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Buckatunna Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

11 Mt. Zion Rd

Buckatunna MS, 39322, Wayne County

Phone: 601-648-2501

Ranking:

(407 out of 672, bottom 39%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Wayne County 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:	25		24		26		24		28		34		37
Total Students:	444		459		441		444		470		475		511
Kindergarten:	43	9.7%	65	14.2%	55	12.5%	43	9.7%	40	8.5%	44	9.3%	59	11.5%
Grade 1:	64	14.4%	49	10.7%	36	8.2%	39	8.8%	38	8.1%	57	12.0%	54	10.6%
Grade 2:	47	10.6%	35	7.6%	37	8.4%	32	7.2%	53	11.3%	48	10.1%	61	11.9%
Grade 3:	37	8.3%	45	9.8%	33	7.5%	55	12.4%	46	9.8%	60	12.6%	58	11.4%
Grade 4:	39	8.8%	34	7.4%	57	12.9%	48	10.8%	60	12.8%	54	11.4%	55	10.8%
Grade 5:	38	8.6%	56	12.2%	47	10.7%	60	13.5%	67	14.3%	56	11.8%	53	10.4%
Grade 6:	54	12.2%	50	10.9%	49	11.1%	56	12.6%	50	10.6%	50	10.5%	68	13.3%
Grade 7:	51	11.5%	56	12.2%	60	13.6%	48	10.8%	46	9.8%	65	13.7%	42	8.2%
Grade 8:	52	11.7%	59	12.9%	46	10.4%	48	10.8%	65	13.8%	35	7.4%	58	11.4%
Ungraded:	18	4.1%	10	2.2%	21	4.8%	15	3.4%	5	1.1%	6	1.3%	3	0.6%
Student By Gender:
Male:	233	52.5%	239	52.1%	222	50.3%	219	49.3%	229	48.7%	221	46.5%	231	45.2%
Female:	211	47.5%	220	47.9%	219	49.7%	225	50.7%	241	51.3%	254	53.5%	276	54.0%
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%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%
Black:	254	57.2%	268	58.4%	265	60.1%	246	55.4%	272	57.9%	280	58.9%	290	56.8%
White:	189	42.6%	190	41.4%	174	39.5%	196	44.1%	198	42.1%	195	41.1%	220	43.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	2	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	376	84.7%	374	81.5%	377	85.5%	353	79.5%	378	80.4%	370	77.9%	379	74.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	24	5.4%	36	7.8%	22	5.0%	39	8.8%	39	8.3%	59	12.4%	69	13.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.88		18.92		16.85		18.29		16.72		14.10		14.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCT2
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.8	150.9	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.5	150.2	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	150.4	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.1	149.8	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.8	148.9	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.5	148.7	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.5	153	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.3	152.5	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.6	151.8	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.2	153.1	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149	151.8	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.6	152.5	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.7	147.8	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.5	150	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.9	149.9	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.9	151	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.6	148.1	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.8	150.1	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.8	150.5	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143	152.1	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.5	152.6	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.6	153.3	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.5	150.1	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.9	151.8	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.3	147	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.5	146.7	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.9	147.5	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.9	146.9	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.1	148.2	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.7	148.3	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.2	148	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.7	148.6	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.6	149.3	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	149.5	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.7	148.8	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	150.7	153.2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.9	148.9	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.7	149.4	148.8
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.5	147.6	149.4
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.7	149.4	149.8
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.9	149.3	150.3
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.5	150.8	150.7
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.9	150.9	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.5	149.8	149.9
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.2	148.8	150.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.6	150	150.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.2	148.6	151.3
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.2	152.1	152.4
2008	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.4	148.5	147
2009	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.1	150	147.8
2010	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.2	151.3	149.7
2011	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.2	149.2	149.9
2012	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.4	148.3	150.7
2013	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.9	149.2	151.4
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.7	149.4	148.7
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.1	152.2	150.1
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.1	150.8	151.1
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.5	150.4	152.1
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.8	146.9	152.3
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.9	147.7	153.1
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.2	147.5	146.6
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151	150.1	147.8
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.6	149.9	147.8
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152	151.4	149.1
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.6	147.5	149.9
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.6	146.9	150
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.3	150.3	148.3
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.2	153.1	149.6
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.9	152.8	151.5
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.8	154	153.2
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.6	150.6	153.7
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.1	151.9	154.6
MST
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	27.8%	31.8%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	18.2%	31.8%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	31.7%	35.5%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	51%	51.2%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	59.2%	61.6%	63.1%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	19.6%	31.5%	39.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	30.3%	44.3%	40%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	52.4%	49.4%	42.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	38.5%	46.5%	56.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	48.1%	53.7%	64.0%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	59.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	37.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	25.9%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	74.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$39,074.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$31,535.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$41,712.0

* Buckatunna Elementary School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.