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Gardens Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1105 East Harris

Pasadena TX, 77506, Harris County

Phone: 713-740-0576

Ranking:

(4,154 out of 6,018, bottom 31%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 4

School District: Pasadena 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:	43		39		40		42		43		42		43
Total Students:	632		640		633		665		675		701		678
Prekindergarten:	71	11.2%	76	11.9%	77	12.2%	102	15.3%	96	14.2%	108	15.4%	103	15.2%
Kindergarten:	110	17.4%	104	16.3%	109	17.2%	109	16.4%	112	16.6%	114	16.3%	103	15.2%
Grade 1:	126	19.9%	125	19.5%	116	18.3%	131	19.7%	140	20.7%	127	18.1%	110	16.2%
Grade 2:	111	17.6%	107	16.7%	123	19.4%	116	17.4%	101	15.0%	128	18.3%	135	19.9%
Grade 3:	105	16.6%	124	19.4%	113	17.9%	93	14.0%	114	16.9%	117	16.7%	111	16.4%
Grade 4:	109	17.2%	104	16.3%	95	15.0%	114	17.1%	112	16.6%	107	15.3%	115	17.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	333	52.7%	334	52.2%	334	52.8%	334	50.2%	320	47.4%	356	50.8%	337	49.7%
Female:	299	47.3%	306	47.8%	299	47.2%	331	49.8%	347	51.4%	337	48.1%	337	49.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	5	0.7%	5	0.7%	3	0.4%
Hispanic:	577	91.3%	590	92.2%	584	92.3%	612	92.0%	606	89.8%	626	89.3%	622	91.7%
Black:	6	0.9%	8	1.3%	12	1.9%	13	2.0%	23	3.4%	23	3.3%	6	0.9%
White:	43	6.8%	39	6.1%	36	5.7%	38	5.7%	40	5.9%	47	6.7%	47	6.9%
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:	4	0.6%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	501	79.3%	528	82.5%	525	82.9%	NA	NA	537	79.6%	537	76.6%	486	71.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	60	9.5%	58	9.1%	58	9.2%	NA	NA	88	13.0%	80	11.4%	104	15.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.71		16.58		15.83		15.79		15.65		16.70		15.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	56%	69%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	47%	69%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	81%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	82%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	54%	69%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	34%	72%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81%	79%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	55%	73%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	50%	69%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	47%	72%	71%
STAAR Spanish
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	42%	63%	56%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	51%	73%	59%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66%	71%	65%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66%	80%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	30%	55%	60%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	38%	63%	64%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	94%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	87%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	87%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	84%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	86%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	84%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	88%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	89%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	95%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	98%	95%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	94%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	95%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	93%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	94%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	91%	90%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	73%	85%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	82%	83%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	84%	85%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	67%	84%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	82%	88%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	69%	91%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	95%	87%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80%	82%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85%	80%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87%	82%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80%	81%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77%	83%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90%	85%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72%	85%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	98%	94%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96%	95%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	94%	95%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	98%	94%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	92%	93%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96%	93%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	90%	93%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	86%	93%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	81.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	15.9%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	11.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	25.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	75.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$44,075.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$38,571.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$45,909.0

* Gardens 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.