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Charles F Hard Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

2801 Arlington Ave

Bessemer AL, 35020, Jefferson County

Phone: 205-432-3300

Ranking:

(997 out of 1,064, bottom 6%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Bessemer City 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:	19		28		29		29		27		24		25
Total Students:	275		319		353		392		402		366		356
Prekindergarten:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Kindergarten:	60	21.8%	48	15.0%	53	15.0%	60	15.3%	71	17.7%	54	14.8%	54	15.2%
Grade 1:	50	18.2%	49	15.4%	50	14.2%	68	17.3%	59	14.7%	63	17.2%	52	14.6%
Grade 2:	43	15.6%	47	14.7%	48	13.6%	52	13.3%	71	17.7%	49	13.4%	53	14.9%
Grade 3:	41	14.9%	43	13.5%	53	15.0%	63	16.1%	50	12.4%	49	13.4%	68	19.1%
Grade 4:	44	16.0%	43	13.5%	58	16.4%	42	10.7%	47	11.7%	61	16.7%	50	14.0%
Grade 5:	37	13.5%	45	14.1%	40	11.3%	49	12.5%	56	13.9%	49	13.4%	39	11.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	147	53.5%	167	52.4%	182	51.6%	198	50.5%	204	50.7%	186	50.8%	186	52.2%
Female:	128	46.5%	152	47.6%	171	48.4%	194	49.5%	190	47.3%	172	47.0%	166	46.6%
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%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.2%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%
Hispanic:	4	1.5%	6	1.9%	8	2.3%	9	2.3%	3	0.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Black:	270	98.2%	310	97.2%	343	97.2%	380	96.9%	395	98.3%	365	99.7%	355	99.7%
White:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.5%	3	0.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
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:	1	0.4%	2	0.6%	2	0.6%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	259	94.2%	313	98.1%	337	95.5%	365	93.1%	375	93.3%	338	92.3%	303	85.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	2	0.7%	3	0.9%	5	1.4%	7	1.8%	10	2.5%	7	1.9%	25	7.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.47		11.39		12.32		13.31		14.89		14.90		14.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ADAW
2004	Grammar and Usage	5th Grade	% met std	16.6%	27.6%	N/A
2005	Grammar and Usage	5th Grade	% met std	33.3%	33.7%	N/A
2006	Grammar and Usage	5th Grade	% met std	20.3%	33.2%	N/A
2008	Grammar and Usage	5th Grade	% met std	23.53%	35.52%	N/A
2009	Grammar and Usage	5th Grade	% met std	16.67%	33.24%	N/A
2004	Holistic Composition	5th Grade	% met std	34%	46%	N/A
2005	Holistic Composition	5th Grade	% met std	42.5%	52.6%	N/A
2006	Holistic Composition	5th Grade	% met std	43.2%	57.2%	N/A
2008	Holistic Composition	5th Grade	% met std	50%	66.98%	N/A
2009	Holistic Composition	5th Grade	% met std	65.3%	70.99%	N/A
2004	Sentence Formation	5th Grade	% met std	18.7%	32.3%	N/A
2005	Sentence Formation	5th Grade	% met std	55.5%	36.4%	N/A
2006	Sentence Formation	5th Grade	% met std	29.6%	43.7%	N/A
2008	Sentence Formation	5th Grade	% met std	38.23%	40.19%	N/A
2009	Sentence Formation	5th Grade	% met std	31.25%	48.29%	N/A
2004	Writing Mechanics	5th Grade	% met std	22.9%	34.6%	N/A
2005	Writing Mechanics	5th Grade	% met std	44.4%	38.2%	N/A
2006	Writing Mechanics	5th Grade	% met std	18.7%	35.8%	N/A
2008	Writing Mechanics	5th Grade	% met std	20.59%	33.02%	N/A
2009	Writing Mechanics	5th Grade	% met std	27.09%	40.06%	N/A
ARMT
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	60.5%	57.7%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	52.1%	60.1%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	72.92%	73.85%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	65.67%	72.37%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	70.16%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	55.55%	68.61%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	62.71%	68.08%	N/A
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81.14%	77.43%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	58.9%	63%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	48.8%	70.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.08%	79.05%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.18%	83.11%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	79.3%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	61.36%	76.6%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.49%	72.75%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.79%	86.28%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	56.1%	50.7%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	51.3%	56.9%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	78.9%	67%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	78.57%	67.64%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	86.54%	83.93%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	61.67%	76.54%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	70.59%	82.14%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	76.09%	80.21%	N/A
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	79.31%	77.3%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63.1%	56.5%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	56.7%	66.2%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.4%	75.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.95%	79.24%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.9%	82.61%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	62.29%	81.06%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.55%	82.41%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67.39%	80.49%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.21%	80.47%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	48.2%	67%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	50%	65.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	58.33%	74.67%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	68.42%	71.17%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	74%	76.11%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	50%	77.59%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	86.37%	87.43%	N/A
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	80.49%	88.19%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	55.3%	64.2%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	40.6%	62.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	55.27%	71.52%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.67%	74.01%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.43%	74.02%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.14%	76.19%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.27%	83.01%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.97%	77.57%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	26%	54.2%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	29.7%	61.9%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	37.2%	75.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	25.8%	73.13%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	31.71%	70.06%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	39.47%	73.23%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	37.78%	80.58%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	25.86%	71.35%	N/A
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	64%	74.93%	N/A
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80%	74.4%	N/A
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.4%	68.9%	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	59.6%	78.9%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.33%	81.52%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.86%	84.71%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.79%	86.46%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.26%	85.67%	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	58.62%	78.05%	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76%	86.9%	N/A
ASA
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	37.84%	56.69%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	21.28%	60%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	41.82%	54.29%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	67.44%	75.08%	N/A
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	41.47%	71.04%	N/A

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* Charles F Hard Elementary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.