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Besteiro Middle Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

6280 Southmost Rd

Brownsville TX, 78521, Cameron County

Phone: 956-544-3900

Ranking:

(5,222 out of 6,018, bottom 13%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Brownsville 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:	53		56		57		61		71		76		75
Total Students:	910		888		899		877		845		848		876
Grade 6:	288	31.6%	297	33.4%	324	36.0%	305	34.8%	277	32.8%	289	34.1%	284	32.4%
Grade 7:	306	33.6%	313	35.2%	295	32.8%	278	31.7%	295	34.9%	275	32.4%	317	36.2%
Grade 8:	316	34.7%	278	31.3%	280	31.1%	294	33.5%	273	32.3%	284	33.5%	275	31.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	467	51.3%	464	52.3%	452	50.3%	449	51.2%	415	49.1%	443	52.2%	454	51.8%
Female:	443	48.7%	424	47.7%	447	49.7%	428	48.8%	422	49.9%	397	46.8%	418	47.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	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:	908	99.8%	886	99.8%	898	99.9%	875	99.8%	842	99.6%	843	99.4%	870	99.3%
Black:	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	2	0.2%	0	0.0%
White:	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	3	0.4%	3	0.4%	6	0.7%
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:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	904	99.3%	883	99.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.2%	4	0.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.13		15.87		15.83		14.49		11.87		11.20		11.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	57%	69%	77%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	52%	66%	74%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	48%	62%	75%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	46%	57%	71%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	68%	63%	71%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	60%	65%	71%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	57%	64%	76%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60%	67%	77%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	64%	64%	71%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	57%	65%	70%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	65%	67%	76%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	73%	68%	77%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	53%	69%	80%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73%	75%	84%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57%	59%	70%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	71%	68%	75%
2012	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	48%	47%	59%
2013	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	60%	53%	63%
STAAR EOC
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	74%	83%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	69%	78%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	68%	68%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	53%	62%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	66%	72%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	61%	74%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	80%	76%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	74%	79%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	85%	82%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	77%	80%	N/A
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69%	79%	N/A
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66%	79%	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77%	85%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83%	86%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85%	87%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84%	87%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77%	83%	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77%	80%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	49%	60%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	45%	57%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	51%	64%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	61%	69%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	72%	73%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	83%	80%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	84%	81%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	77%	80%	N/A
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60%	79%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60%	74%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61%	72%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70%	78%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77%	79%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73%	79%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77%	80%	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74%	83%	N/A
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	78%	91%	N/A
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	81%	88%	N/A
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	85%	90%	N/A
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	89%	93%	N/A
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	80%	89%	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	88%	94%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	35%	54%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	48%	54%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	48%	63%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	75%	72%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	87%	81%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	91%	88%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	88%	91%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	89%	85%	N/A
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74%	84%	N/A
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69%	78%	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66%	77%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81%	88%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91%	92%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91%	94%	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88%	90%	N/A
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	47%	61%	N/A
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	52%	64%	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	60%	65%	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	71%	72%	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	79%	78%	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	79%	77%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	72%	85%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	84%	86%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	78%	83%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	86%	87%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	91%	89%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	96%	92%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	99%	96%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	96%	94%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	93.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	6.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	9.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	41.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	58.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$42,486.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$37,365.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$46,084.0

* Besteiro Middle Middle School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.