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Cato Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

9906 Cato Rd

Sherwood AR, 72120, Pulaski County

Phone: 501-833-1160

Ranking:

(509 out of 800, bottom 36%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Pulaski County Special 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		21		20		23		27		25		26
Total Students:	351		341		314		323		352		347		348
Prekindergarten:	20	5.7%	20	5.9%	20	6.4%	20	6.2%	20	5.7%	20	5.8%	32	9.2%
Kindergarten:	56	16.0%	61	17.9%	64	20.4%	47	14.6%	63	17.9%	63	18.2%	51	14.7%
Grade 1:	58	16.5%	54	15.8%	44	14.0%	52	16.1%	61	17.3%	38	11.0%	54	15.5%
Grade 2:	56	16.0%	52	15.2%	54	17.2%	51	15.8%	40	11.4%	50	14.4%	58	16.7%
Grade 3:	59	16.8%	53	15.5%	44	14.0%	39	12.1%	54	15.3%	60	17.3%	55	15.8%
Grade 4:	56	16.0%	51	15.0%	40	12.7%	56	17.3%	59	16.8%	52	15.0%	54	15.5%
Grade 5:	46	13.1%	50	14.7%	48	15.3%	58	18.0%	55	15.6%	64	18.4%	44	12.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	170	48.4%	163	47.8%	161	51.3%	168	52.0%	182	51.7%	183	52.7%	178	51.1%
Female:	181	51.6%	178	52.2%	153	48.7%	155	48.0%	170	48.3%	156	45.0%	166	47.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.6%	4	1.2%	4	1.3%	2	0.6%	3	0.9%	3	0.9%	4	1.1%
Asian:	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.6%	2	0.6%	3	0.9%
Hispanic:	24	6.8%	16	4.7%	13	4.1%	11	3.4%	15	4.3%	7	2.0%	15	4.3%
Black:	102	29.1%	100	29.3%	84	26.8%	86	26.6%	98	27.8%	108	31.1%	111	31.9%
White:	222	63.2%	217	63.6%	212	67.5%	224	69.3%	234	66.5%	227	65.4%	215	61.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	1	0.3%	3	0.9%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	211	60.1%	231	67.7%	175	55.7%	182	56.3%	202	57.4%	187	53.9%	185	53.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	48	13.7%	37	10.9%	32	10.2%	41	12.7%	34	9.7%	39	11.2%	43	12.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.30		16.17		15.66		14.10		13.54		13.90		13.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ACTAAP
2005	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	49%	50%
2006	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	52%	57%
2007	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	36%	53%	59%
2008	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	59%	64%
2009	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	59%	61%	66%
2010	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	66%	71%
2011	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	75%	76%
2012	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	83%	82%
2013	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	78%	79%
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	56%	58%
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	60%	67%
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	66%	75%
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	75%	79%
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	75%	82%
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	81%	83%
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	83%	85%
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	86%	87%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	81%	86%
2005	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	40%	47%	51%
2006	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	55%	58%	61%
2007	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	64%	54%	58%
2008	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	60%	59%	67%
2009	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	77%	69%	70%
2010	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	78%	76%	77%
2011	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	79%	83%	82%
2012	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	80%	84%	85%
2013	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	80%	85%	85%
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	53%	48%	50%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	62%	56%	60%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	62%	59%	65%
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	59%	68%	74%
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	79%	73%	78%
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	80%	77%	80%
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	81%	80%	82%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	69%	79%	82%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	79%	79%	82%
2005	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	46%	49%	47%
2006	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	56%	51%	56%
2007	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	63%	58%	59%
2008	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	73%	64%	64%
2009	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	60%	63%	68%
2010	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	81%	73%	74%
2011	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	74%	76%	77%
2012	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	80%	85%	85%
2013	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	70%	83%	84%
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	47%	38%	41%
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	57%	46%	50%
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	56%	56%	61%
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	75%	62%	67%
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	59%	60%	71%
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	75%	66%	74%
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	71%	73%	78%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	72%	71%	76%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	66%	64%	70%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	30%	25%	43%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	36%	30%	50%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	36%	41%	56%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	52%	43%	60%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	43%	42%	61%

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* Cato 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.