%
Grade 2:	84	15.6%	82	15.8%	88	17.2%	87	17.2%	84	16.7%	88	17.3%	72	15.3%
Grade 3:	79	14.7%	77	14.8%	86	16.8%	89	17.6%	87	17.3%	88	17.3%	81	17.2%
Grade 4:	73	13.5%	90	17.3%	87	17.0%	87	17.2%	84	16.7%	83	16.3%	79	16.8%
Grade 5:	84	15.6%	93	17.9%	90	17.6%	86	17.0%	81	16.1%	83	16.3%	68	14.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	287	53.2%	261	50.2%	259	50.6%	259	51.3%	253	50.3%	258	50.6%	236	50.1%
Female:	252	46.8%	259	49.8%	253	49.4%	246	48.7%	242	48.1%	244	47.8%	231	49.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.6%	2	0.4%	3	0.6%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	0	0.0%
Asian:	16	3.0%	14	2.7%	13	2.5%	14	2.8%	14	2.8%	15	2.9%	11	2.3%
Hispanic:	160	29.7%	169	32.5%	185	36.1%	161	31.9%	145	28.8%	157	30.8%	155	32.9%
Black:	137	25.4%	128	24.6%	109	21.3%	115	22.8%	120	23.9%	100	19.6%	91	19.3%
White:	202	37.5%	197	37.9%	191	37.3%	205	40.6%	223	44.3%	236	46.3%	214	45.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	21	3.9%	10	1.9%	11	2.1%	7	1.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	310	57.5%	284	54.6%	305	59.6%	284	56.2%	257	51.1%	229	44.9%	211	44.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	56	10.4%	53	10.2%	49	9.6%	28	5.5%	59	11.7%	71	13.9%	54	11.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.82		17.03		16.79		15.78		15.66		15.90		15.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	46%	54%	N/A
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	60%	59%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	61%	67%	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	65%	72%	N/A
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	73%	68%	N/A
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	74%	64%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70%	69%	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	59%	61%	N/A
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	61%	56%	N/A
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	69%	63%	N/A
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	89%	74%	N/A
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	74%	71%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79%	71%	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68%	68%	N/A
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	64%	61%	N/A
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	64%	64%	N/A
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	86%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	76%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	77%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	67%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	66%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	70%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	75%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	77%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	98%	87%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	89%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	98%	91%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	87%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	86%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	88%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	88%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	83%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	98%	84%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	92%	81%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	96%	84%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	90%	84%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	83%	73%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	90%	76%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	95%	82%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	96%	80%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	94%	83%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79%	76%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89%	81%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91%	80%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87%	71%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82%	72%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85%	78%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89%	81%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	94%	87%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	98%	90%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	92%	90%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	92%	86%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	91%	79%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	79%	78%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	95%	87%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	87%	84%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	90%	80%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	98%	87%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	98%	90%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	100%	91%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	97%	83%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	90%	79%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	95%	82%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	94%	86%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84%	80%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92%	83%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	95%	86%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	96%	90%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85%	84%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82%	80%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	94%	87%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	93%	90%	N/A
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	87%	71%	N/A
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	86%	64%	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	88%	74%	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	96%	73%	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	82%	68%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	85%	75%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	94%	78%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	87%	80%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	86.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	13.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	34.5%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	65.5%

Mean Base Salary:	$41,079.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,802.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$43,857.0

* Thornton 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.