City: PALESTINE, TX
School type: ELEMENTARY
Address: P O BOX 260
Grades: 3-6
District: WESTWOOD ISD
District number: 001908
Instruction type: REGULAR INSTRUCTIONAL
Phone: (903) 729-1771
School Enrollment: 534
White students: 71%
Black students: 17.6%
Hispanic students: 10.5%
Asian students: 0.6%
Native American students: 0.4%
White students: 379
Black students: 94
Native American students: 2
Hispanic students: 56
Attendance rate: 96.2%
Average class size 3rd grade: 18.8
Average class size 4th grade: 21.7
Average class size 5th grade: 21
Average class size 6th grade: 23
Total number of teachers: 33.8
Beginning teachers: 1
Teachers with 1-5 years of experience: 9
Teachers with 6-10 years of experience: 9.2
Teachers with 11-20 years of experience: 7
Teachers with over 20 years of experience: 7.7
Male teachers count: 4
Female teachers count: 29.8
Teacher tenure average: 7.7
Teacher experience average: 12.5
Teacher/student ratio: 15.8
Total staff: 46.5
Professional staff: 38.5
Support staff: 2.6
Administration staff: 2
Educational Aides: 8
Pre-Kindergarten enrollment : 0
Kindergarten enrollment : 0
1st grade enrollment : 0
2nd grade enrollment : 0
3rd grade enrollment : 135
4th grade enrollment : 132
5th grade enrollment : 128
6th grade enrollment : 139
7th grade enrollment : 0
8th grade enrollment : 0
9th grade enrollment : 0
10th grade enrollment : 0
11th grade enrollment : 0
12th grade enrollment : 0
Statistics about WESTWOOD EL in PALESTINE, TX
Average teacher salary: $33761
Average profession support salary: $42245
Average administration staff salary: $44950
Average beginning teacher salary: $24540
Average salary for teachers with 1 to 5 years of experience: $27144
Average salary for teachers with 6 to 10 years of experience: $31791
Average salary for teachers with 11 to 20 years of experience: $37971
Average salary for teachers with over 20 years of experience: $41243
Dollars spent per student: $3439
Operating expenditure for instruction: $1391293
Operating expenditure for instruction leadership: $0
Operating expenditure for administration: $164086
Operating expenditure for other campus costs: $280859
Total operating expenditure: $1836238
Limited English Proficient students count: 8
Economically disadvantaged students count: 248
Special education students count: 66
Gifted students count: 30
Bilingual students count: 8
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (2 SEM below panel recommendation): 73.3%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (1 SEM below panel recommendation): 63.3%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (panel recommendation): 50.2%
Rate of students in all grades receiving commended perfomances on TAKS test: 5.1%
Rate of students in all grades meeting reading panel recommendation TAKS standards: 72.4%
Rate of students in all grades meeting math panel recommendation TAKS standards: 62.4%
Rate of students in all grades meeting science panel recommendation TAKS standards: 23.5%
Rate of students in all grades meeting writing panel recommendation TAKS standards: 72.5%