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Ward Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

3750 Paint Brush

Abilene TX, 79606, Taylor County

Phone: 325-690-3666

Ranking:

(1,165 out of 6,018, top 19%)*

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:	32		31		34		34		37		37		40
Total Students:	549		574		574		570		564		577		596
Prekindergarten:	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	101	18.4%	101	17.6%	118	20.6%	111	19.5%	114	20.2%	115	19.9%	96	16.1%
Grade 1:	92	16.8%	111	19.3%	102	17.8%	111	19.5%	101	17.9%	88	15.3%	110	18.5%
Grade 2:	93	16.9%	98	17.1%	106	18.5%	89	15.6%	68	12.1%	86	14.9%	100	16.8%
Grade 3:	99	18.0%	93	16.2%	86	15.0%	78	13.7%	87	15.4%	98	17.0%	113	19.0%
Grade 4:	81	14.8%	88	15.3%	86	15.0%	86	15.1%	98	17.4%	111	19.2%	86	14.4%
Grade 5:	81	14.8%	82	14.3%	74	12.9%	95	16.7%	96	17.0%	79	13.7%	91	15.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	276	50.3%	292	50.9%	305	53.1%	290	50.9%	283	50.2%	285	49.4%	313	52.5%
Female:	273	49.7%	282	49.1%	269	46.9%	280	49.1%	273	48.4%	284	49.2%	279	46.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	4	0.7%	4	0.7%	6	1.1%	5	0.9%	4	0.7%
Asian:	19	3.5%	29	5.1%	44	7.7%	27	4.7%	27	4.8%	14	2.4%	14	2.3%
Hispanic:	137	25.0%	141	24.6%	137	23.9%	130	22.8%	136	24.1%	116	20.1%	120	20.1%
Black:	45	8.2%	64	11.1%	73	12.7%	70	12.3%	75	13.3%	88	15.3%	90	15.1%
White:	318	57.9%	305	53.1%	285	49.7%	314	55.1%	320	56.7%	354	61.4%	368	61.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	2	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	28	5.1%	32	5.6%	31	5.4%	23	4.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	173	31.5%	227	39.5%	231	40.2%	206	36.1%	201	35.6%	178	30.8%	164	27.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	41	7.5%	40	7.0%	33	5.7%	49	8.6%	54	9.6%	42	7.3%	45	7.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.43		18.33		16.89		16.54		15.28		15.60		14.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	68%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	69%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	76%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	77%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	90%	65%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	91%	66%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82%	76%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84%	70%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	67%	69%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	83%	69%	71%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	81%	76%	77%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	73%	74%	75%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79%	73%	77%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87%	74%	77%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	74%	74%	73%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	76%	75%	73%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	94%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	87%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	88%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	88%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	85%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	82%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	88%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	86%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	99%	96%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	99%	98%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	96%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	96%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	99%	96%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	93%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	91%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	87%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	98%	91%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	100%	91%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	96%	90%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	97%	92%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	100%	88%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	96%	89%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	98%	86%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	96%	88%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	99%	93%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	98%	86%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	96%	88%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	97%	89%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	98%	86%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91%	87%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	96%	85%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87%	83%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	98%	94%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	100%	95%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	100%	97%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	100%	96%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	99%	95%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	97%	94%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	100%	94%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96%	90%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	100%	90%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	94%	95%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	96%	94%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	93%	95%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	96%	93%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	99%	91%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	89%	91%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	97%	86%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	99%	94%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	100%	94%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	96%	92%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	95%	93%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	97%	90%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	97%	93%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	93%	90%	N/A
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	94%	82%	N/A
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	83%	76%	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	98%	80%	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	85%	81%	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	91%	86%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	94%	86%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	91%	88%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	87%	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:	27.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	73.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$41,443.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,634.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$44,706.0

* Ward Elementary Primary School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.