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Speer Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

811 Fuller St

Arlington TX, 76012, Tarrant County

Phone: 682-867-4000

Ranking:

(5,885 out of 6,018, bottom 2%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Arlington 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:	51		55		52		52		52		51		52
Total Students:	841		866		890		861		865		874		877
Prekindergarten:	43	5.1%	63	7.3%	62	7.0%	62	7.2%	61	7.1%	74	8.5%	85	9.7%
Kindergarten:	117	13.9%	124	14.3%	124	13.9%	121	14.1%	151	17.5%	139	15.9%	112	12.8%
Grade 1:	125	14.9%	127	14.7%	134	15.1%	133	15.4%	124	14.3%	120	13.7%	131	14.9%
Grade 2:	121	14.4%	115	13.3%	129	14.5%	121	14.1%	115	13.3%	116	13.3%	114	13.0%
Grade 3:	107	12.7%	120	13.9%	132	14.8%	104	12.1%	109	12.6%	116	13.3%	112	12.8%
Grade 4:	113	13.4%	127	14.7%	102	11.5%	112	13.0%	101	11.7%	104	11.9%	111	12.7%
Grade 5:	122	14.5%	100	11.5%	113	12.7%	109	12.7%	106	12.3%	102	11.7%	104	11.9%
Grade 6:	93	11.1%	90	10.4%	94	10.6%	99	11.5%	98	11.3%	103	11.8%	108	12.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	446	53.0%	465	53.7%	467	52.5%	458	53.2%	460	53.2%	482	55.1%	450	51.3%
Female:	395	47.0%	401	46.3%	423	47.5%	403	46.8%	397	45.9%	384	43.9%	423	48.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	0.5%	5	0.6%	7	0.8%	7	0.8%	4	0.5%	6	0.7%	6	0.7%
Asian:	9	1.1%	13	1.5%	14	1.6%	14	1.6%	10	1.2%	16	1.8%	24	2.7%
Hispanic:	666	79.2%	705	81.4%	717	80.6%	734	85.2%	733	84.7%	742	84.9%	712	81.2%
Black:	107	12.7%	102	11.8%	103	11.6%	65	7.5%	68	7.9%	69	7.9%	91	10.4%
White:	47	5.6%	37	4.3%	43	4.8%	36	4.2%	50	5.8%	41	4.7%	44	5.0%
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:	8	1.0%	4	0.5%	6	0.7%	5	0.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	776	92.3%	800	92.4%	816	91.7%	798	92.7%	771	89.1%	741	84.8%	755	86.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	25	3.0%	26	3.0%	26	2.9%	26	3.0%	40	4.6%	33	3.8%	37	4.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.58		15.84		17.01		16.52		16.64		17.00		16.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	41%	60%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	49%	61%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	56%	74%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	42%	75%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	56%	59%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	42%	59%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67%	73%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	48%	69%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	57%	69%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	39%	67%	71%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	57%	73%	77%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	56%	68%	75%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56%	76%	77%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59%	75%	77%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	44%	70%	73%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	58%	69%	73%
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	69%	78%	77%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	59%	72%	74%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64%	78%	75%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	56%	73%	71%
STAAR Spanish
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	17%	34%	59%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	50%	62%	65%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	59%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	59%	37%	60%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	41%	41%	64%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	86%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	79%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	48%	75%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	43%	72%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	77%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	78%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	82%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	82%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	89%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	91%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	91%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	91%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	90%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	91%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	89%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	85%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	85%	84%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	83%	79%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	76%	80%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	72%	79%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	67%	76%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	56%	81%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	66%	82%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	74%	82%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76%	83%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78%	78%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82%	81%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	81%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63%	79%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	54%	81%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72%	83%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64%	81%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	81%	88%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	90%	88%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	83%	88%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	80%	87%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	85%	90%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	87%	89%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	76%	88%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	65%	81%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	70%	85%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	79%	86%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	81%	86%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	77%	83%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	73%	86%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	80%	88%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	74%	89%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76%	81%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64%	86%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68%	86%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73%	89%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80%	87%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79%	86%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78%	89%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84%	90%	N/A
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	72%	71%	N/A
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	36%	62%	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	49%	72%	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	52%	74%	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	63%	76%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	68%	82%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	68%	85%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	68%	82%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	77%	84%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	58%	78%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	74%	85%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	67%	81%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	65%	80%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	62%	79%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	54%	81%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	67%	81%	N/A
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82%	90%	N/A
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80%	89%	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84%	95%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82%	94%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83%	92%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77%	90%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64%	87%	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66%	85%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	87.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	12.2%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	9.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	36.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	63.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$45,709.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$43,534.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$46,972.0

* Speer 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.