• Originally published November 12, 2009 at 5:45 p.m., updated November 12, 2009 at 11:25 p.m.

Aloe Elementary School is one of only 254 schools in Texas to meet the requirements of the Texas Business and Education Coalition 2009 Honor Roll based on its TAKS test results.

The list represents less than 4 percent of all public schools in Texas.

According to the coalition's Web site, inclusion on the honor roll is the most prestigious academic award a Texas public school can receive.

In analyzing every public school in Texas, the group considers only the school's commended performance on the TAKS test.

The coalition sets specific targets for schools based on the grade levels served and the demographics of the campus.

Aloe Elementary School, which is rated as recognized by the Texas Education Agency, is the only school in the seven-county Crossroads area to be on the list. The nearest school is Roger Sides Elementary in Karnes City.

This is Aloe Elementary's third time to be on the list.

TBEC Executive Director Ken Zornes said the standards this year are the highest in the 10 year history of the award. The school is not evaluated based on the passing percentages of the TAKS test, but rather on the much more stringent measure of commended performance. Schools not only had to exceed its 2008 commended scores, but at least 20 percent of all students had to earn the top scores on all of the TAKS tests offered at the campus.

Aloe Elementary exceeded those standards by a large margin with 59 percent of all students taking the TAKS math test earning a commended score.

On the TAKS reading, 53 percent of students earned the commended level with 58 percent on writing and 43 percent in science.

"Commended performance scores tell us the student is doing more than passing the TAKS test," Assistant Superintendent Mima Gonzalez said.

Aloe Principal Linda Allen takes the award in stride, while recognizing its significance. "We are honored to be on the list again. The TBEC Honor Roll is not something to be taken lightly," Allen said. "But, in all honesty, I can't tell you how Aloe has been on the list three times and 96 percent of the schools in Texas don't meet the standards."

Allen, Gonzalez and other representatives from the school were honored at a conference and dinner Monday in San Antonio.

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