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Thunderbird Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1200 West 32nd St

Plainview TX, 79072, Hale County

Phone: 806-293-6060

Ranking:

(3,916 out of 6,018, bottom 35%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Plainview 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:	28		28		29		29		28		30		28
Total Students:	526		475		486		468		468		461		441
Prekindergarten:	76	14.4%	77	16.2%	80	16.5%	40	8.5%	40	8.5%	40	8.7%	40	9.1%
Kindergarten:	85	16.2%	109	22.9%	85	17.5%	88	18.8%	88	18.8%	87	18.9%	79	17.9%
Grade 1:	104	19.8%	82	17.3%	80	16.5%	88	18.8%	88	18.8%	81	17.6%	85	19.3%
Grade 2:	66	12.5%	66	13.9%	84	17.3%	88	18.8%	82	17.5%	82	17.8%	86	19.5%
Grade 3:	64	12.2%	75	15.8%	76	15.6%	81	17.3%	87	18.6%	84	18.2%	88	20.0%
Grade 4:	66	12.5%	66	13.9%	81	16.7%	83	17.7%	83	17.7%	87	18.9%	63	14.3%
Grade 5:	65	12.4%	NA	NA	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:	264	50.2%	251	52.8%	247	50.8%	239	51.1%	256	54.7%	245	53.1%	230	52.2%
Female:	262	49.8%	224	47.2%	239	49.2%	229	48.9%	204	43.6%	208	45.1%	207	46.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.4%	4	0.8%	4	0.8%	2	0.4%	0	0.0%	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:	465	88.4%	410	86.3%	419	86.2%	413	88.2%	407	87.0%	401	87.0%	381	86.4%
Black:	27	5.1%	29	6.1%	23	4.7%	21	4.5%	28	6.0%	25	5.4%	26	5.9%
White:	29	5.5%	27	5.7%	36	7.4%	28	6.0%	33	7.1%	35	7.6%	34	7.7%
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:	3	0.6%	5	1.1%	4	0.8%	4	0.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	472	89.7%	409	86.1%	408	84.0%	384	82.1%	380	81.2%	378	82.0%	354	80.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	28	5.3%	31	6.5%	32	6.6%	42	9.0%	46	9.8%	42	9.1%	58	13.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.02		16.98		16.75		16.37		16.61		15.60		16.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	76%	N/A
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	79%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	72%	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	59%	78%	N/A
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	83%	76%	N/A
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	90%	73%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	62%	77%	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66%	67%	N/A
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	44%	63%	N/A
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	51%	63%	N/A
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	94%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	82%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	86%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	86%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	85%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	88%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	90%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	92%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	95%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	96%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	96%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	95%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	93%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	89%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	100%	93%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	88%	84%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	100%	88%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	93%	92%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	68%	84%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	73%	89%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	82%	93%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	82%	88%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88%	87%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67%	78%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89%	87%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79%	87%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77%	81%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73%	82%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70%	83%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68%	82%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	89%	90%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	91%	90%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	88%	93%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96%	94%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	90%	92%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	83%	87%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	93%	94%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	86%	91%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	84.6%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	15.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	30.8%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	69.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$41,121.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,609.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$44,905.0

* Thunderbird Elementary Primary School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.