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West Avenue Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1101 North 15th St

Waco TX, 76707, Mclennan County

Phone: 254-750-3900

Ranking:

(5,236 out of 6,018, bottom 13%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Waco 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:	23		22		20		23		22		23		23
Total Students:	375		402		371		366		363		353		323
Prekindergarten:	55	14.7%	69	17.2%	59	15.9%	63	17.2%	60	16.5%	41	11.6%	3	0.9%
Kindergarten:	45	12.0%	63	15.7%	62	16.7%	47	12.8%	56	15.4%	60	17.0%	56	17.3%
Grade 1:	63	16.8%	61	15.2%	53	14.3%	50	13.7%	49	13.5%	58	16.4%	71	22.0%
Grade 2:	64	17.1%	54	13.4%	45	12.1%	54	14.8%	56	15.4%	59	16.7%	56	17.3%
Grade 3:	61	16.3%	55	13.7%	56	15.1%	52	14.2%	45	12.4%	45	12.7%	43	13.3%
Grade 4:	42	11.2%	45	11.2%	45	12.1%	49	13.4%	59	16.3%	44	12.5%	44	13.6%
Grade 5:	45	12.0%	55	13.7%	51	13.7%	51	13.9%	38	10.5%	46	13.0%	50	15.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	190	50.7%	210	52.2%	202	54.4%	192	52.5%	192	52.9%	190	53.8%	173	53.6%
Female:	185	49.3%	192	47.8%	169	45.6%	174	47.5%	163	44.9%	155	43.9%	146	45.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.5%	5	1.2%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	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:	243	64.8%	247	61.4%	209	56.3%	201	54.9%	179	49.3%	181	51.3%	154	47.7%
Black:	114	30.4%	139	34.6%	137	36.9%	139	38.0%	168	46.3%	161	45.6%	159	49.2%
White:	16	4.3%	11	2.7%	20	5.4%	25	6.8%	16	4.4%	11	3.1%	10	3.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	0.8%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	351	93.6%	365	90.8%	345	93.0%	345	94.3%	348	95.9%	317	89.8%	291	90.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	11	2.9%	17	4.2%	11	3.0%	9	2.5%	11	3.0%	20	5.7%	21	6.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.41		17.96		18.11		15.72		16.58		15.70		14.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	43%	56%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	48%	50%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	64%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	55%	63%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	49%	55%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	43%	49%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66%	67%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	62%	56%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	71%	59%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	51%	56%	71%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	62%	64%	77%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	50%	60%	75%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69%	64%	77%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79%	68%	77%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	33%	61%	73%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	40%	56%	73%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	82%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	50%	69%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	69%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	58%	66%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	67%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	74%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	79%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	81%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	87%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	87%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	89%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	83%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	86%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	87%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	98%	85%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	82%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	40%	75%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	42%	67%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	50%	70%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	73%	75%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	78%	74%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	58%	78%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	87%	83%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	84%	86%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63%	78%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	43%	66%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72%	74%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	73%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68%	69%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66%	74%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90%	80%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88%	81%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	78%	86%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	89%	89%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	82%	87%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	77%	87%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	93%	88%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	93%	89%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	92%	89%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	58%	75%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	59%	77%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	76%	84%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	83%	86%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	86%	80%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	86%	84%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	80%	83%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67%	73%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67%	78%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76%	83%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72%	86%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86%	83%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74%	82%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92%	87%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	N/A
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	39%	58%	N/A
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	15%	44%	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	49%	59%	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	74%	67%	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	73%	61%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	63%	69%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	81%	76%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	74%	76%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	91.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	NA

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	10.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	50.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	50.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$38,409.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,070.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$43,748.0

* West Avenue Elementary Primary 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.