John J. Pershing Elementary School

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Dallas, TX 75229 › Texas Education Agency (TEA) accountability rating guidelines
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2009 TEA campus accountability rating: Academically Acceptable

2009 Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) results
 
   
reading
writing
mathematics
science
all
percentage of students passing
 
Pershing Elementary School*
84
98
84
71
51
 
  grade 3*
87
  
75
  
71
  Dallas ISD 82   78   74
  all Texas public schools
90
  
86
  
82
 
  grade 4
90
98
95
  
86
  Dallas ISD 77 88 80   67
  all Texas public schools
86
92
88
  
78
 
  grade 5
67
  
80
71
51
  Dallas ISD 74   79 76 60
  all Texas public schools
85
  
86
85
73
 
percentage of students commended performance
 
Pershing Elementary School*
19
26
35
35
11
*Results of TAKS administered in English. TAKS administered in Spanish results included in overall percentage of students passing and commended performance results.

performance improvements needed to achieve exemplary rating

• Increase passing percentage of all students taking TAKS reading test from 84 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 117 students representing 80 percent of all students taking TAKS reading test from 83 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 128 students representing 87 percent of all students taking TAKS reading test from 84 percent to 90 percent.

• Increase passing percentage of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 84 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 117 students 80 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 81 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 128 students representing 88 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 82 percent to 90 percent.

• Increase passing percentage of all students taking TAKS science test from 71 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 41 students 84 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 68 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 43 students 88 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 70 percent to 90 percent.

2007-2008 mobility percentage: 25.2

Mobility percentage is calculated by dividing the number of students enrolled at the school for less than 83 percent of the school year by the total number of students enrolled at the school any time during the school year.

2008-2009 enrollment and class sizes
 
   
students
average class size
Pershing Elementary School
486
  
  Early childhood education
17
  
  Pre-kindergarten
55
  
  Kindergarten
65
16.5
  First grade
82
18.0
  Second grade
81
16.5
  Third grade
64
14.5
  Fourth grade
58
20.0
  Fifth grade
64
29.2
 
  Gifted and talented program
37
  
  Special education program
50
  


Sources: Dallas ISD and Texas Education Agency
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