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Whittier Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

2004 North Marrs

Amarillo TX, 79107, Potter County

Phone: 806-326-5600

Ranking:

(3,613 out of 6,018, bottom 40%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Amarillo 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:	40		41		42		45		44		39		41
Total Students:	577		630		601		539		564		513		547
Prekindergarten:	73	12.7%	110	17.5%	100	16.6%	92	17.1%	96	17.0%	87	17.0%	91	16.6%
Kindergarten:	93	16.1%	87	13.8%	98	16.3%	89	16.5%	87	15.4%	74	14.4%	69	12.6%
Grade 1:	84	14.6%	108	17.1%	88	14.6%	84	15.6%	80	14.2%	62	12.1%	76	13.9%
Grade 2:	80	13.9%	87	13.8%	102	17.0%	73	13.5%	67	11.9%	77	15.0%	79	14.4%
Grade 3:	84	14.6%	103	16.3%	76	12.6%	70	13.0%	77	13.7%	72	14.0%	72	13.2%
Grade 4:	93	16.1%	77	12.2%	68	11.3%	63	11.7%	74	13.1%	73	14.2%	74	13.5%
Grade 5:	70	12.1%	58	9.2%	69	11.5%	68	12.6%	83	14.7%	68	13.3%	86	15.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	293	50.8%	312	49.5%	305	50.7%	269	49.9%	275	48.8%	244	47.6%	270	49.4%
Female:	284	49.2%	318	50.5%	296	49.3%	270	50.1%	281	49.8%	261	50.9%	273	49.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	0.5%	0	0.0%	4	0.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	27	4.7%	31	4.9%	18	3.0%	19	3.5%	15	2.7%	16	3.1%	17	3.1%
Hispanic:	407	70.5%	455	72.2%	434	72.2%	383	71.1%	370	65.6%	376	73.3%	380	69.5%
Black:	64	11.1%	54	8.6%	51	8.5%	55	10.2%	60	10.6%	51	9.9%	86	15.7%
White:	70	12.1%	84	13.3%	89	14.8%	74	13.7%	115	20.4%	70	13.6%	64	11.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	8	1.4%	6	1.0%	6	1.0%	8	1.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	485	84.1%	552	87.6%	515	85.7%	453	84.0%	466	82.6%	382	74.5%	415	75.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	62	10.7%	53	8.4%	49	8.2%	48	8.9%	44	7.8%	50	9.7%	66	12.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.57		15.32		14.43		11.97		12.70		13.20		13.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	68%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	72%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66%	73%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	77%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	59%	72%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	85%	72%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72%	80%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72%	71%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	58%	71%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	86%	70%	71%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	83%	82%	77%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	75%	82%	75%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83%	78%	77%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78%	80%	77%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	73%	72%	73%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	70%	74%	73%
STAAR Spanish
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	30%	65%	65%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	73%	68%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	92%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	87%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	85%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	86%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	86%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	85%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	89%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	89%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	94%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	97%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	96%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	95%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	93%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	94%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	98%	92%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	77%	86%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	75%	86%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	81%	88%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	84%	90%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	95%	90%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	87%	87%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	82%	89%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	93%	89%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83%	87%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66%	85%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73%	87%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73%	87%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84%	87%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90%	88%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85%	88%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88%	87%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	88%	92%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	87%	94%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	93%	94%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	91%	93%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96%	95%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	85%	91%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	81%	91%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	90%	92%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	68%	87%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	90%	94%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	84%	95%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	91%	96%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	82%	95%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	89%	94%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	92%	96%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	79%	94%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69%	85%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79%	91%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86%	93%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70%	94%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73%	94%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73%	91%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90%	95%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84%	95%	N/A
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	47%	76%	N/A
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	43%	67%	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	65%	83%	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	49%	85%	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	62%	87%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	79%	88%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	96%	92%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	88%	89%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	92.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	7.7%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	23.1%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	76.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$41,815.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$37,118.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$43,224.0

* Whittier 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.