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White Oak Primary School

Public | PK-2 | 352 students

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White Oak's White Oak Primary School is a public school serving 352 students in grades PK-2. 
 
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87% of students at this school are White.
                    
 
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Mrs Claire Koonce leads this school.
 
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White Oak Independent School DistrictNumber of schools:
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In 2010-2011, this school was rated "Recognized".
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In 2008-2009, this school was rated "Exemplary".

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Source: Texas Education Agency

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Student ethnicity

Ethnicity	This school	State average
White	87%	31%
Hispanic	7%	50%
Black	2%	13%
Two or more races	2%	2%
American Indian/Alaska Native	1%	0%
Asian	1%	3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander	0%	0%

Source: NCES, 2010-2011

Student subgroups

	This school	District average	State average
Special education	9%	N/A	10%
Gifted/talented students	2%	N/A	8%
Economically disadvantaged	38%	N/A	55%
Limited English proficient (LEP)	2%	N/A	17%

Source: TX Education Agency, 2007-2008

Student-teacher ratio

	This school	District average	State average
Students per FTE teacher	14	N/A	15

Source: NCES, 2008-2009

Teacher experience

	This school	District average	State average
Beginning teachers	9%	N/A	8%
1 to 5 years	31%	N/A	30%
6 to 10 years	23%	N/A	20%
11 to 20 years	22%	N/A	23%
21 or more years	15%	N/A	19%

Source: TX Education Agency, 2007-2008

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School Leader's name	Mrs Claire Koonce
Fax number	(903) 291-2132

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200 S White Oak Rd
White Oak, TX 75693
Phone: (903) 291-2150

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