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Sparks Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

2503 East Southmore

Pasadena TX, 77502, Harris County

Phone: 713-740-0744

Ranking:

(2,342 out of 6,018, top 39%)*

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:	38		38		34		34		35		38		39
Total Students:	507		536		554		526		557		570		597
Prekindergarten:	80	15.8%	94	17.5%	86	15.5%	84	16.0%	125	22.4%	134	23.5%	139	23.3%
Kindergarten:	76	15.0%	94	17.5%	88	15.9%	95	18.1%	99	17.8%	99	17.4%	74	12.4%
Grade 1:	95	18.7%	94	17.5%	116	20.9%	107	20.3%	93	16.7%	91	16.0%	112	18.8%
Grade 2:	82	16.2%	101	18.8%	93	16.8%	83	15.8%	88	15.8%	91	16.0%	97	16.2%
Grade 3:	94	18.5%	81	15.1%	82	14.8%	89	16.9%	64	11.5%	88	15.4%	84	14.1%
Grade 4:	80	15.8%	72	13.4%	89	16.1%	68	12.9%	88	15.8%	67	11.8%	91	15.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	268	52.9%	279	52.1%	297	53.6%	290	55.1%	289	51.9%	312	54.7%	332	55.6%
Female:	239	47.1%	257	47.9%	257	46.4%	236	44.9%	260	46.7%	250	43.9%	261	43.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%
Asian:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%
Hispanic:	470	92.7%	492	91.8%	514	92.8%	479	91.1%	495	88.9%	502	88.1%	529	88.6%
Black:	17	3.4%	16	3.0%	12	2.2%	8	1.5%	12	2.2%	20	3.5%	19	3.2%
White:	19	3.7%	26	4.9%	26	4.7%	36	6.8%	48	8.6%	46	8.1%	47	7.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	401	79.1%	449	83.8%	471	85.0%	NA	NA	414	74.3%	423	74.2%	413	69.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	41	8.1%	37	6.9%	33	6.0%	NA	NA	66	11.8%	79	13.9%	86	14.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.34		14.09		16.10		15.64		15.76		15.10		15.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	69%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	66%	69%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	81%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	82%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	78%	69%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	78%	72%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73%	79%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79%	73%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	54%	69%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	72%	72%	71%
STAAR Spanish
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	0%	63%	56%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	73%	59%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	44%	71%	65%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	80%	68%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	94%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	87%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	87%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	84%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	86%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	84%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	88%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	89%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	95%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	95%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	95%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	94%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	95%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	93%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	94%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	92%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	91%	90%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	97%	85%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	94%	83%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	85%	86%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	95%	85%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	89%	84%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	100%	88%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	93%	91%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	93%	87%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85%	82%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88%	80%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88%	82%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87%	81%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	94%	85%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88%	85%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	97%	94%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	98%	95%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	98%	95%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	88%	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	94%	93%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	94%	93%	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:	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	22.9%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	77.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$45,572.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$40,836.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$46,975.0

* Sparks Elementary Primary School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.