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Bittersweet Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

55860 Bittersweet

Mishawaka IN, 46545, St Joseph County

Phone: 574-259-6341

Ranking:

(489 out of 1,449, top 34%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation

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:	19		19		24		20		20		19		18
Total Students:	417		423		417		429		453		457		428
Kindergarten:	71	17.0%	76	18.0%	63	15.1%	52	12.1%	78	17.2%	83	18.2%	61	14.3%
Grade 1:	75	18.0%	66	15.6%	52	12.5%	78	18.2%	81	17.9%	74	16.2%	63	14.7%
Grade 2:	61	14.6%	54	12.8%	77	18.5%	80	18.6%	70	15.5%	64	14.0%	70	16.4%
Grade 3:	54	12.9%	77	18.2%	81	19.4%	76	17.7%	64	14.1%	70	15.3%	81	18.9%
Grade 4:	76	18.2%	78	18.4%	73	17.5%	67	15.6%	76	16.8%	84	18.4%	81	18.9%
Grade 5:	80	19.2%	72	17.0%	71	17.0%	76	17.7%	84	18.5%	82	17.9%	72	16.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	216	51.8%	224	53.0%	219	52.5%	208	48.5%	209	46.1%	216	47.3%	208	48.6%
Female:	201	48.2%	199	47.0%	198	47.5%	221	51.5%	214	47.2%	214	46.8%	194	45.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.5%	2	0.5%	4	1.0%	7	1.6%	7	1.5%	6	1.3%	4	0.9%
Asian:	4	1.0%	4	0.9%	4	1.0%	4	0.9%	5	1.1%	6	1.3%	8	1.9%
Hispanic:	14	3.4%	17	4.0%	8	1.9%	8	1.9%	6	1.3%	7	1.5%	4	0.9%
Black:	8	1.9%	8	1.9%	9	2.2%	10	2.3%	10	2.2%	6	1.3%	6	1.4%
White:	377	90.4%	379	89.6%	377	90.4%	383	89.3%	403	89.0%	413	90.4%	384	89.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	11	2.6%	13	3.1%	15	3.6%	17	4.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	76	18.2%	87	20.6%	68	16.3%	50	11.7%	62	13.7%	48	10.5%	26	6.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	38	9.1%	39	9.2%	38	9.1%	31	7.2%	36	7.9%	27	5.9%	23	5.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	21.95		22.26		17.38		21.19		22.65		23.90		23.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ISTEP+
2004	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	83%	75%
2005	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	84%	75%
2006	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	81%	74%
2007	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	84%	73%
2008	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	83%	76%
2009	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	81%	74%
2010	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	88%	79%
2011	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	83.1%	90.4%	83%
2012	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	93.4%	92.7%	85%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	81%	72%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	77%	73%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	80%	73%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	80%	72%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	77%	70%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	81%	72%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	85%	76%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	69.2%	86.5%	78%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.2%	87.9%	79%
2005	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	74%	80%	73%
2006	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	84%	82%	74%
2007	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	81%	84%	75%
2008	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	80%	82%	74%
2009	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	74%	82%	73%
2010	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	78%	87%	77%
2011	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	83.6%	90.3%	82%
2012	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	89.4%	90.5%	82%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80%	85%	73%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86%	84%	75%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	74%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85%	84%	75%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	73%	80%	70%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81%	85%	75%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.6%	86.1%	70%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.3%	88.9%	79%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	66%	77%	71%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	68%	80%	75%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80.3%	85.4%	76%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.9%	89%	78%
2005	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	79%	81%	72%
2006	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	85%	82%	73%
2007	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	85%	83%	75%
2008	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	78%	84%	74%
2009	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	71%	83%	71%
2010	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	73%	82%	71%
2011	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	68.8%	84.8%	75%
2012	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	89.9%	92.2%	78%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84%	86%	72%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87%	87%	76%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82%	84%	76%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	77%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	77%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82%	90%	81%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.5%	92.6%	86%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	94.2%	96%	86%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	45%	66%	60%
2011	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	58.4%	74.5%	67%
2012	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	78.3%	81%	67%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Bittersweet Elementary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.