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Western Hills Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

600 Arapaho Dr

Temple TX, 76504, Bell County

Phone: 254-215-5600

Ranking:

(4,521 out of 6,018, bottom 25%)*

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:	29		34		36		35		36		34		33
Total Students:	473		539		555		549		572		514		488
Prekindergarten:	1	0.2%	4	0.7%	2	0.4%	6	1.1%	4	0.7%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%
Kindergarten:	82	17.3%	99	18.4%	105	18.9%	98	17.9%	88	15.4%	88	17.1%	89	18.2%
Grade 1:	80	16.9%	97	18.0%	93	16.8%	88	16.0%	105	18.4%	90	17.5%	94	19.3%
Grade 2:	89	18.8%	88	16.3%	81	14.6%	93	16.9%	93	16.3%	91	17.7%	86	17.6%
Grade 3:	61	12.9%	75	13.9%	92	16.6%	77	14.0%	92	16.1%	86	16.7%	83	17.0%
Grade 4:	76	16.1%	87	16.1%	93	16.8%	91	16.6%	88	15.4%	81	15.8%	67	13.7%
Grade 5:	84	17.8%	89	16.5%	89	16.0%	96	17.5%	102	17.8%	76	14.8%	68	13.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	247	52.2%	289	53.6%	283	51.0%	279	50.8%	283	49.5%	269	52.3%	247	50.6%
Female:	226	47.8%	250	46.4%	272	49.0%	270	49.2%	281	49.1%	237	46.1%	237	48.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	3	0.6%	5	1.0%
Asian:	4	0.8%	3	0.6%	11	2.0%	13	2.4%	12	2.1%	8	1.6%	6	1.2%
Hispanic:	155	32.8%	179	33.2%	183	33.0%	178	32.4%	180	31.5%	168	32.7%	141	28.9%
Black:	175	37.0%	166	30.8%	161	29.0%	147	26.8%	167	29.2%	119	23.2%	112	23.0%
White:	128	27.1%	171	31.7%	172	31.0%	185	33.7%	211	36.9%	216	42.0%	224	45.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	11	2.3%	17	3.2%	25	4.5%	26	4.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	312	66.0%	349	64.7%	345	62.2%	360	65.6%	354	61.9%	271	52.7%	259	53.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	57	12.1%	59	10.9%	76	13.7%	60	10.9%	75	13.1%	86	16.7%	73	15.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.56		15.90		15.32		15.60		16.06		15.00		14.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	42%	54%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	50%	59%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	63%	67%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	72%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	80%	68%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	56%	64%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76%	69%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	56%	61%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	53%	56%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	63%	63%	71%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	68%	74%	77%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	77%	71%	75%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73%	71%	77%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69%	68%	77%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	62%	61%	73%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	69%	64%	73%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	86%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	76%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	77%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	67%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	66%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	70%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	75%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	77%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	87%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	89%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	91%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	87%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	86%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	88%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	88%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	83%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	89%	84%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	93%	81%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	87%	84%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	92%	84%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	79%	73%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	91%	76%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	87%	82%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	90%	80%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79%	83%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84%	76%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79%	81%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78%	80%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82%	71%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77%	72%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	78%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83%	81%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	89%	87%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96%	90%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	94%	90%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	93%	86%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	88%	79%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	91%	78%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	82%	87%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	82%	84%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	86%	80%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	88%	87%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	90%	91%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	86%	79%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	91%	82%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	83%	86%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88%	80%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81%	83%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91%	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	92%	87%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92%	90%	N/A
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	79%	71%	N/A
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	69%	64%	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	86%	74%	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	82%	73%	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	81%	68%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	81%	75%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	92%	78%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	85%	80%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	90.6%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	9.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	37.5%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	62.5%

Mean Base Salary:	$41,924.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,908.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$45,534.0

* Western Hills 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.