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Bell's Hill Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

2100 Ross

Waco TX, 76706, Mclennan County

Phone: 254-754-4171

Ranking:

(4,676 out of 6,018, bottom 22%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Waco 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:	46		49		26		33		33		33		35
Total Students:	808		915		448		495		505		499		533
Prekindergarten:	81	10.0%	88	9.6%	2	0.4%	3	0.6%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%
Kindergarten:	127	15.7%	149	16.3%	74	16.5%	77	15.6%	86	17.0%	85	17.0%	88	16.5%
Grade 1:	128	15.8%	150	16.4%	74	16.5%	92	18.6%	83	16.4%	88	17.6%	85	15.9%
Grade 2:	121	15.0%	144	15.7%	75	16.7%	82	16.6%	84	16.6%	87	17.4%	81	15.2%
Grade 3:	118	14.6%	121	13.2%	74	16.5%	76	15.4%	88	17.4%	84	16.8%	97	18.2%
Grade 4:	118	14.6%	137	15.0%	74	16.5%	85	17.2%	89	17.6%	76	15.2%	86	16.1%
Grade 5:	115	14.2%	126	13.8%	75	16.7%	80	16.2%	73	14.5%	78	15.6%	95	17.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	413	51.1%	463	50.6%	228	50.9%	253	51.1%	251	49.7%	255	51.1%	269	50.5%
Female:	395	48.9%	452	49.4%	220	49.1%	242	48.9%	246	48.7%	236	47.3%	260	48.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.2%	14	1.5%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	752	93.1%	801	87.5%	420	93.8%	475	96.0%	477	94.5%	478	95.8%	498	93.4%
Black:	31	3.8%	78	8.5%	21	4.7%	16	3.2%	20	4.0%	15	3.0%	27	5.1%
White:	23	2.8%	20	2.2%	5	1.1%	2	0.4%	8	1.6%	6	1.2%	7	1.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	750	92.8%	820	89.6%	419	93.5%	452	91.3%	453	89.7%	409	82.0%	460	86.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	29	3.6%	30	3.3%	21	4.7%	25	5.1%	34	6.7%	35	7.0%	33	6.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.63		18.75		17.23		15.15		15.14		15.10		15.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	54%	56%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	58%	50%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	57%	64%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	63%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	68%	55%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	49%	49%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73%	67%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	54%	56%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	71%	59%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	56%	56%	71%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	74%	64%	77%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	69%	60%	75%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66%	64%	77%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60%	68%	77%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	60%	61%	73%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	60%	56%	73%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	82%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	69%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	69%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	51%	66%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	67%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	74%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	79%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	81%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	87%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	87%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	89%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	83%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	86%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	87%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	85%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	82%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	97%	75%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	58%	67%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	66%	70%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	84%	75%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	80%	74%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	88%	78%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	95%	83%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	95%	86%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86%	78%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	49%	66%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	62%	74%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80%	73%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70%	69%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82%	74%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83%	80%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83%	81%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	91%	86%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	80%	89%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	88%	92%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	92%	87%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	85%	87%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	92%	88%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	80%	89%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	87%	89%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	76%	75%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	98%	77%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	88%	84%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	96%	86%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	84%	80%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	78%	84%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	96%	86%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	90%	83%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59%	73%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84%	78%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89%	86%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86%	83%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79%	82%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	96%	87%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89%	85%	N/A
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	49%	58%	N/A
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	52%	44%	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	73%	59%	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	68%	67%	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	76%	61%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	61%	69%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	90%	76%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	78%	76%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	82.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	17.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	48.6%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	51.4%

Mean Base Salary:	$40,835.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,852.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$46,486.0

* Bell's Hill 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.