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Foster Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

3919 Ward St

Houston TX, 77021, Harris County

Phone: 713-746-8260

Ranking:

(5,496 out of 6,018, bottom 9%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Houston 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:	26		24		25		33		33		31		31
Total Students:	438		425		455		525		520		492		504
Prekindergarten:	63	14.4%	62	14.6%	73	16.0%	86	16.4%	82	15.8%	75	15.2%	88	17.5%
Kindergarten:	53	12.1%	73	17.2%	71	15.6%	65	12.4%	71	13.7%	81	16.5%	76	15.1%
Grade 1:	78	17.8%	80	18.8%	59	13.0%	74	14.1%	95	18.3%	95	19.3%	89	17.7%
Grade 2:	61	13.9%	53	12.5%	65	14.3%	94	17.9%	77	14.8%	68	13.8%	66	13.1%
Grade 3:	55	12.6%	53	12.5%	75	16.5%	68	13.0%	65	12.5%	56	11.4%	68	13.5%
Grade 4:	69	15.8%	66	15.5%	59	13.0%	67	12.8%	69	13.3%	63	12.8%	66	13.1%
Grade 5:	59	13.5%	38	8.9%	53	11.6%	71	13.5%	61	11.7%	54	11.0%	51	10.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	212	48.4%	199	46.8%	225	49.5%	260	49.5%	256	49.2%	250	50.8%	270	53.6%
Female:	226	51.6%	226	53.2%	230	50.5%	265	50.5%	256	49.2%	234	47.6%	230	45.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	4	0.8%	3	0.6%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	4	0.8%	2	0.4%	3	0.6%	3	0.6%
Hispanic:	29	6.6%	31	7.3%	33	7.3%	39	7.4%	44	8.5%	36	7.3%	44	8.7%
Black:	403	92.0%	391	92.0%	419	92.1%	476	90.7%	471	90.6%	451	91.7%	455	90.3%
White:	3	0.7%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%
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:	2	0.5%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	426	97.3%	413	97.2%	143	31.4%	195	37.1%	221	42.5%	232	47.2%	234	46.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	8	1.8%	5	1.2%	4	0.9%	8	1.5%	24	4.6%	28	5.7%	38	7.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.85		17.71		18.20		16.15		15.76		15.90		16.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	24%	64%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	38%	64%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	45%	71%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	47%	74%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	27%	66%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	38%	64%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	52%	71%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	46%	64%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	38%	69%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	59%	67%	71%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	33%	75%	77%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	53%	69%	75%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	49%	72%	77%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64%	70%	77%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	42%	69%	73%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	30%	66%	73%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	84%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	52%	70%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	61%	70%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	45%	75%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	78%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	82%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	83%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	85%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	87%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	89%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	89%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66%	91%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	91%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	90%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	89%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	87%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	83%	79%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	55%	69%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	64%	74%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	39%	80%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	59%	82%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	74%	86%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	81%	87%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	90%	88%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85%	80%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	55%	70%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	51%	74%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	48%	77%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	56%	77%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77%	82%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84%	81%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70%	83%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	92%	86%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	81%	88%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	94%	89%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	76%	85%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	87%	90%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	89%	91%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	98%	90%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	78%	76%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	58%	81%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	73%	85%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	71%	89%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	89%	89%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	90%	91%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	87%	92%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	97%	92%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64%	71%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67%	77%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92%	81%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87%	85%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89%	87%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79%	87%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	93%	89%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	97%	90%	N/A
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	53%	61%	N/A
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	20%	51%	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	61%	65%	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	53%	71%	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	89%	82%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	79%	85%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	83%	87%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	95%	86%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	76.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	23.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	15.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	23.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	76.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$49,587.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$41,175.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$52,146.0

* Foster Elementary Primary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.