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Margaret Taylor Smith Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

1750 Iron Gate Blvd

Forney TX, 75126, Kaufman County

Phone: 469-762-4158

Ranking:

(1,744 out of 6,018, top 29%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Forney 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
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	32		33		33		36		32		26
Total Students:	495		514		544		504		476		396
Prekindergarten:	81	16.4%	76	14.8%	63	11.6%	79	15.7%	68	14.3%	17	4.3%
Kindergarten:	62	12.5%	73	14.2%	73	13.4%	54	10.7%	47	9.9%	50	12.6%
Grade 1:	60	12.1%	67	13.0%	57	10.5%	43	8.5%	58	12.2%	51	12.9%
Grade 2:	66	13.3%	56	10.9%	58	10.7%	66	13.1%	58	12.2%	43	10.9%
Grade 3:	48	9.7%	47	9.1%	65	11.9%	71	14.1%	51	10.7%	70	17.7%
Grade 4:	47	9.5%	60	11.7%	82	15.1%	61	12.1%	71	14.9%	53	13.4%
Grade 5:	64	12.9%	66	12.8%	72	13.2%	72	14.3%	56	11.8%	59	14.9%
Grade 6:	67	13.5%	69	13.4%	74	13.6%	58	11.5%	67	14.1%	53	13.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	249	50.3%	249	48.4%	281	51.7%	272	54.0%	250	52.5%	222	56.1%
Female:	246	49.7%	265	51.6%	263	48.3%	232	46.0%	218	45.8%	166	41.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.6%	3	0.6%	3	0.6%	3	0.6%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%
Asian:	1	0.2%	7	1.4%	5	0.9%	5	1.0%	10	2.1%	7	1.8%
Hispanic:	129	26.1%	120	23.3%	114	21.0%	112	22.2%	103	21.6%	91	23.0%
Black:	79	16.0%	92	17.9%	104	19.1%	82	16.3%	88	18.5%	62	15.7%
White:	264	53.3%	273	53.1%	298	54.8%	288	57.1%	275	57.8%	235	59.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	19	3.8%	19	3.7%	20	3.7%	13	2.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	154	31.1%	190	37.0%	184	33.8%	186	36.9%	165	34.7%	81	20.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	57	11.5%	46	8.9%	56	10.3%	51	10.1%	49	10.3%	53	13.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.24		15.48		16.68		14.00		15.11		15.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	77%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	76%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	85%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	90%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	69%	75%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	79%	76%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88%	89%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67%	82%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	67%	81%	71%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	67%	84%	77%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	79%	85%	75%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78%	90%	77%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89%	90%	77%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	71%	85%	73%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	86%	85%	73%
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	91%	94%	77%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	71%	86%	74%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88%	93%	75%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79%	89%	71%
TAKS
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	95%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	95%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	92%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	97%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	98%	97%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	94%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	87%	91%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	94%	95%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	92%	94%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85%	91%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87%	93%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	90%	94%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	97%	96%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	95%	96%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	93%	95%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	93%	97%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	97%	95%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91%	97%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	94%	98%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	81%	92%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	95%	96%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	96%	94%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	93%	98%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	98%	95%	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89%	96%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Margaret Taylor Smith Elementary Primary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.