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Ada Merritt K-8 Center Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

660 Sw 3rd St

Miami FL, 33130, Miami-Dade County

Phone: 305-326-0791

Ranking:

(84 out of 2,614, top 3%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Dade County 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:	46		49		47		50		56		57		53
Total Students:	700		728		745		722		688		666		634
Prekindergarten:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	15	2.4%
Kindergarten:	71	10.1%	72	9.9%	71	9.5%	71	9.8%	54	7.8%	57	8.6%	71	11.2%
Grade 1:	72	10.3%	72	9.9%	71	9.5%	66	9.1%	56	8.1%	73	11.0%	92	14.5%
Grade 2:	73	10.4%	69	9.5%	67	9.0%	53	7.3%	71	10.3%	93	14.0%	131	20.7%
Grade 3:	80	11.4%	78	10.7%	61	8.2%	69	9.6%	87	12.6%	126	18.9%	120	18.9%
Grade 4:	79	11.3%	63	8.7%	74	9.9%	94	13.0%	123	17.9%	113	17.0%	98	15.5%
Grade 5:	60	8.6%	73	10.0%	97	13.0%	123	17.0%	112	16.3%	103	15.5%	62	9.8%
Grade 6:	85	12.1%	99	13.6%	117	15.7%	102	14.1%	98	14.2%	57	8.6%	45	7.1%
Grade 7:	91	13.0%	112	15.4%	94	12.6%	96	13.3%	50	7.3%	44	6.6%	0	0.0%
Grade 8:	89	12.7%	90	12.4%	93	12.5%	48	6.6%	37	5.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	338	48.3%	352	48.4%	353	47.4%	327	45.3%	306	44.5%	282	42.3%	269	42.4%
Female:	362	51.7%	376	51.6%	392	52.6%	395	54.7%	363	52.8%	332	49.8%	313	49.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%
Asian:	7	1.0%	6	0.8%	9	1.2%	10	1.4%	11	1.6%	7	1.1%	6	0.9%
Hispanic:	474	67.7%	459	63.0%	463	62.1%	432	59.8%	399	58.0%	374	56.2%	347	54.7%
Black:	28	4.0%	45	6.2%	58	7.8%	70	9.7%	78	11.3%	73	11.0%	75	11.8%
White:	188	26.9%	213	29.3%	208	27.9%	202	28.0%	189	27.5%	168	25.2%	157	24.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	3	0.4%	5	0.7%	7	0.9%	8	1.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	157	22.4%	177	24.3%	173	23.2%	174	24.1%	152	22.1%	116	17.4%	115	18.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	60	8.6%	48	6.6%	66	8.9%	55	7.6%	63	9.2%	64	9.6%	45	7.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.22		14.86		15.85		14.44		12.40		11.80		12.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
EOC
2012	Algebra 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	420	400	N/A
2013	Algebra 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	433	407	N/A
FCAT
2007	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	370	322	N/A
2008	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	378	331	N/A
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	393	335	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	386	338	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	395	338	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	225	202	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	224	203	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	345	299	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	347	303	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	347	302	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	368	307	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	341	306	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	219	199	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	220	198	N/A
2006	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	360	315	N/A
2007	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	349	316	N/A
2008	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	374	321	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	369	327	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	375	328	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	381	334	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	228	216	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	224	217	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	335	311	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	339	311	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	353	313	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	354	317	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	356	320	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	363	319	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	224	212	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	222	211	N/A
2007	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	355	326	N/A
2008	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	359	329	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	366	331	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	370	332	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	370	333	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	241	223	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	242	221	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	334	302	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	331	299	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	343	305	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	347	304	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	332	304	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	235	220	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	232	219	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	337	295	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	346	303	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	351	306	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	362	310	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	354	317	N/A
2012	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	357	315	N/A
2013	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	210	200	N/A
2008	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	355	304	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	355	310	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	355	312	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	358	309	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	241	225	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	245	225	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	360	300	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	344	304	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	357	306	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	361	309	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	240	223	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	245	224	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	349	307	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	333	310	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	346	308	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	250	233	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	246	233	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	359	309	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	354	315	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	366	316	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	250	229	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	248	230	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	351	318	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	347	323	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	254	242	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	246	232	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	362	306	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	338	308	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	257	236	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	258	237	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	366	295	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	345	306	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	368	308	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	222	197	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	65.8%	67.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	34.2%	32.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	4.0 years	4.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	73.7%	79.2%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	26.3%	20.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$40,945.0	$37,247.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$39,773.0	$35,716.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$44,227.0	$44,866.0

* Ada Merritt K-8 Center Primary School was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.