McGaha Academy Elementary School
Awards and Honors
Accountability rating: Exemplary 2006-2007 TAKS Scores Grade 3 Reading Math
100% 91%
Grade 4 Reading Math Writing
96% 98% 98%
Grade 5 Reading Math Science
91% 100% 91%
Grade 6 Reading Math
100% 97%
2006-2007 TEA Report Card Data Attendance Rate:
96.9%
Students per teacher:
14.6
Avg. Yrs. Teacher experience: 10.1 Student profile: White Hispanic African American Native American Asian Low income Limited English Mobility rate: At-Risk
62.5% 23.3% 11.1% 0.6% 2.5% 50.3% 2.2% 19.2% 42.2%
Special Program enrollment: Special Education 12.8% Bilingual/ESL 0.0% Gifted/Talented 3.3% Campus expenditure per student: $4,657
Gold Performance Acknowledgments: • Commended on Reading/English Language Arts • Commended on Mathematics • Commended on Writing • Commended on Science Comparable Improvement: • Reading/English Language Arts Awards: • Texas Education Agency “Exemplary” School 2007, 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001, 1999, 1998, 1997 • Texas Education Agency “Recognized” School 2004, 2000, 1995
What students say about McGaha: “I like it that at McGaha mostly everyone is friends and everyone gets along in my class. There aren’t a lot of fights and we have very good teachers that actually care about whether we get a good education or not.” – BC “I’m so glad that my parents picked for me to go to McGaha. It is the best school in the district and we have the best teachers I could ever ask for. We are an exemplary school and I am always getting smarter. I absolutely love McGaha! And I am kind of sad this is my last year.” – SS “I really love McGaha. I came here in 4th grade and it seems that I learned so much more than in my old school. All the teachers explain everything when you don’t get it and they make it really fun. It is really cool to see how much you learn here.” – ML “McGaha is a school about nothing but learning. The teachers are nice, respectful and they make learning fun. The students are also nice and it is fun being here.” – EH “I love to be at McGaha because they have a lot of good kids. It is a great school and it has great teachers and a great principal, smart kids and really awesome classes. We have a great safety patrol, show choir, student council and Geography bee.” – NB