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Bowen Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

4483 Kalamazoo Ave Se

Grand Rapids MI, 49508, Kent County

Phone: 616-455-5220

Ranking:

(1,683 out of 2,213, bottom 24%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Kentwood Public Schools

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:	15		15		12		12		19		17		17
Total Students:	323		316		308		275		271		302		319
Kindergarten:	48	14.9%	49	15.5%	55	17.9%	48	17.5%	37	13.7%	69	22.8%	60	18.8%
Grade 1:	56	17.3%	53	16.8%	56	18.2%	47	17.1%	52	19.2%	35	11.6%	60	18.8%
Grade 2:	58	18.0%	58	18.4%	50	16.2%	56	20.4%	33	12.2%	62	20.5%	47	14.7%
Grade 3:	56	17.3%	57	18.0%	58	18.8%	37	13.5%	47	17.3%	45	14.9%	56	17.6%
Grade 4:	53	16.4%	52	16.5%	41	13.3%	40	14.5%	47	17.3%	50	16.6%	42	13.2%
Grade 5:	52	16.1%	47	14.9%	48	15.6%	47	17.1%	55	20.3%	41	13.6%	54	16.9%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	158	48.9%	153	48.4%	156	50.6%	132	48.0%	114	42.1%	119	39.4%	147	46.1%
Female:	165	51.1%	163	51.6%	152	49.4%	143	52.0%	121	44.6%	140	46.4%	148	46.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	1	0.4%	4	1.5%	3	1.0%	5	1.6%
Asian:	48	14.9%	47	14.9%	44	14.3%	44	16.0%	34	12.5%	21	7.0%	23	7.2%
Hispanic:	36	11.1%	41	13.0%	39	12.7%	26	9.5%	25	9.2%	30	9.9%	40	12.5%
Black:	124	38.4%	112	35.4%	122	39.6%	117	42.5%	123	45.4%	140	46.4%	159	49.8%
White:	73	22.6%	71	22.5%	64	20.8%	55	20.0%	57	21.0%	73	24.2%	72	22.6%
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:	41	12.7%	44	13.9%	38	12.3%	32	11.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	245	75.9%	229	72.5%	236	76.6%	195	70.9%	188	69.4%	152	50.3%	173	54.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	28	8.7%	37	11.7%	12	3.9%	13	4.7%	14	5.2%	15	5.0%	18	5.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	21.38		21.60		25.04		23.11		14.57		18.10		19.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MEAP
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.2%	91.3%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.6%	94.1%	87.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.7%	95.9%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.5%	95.5%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	96.4%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97.2%	97.1%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	20%	43.2%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	26.9%	43%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.8%	89.4%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.2%	88.5%	87.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.5%	91.2%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.4%	91.2%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.2%	93.2%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.9%	91.4%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	40%	59.7%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	55.8%	72.3%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	57.4%	53.4%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	53.8%	60.6%	51.8%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	52.7%	74.2%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	55.6%	71.1%	61.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.6%	87.6%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.5%	90.5%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.7%	91.3%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.4%	91.1%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.3%	96.7%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71.1%	92.1%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	16.7%	47.1%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	18.8%	44.9%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.4%	87.4%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.5%	88.3%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.4%	87.7%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.1%	87.2%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70%	86.5%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.6%	87%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	54.3%	72%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	51%	67.6%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	65.6%	65.9%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	61%	63.1%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	66.7%	59.1%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	39.6%	61%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	28.6%	59.7%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	19.4%	50.7%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	40%	56.5%	46.7%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	57.7%	78.1%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.9%	85.9%	75.9%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75%	84.3%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.5%	85.3%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.5%	88.4%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.6%	85.5%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	17.4%	49.1%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	27.3%	47.1%	45.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	84.9%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.1%	91.3%	84.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.5%	89.5%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78%	86.1%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.6%	89.7%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.4%	87.8%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	37%	67.4%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.4%	74.4%	70.4%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	59.2%	78.5%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	80.4%	88.7%	82.8%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	75%	84.9%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	82.9%	87.4%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	77.8%	85.5%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	67.4%	81.3%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	10.4%	17.5%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	4.4%	9.8%	13.1%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	70%	75.6%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	69.6%	72.1%	57.4%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	59.6%	72.9%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	61%	71.4%	63.4%

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* Bowen Elementary Primary School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.