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Ballard Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

1601 West Chicago Rd

Niles MI, 49120, Berrien County

Phone: 269-683-5900

Ranking:

(1,112 out of 2,213, bottom 50%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Niles Community School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

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:	36		32		34		39		31		33		36
Total Students:	665		703		715		810		649		665		631
Kindergarten:	75	11.3%	91	12.9%	109	15.2%	108	13.3%	101	15.6%	102	15.3%	99	15.7%
Grade 1:	121	18.2%	138	19.6%	123	17.2%	156	19.3%	120	18.5%	134	20.2%	113	17.9%
Grade 2:	123	18.5%	130	18.5%	118	16.5%	136	16.8%	120	18.5%	104	15.6%	102	16.2%
Grade 3:	136	20.5%	108	15.4%	117	16.4%	144	17.8%	99	15.3%	111	16.7%	99	15.7%
Grade 4:	95	14.3%	111	15.8%	131	18.3%	122	15.1%	106	16.3%	109	16.4%	108	17.1%
Grade 5:	115	17.3%	125	17.8%	117	16.4%	144	17.8%	103	15.9%	105	15.8%	110	17.4%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	327	49.2%	349	49.6%	376	52.6%	409	50.5%	346	53.3%	360	54.1%	319	50.6%
Female:	338	50.8%	354	50.4%	339	47.4%	401	49.5%	294	45.3%	297	44.7%	305	48.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	3	0.4%	4	0.6%	3	0.4%	5	0.8%	1	0.2%	3	0.5%
Asian:	2	0.3%	4	0.6%	5	0.7%	7	0.9%	6	0.9%	6	0.9%	7	1.1%
Hispanic:	102	15.3%	111	15.8%	89	12.4%	94	11.6%	75	11.6%	66	9.9%	60	9.5%
Black:	71	10.7%	76	10.8%	85	11.9%	95	11.7%	87	13.4%	104	15.6%	97	15.4%
White:	430	64.7%	448	63.7%	475	66.4%	571	70.5%	475	73.2%	488	73.4%	461	73.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	3	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	59	8.9%	59	8.4%	55	7.7%	37	4.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	462	69.5%	473	67.3%	471	65.9%	412	50.9%	376	57.9%	313	47.1%	161	25.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	41	6.2%	51	7.3%	47	6.6%	27	3.3%	43	6.6%	45	6.8%	44	7.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.47		21.72		20.84		20.79		20.96		20.50		17.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MEAP
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.9%	88.5%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.5%	93.7%	87.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	99%	96.6%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97.3%	96.4%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	98.9%	97.8%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	99.3%	99.3%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	29.8%	36.4%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	26.2%	40.7%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.5%	87.4%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.1%	90.7%	87.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	91.7%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.8%	89%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94.7%	94.2%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.9%	93%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	62.1%	63.2%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	52.4%	63.2%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	55.8%	57.9%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	45%	50%	51.8%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	52.5%	58.5%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	60.8%	61.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.4%	86.6%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.1%	87.4%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.5%	90.6%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.3%	93.1%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.2%	94.7%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.8%	95.2%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	43.8%	44.4%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	43.5%	46.1%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.1%	86.2%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.5%	82.8%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.5%	89.4%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.8%	87.4%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.4%	88.3%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.2%	85.8%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.3%	74.3%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	62.3%	69.4%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	55.8%	54.6%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	52.2%	45.4%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	47.2%	48.3%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	48.6%	39.1%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	39%	41%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	31.8%	33.3%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	32.1%	32.7%	46.7%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80%	78.6%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86%	86.2%	75.9%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.1%	81.1%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.3%	86.6%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89%	86.2%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.3%	87.5%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	46.6%	48.2%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	50%	52%	45.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.7%	78.4%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86%	86.9%	84.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.5%	85.4%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.5%	81.4%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.3%	86.8%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.8%	86.4%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56%	60.8%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.8%	74.8%	70.4%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	80.2%	82.3%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	92.2%	89.5%	82.8%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	84.7%	85.2%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	84.5%	86.3%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	78%	82.2%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	76.1%	77.1%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	9.4%	7.8%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	8.1%	8.7%	13.1%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	57.4%	56.8%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	50.5%	57%	57.4%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	62.7%	59.1%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	58.3%	60.5%	63.4%

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* Ballard Elementary School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.