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Academy Charter School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

801 East Arctic

Palmer AK, 99645, Matanuska Susitna County

Phone: 907-746-2358

Ranking:

(34 out of 305, top 11%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District

Title I Eligible School: No

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	17		12		15		16		15		15		17
Total Students:	235		238		227		231		224		229		226
Kindergarten:	24	10.2%	24	10.1%	24	10.6%	24	10.4%	24	10.7%	24	10.5%	24	10.6%
Grade 1:	24	10.2%	25	10.5%	24	10.6%	24	10.4%	24	10.7%	24	10.5%	24	10.6%
Grade 2:	25	10.6%	24	10.1%	26	11.5%	25	10.8%	25	11.2%	24	10.5%	24	10.6%
Grade 3:	25	10.6%	25	10.5%	25	11.0%	24	10.4%	25	11.2%	24	10.5%	24	10.6%
Grade 4:	26	11.1%	26	10.9%	28	12.3%	25	10.8%	24	10.7%	25	10.9%	25	11.1%
Grade 5:	26	11.1%	28	11.8%	26	11.5%	26	11.3%	26	11.6%	26	11.4%	25	11.1%
Grade 6:	30	12.8%	28	11.8%	29	12.8%	29	12.6%	24	10.7%	28	12.2%	28	12.4%
Grade 7:	28	11.9%	29	12.2%	22	9.7%	28	12.1%	28	12.5%	28	12.2%	26	11.5%
Grade 8:	27	11.5%	29	12.2%	23	10.1%	26	11.3%	24	10.7%	26	11.4%	26	11.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	129	54.9%	131	55.0%	118	52.0%	123	53.2%	119	53.1%	125	54.6%	111	49.1%
Female:	106	45.1%	107	45.0%	109	48.0%	108	46.8%	105	46.9%	104	45.4%	105	46.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	22	9.4%	26	10.9%	20	8.8%	16	6.9%	18	8.0%	17	7.4%	16	7.1%
Asian:	6	2.6%	4	1.7%	5	2.2%	4	1.7%	2	0.9%	4	1.7%	6	2.7%
Hispanic:	8	3.4%	6	2.5%	11	4.8%	5	2.2%	3	1.3%	4	1.7%	4	1.8%
Black:	5	2.1%	6	2.5%	6	2.6%	5	2.2%	3	1.3%	2	0.9%	3	1.3%
White:	193	82.1%	194	81.5%	183	80.6%	193	83.5%	190	84.8%	195	85.2%	191	84.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.4%	2	0.8%	2	0.9%	2	0.9%	2	0.9%	1	0.4%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6	2.6%	6	2.7%	6	2.6%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.24		19.15		14.81		14.52		14.74		15.00		13.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
SBA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.5%	80.4%	78.7%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.5%	84%	78.7%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.46%	81.09%	74.50%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	87.5%	82%	74.8%
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	84.62%	81.20%	75.10%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76%	70.8%	68.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88%	77.2%	73.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	52%	51.7%	46.8%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	50%	55.2%	46.3%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	76%	56.2%	49.2%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	57.14%	51.28%	49.90%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	50.00%	52.46%	N/A
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	89.29%	81.90%	76.60%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	88.46%	81.22%	N/A
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.9%	67.1%	66.8%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.1%	71.6%	69.7%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.46%	75.10%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.8%	80.2%	77.5%
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	76.9%	76.7%	75.4%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	76.9%	80%	77.3%
2005	Math	6th Grade	% met std	60.7%	64%	64.9%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.5%	75.7%	74.4%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.9%	75.9%	69.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.00%	74.89%	69.50%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.71%	73.47%	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89.3%	78.3%	76.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89.66%	87.06%	77.70%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89.29%	84.18%	N/A
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	85.7%	71.6%	71.5%
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	75.86%	79.55%	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	85.71%	76.49%	N/A
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89.3%	65%	61%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72%	61.6%	61.7%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	82.1%	71.5%	68.9%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88.5%	73.7%	68.4%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75%	79.6%	69.8%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89.29%	87.73%	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	85.7%	82.4%	72.4%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	88.9%	64.3%	62.1%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85.7%	67.4%	64.6%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	83.3%	73%	69.3%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75%	74.5%	66.4%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	45.5%	59%	54.9%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	78.3%	57.3%	56.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	85.71%	60.17%	56.60%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	83.3%	84.4%	76.4%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Academy Charter School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.