USA.com / Mississippi / Laurel, MS / Public Schools / Clara Elementary School

Clara Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

40 Clara School Rd

Waynesboro MS, 39367, Wayne County

Phone: 601-735-2065

Ranking:

(140 out of 672, top 21%)*

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:	30		30		33		31		33		34		33
Total Students:	450		461		470		477		469		462		452
Kindergarten:	55	12.2%	53	11.5%	69	14.7%	46	9.6%	61	13.0%	51	11.0%	39	8.6%
Grade 1:	46	10.2%	60	13.0%	42	8.9%	62	13.0%	50	10.7%	44	9.5%	56	12.4%
Grade 2:	63	14.0%	41	8.9%	58	12.3%	51	10.7%	37	7.9%	56	12.1%	46	10.2%
Grade 3:	37	8.2%	54	11.7%	50	10.6%	44	9.2%	56	11.9%	51	11.0%	46	10.2%
Grade 4:	54	12.0%	49	10.6%	43	9.1%	52	10.9%	52	11.1%	43	9.3%	50	11.1%
Grade 5:	51	11.3%	47	10.2%	50	10.6%	59	12.4%	47	10.0%	51	11.0%	49	10.8%
Grade 6:	40	8.9%	51	11.1%	51	10.9%	45	9.4%	51	10.9%	55	11.9%	57	12.6%
Grade 7:	41	9.1%	52	11.3%	42	8.9%	49	10.3%	51	10.9%	53	11.5%	53	11.7%
Grade 8:	51	11.3%	40	8.7%	49	10.4%	53	11.1%	51	10.9%	52	11.3%	52	11.5%
Ungraded:	12	2.7%	14	3.0%	16	3.4%	16	3.4%	13	2.8%	6	1.3%	4	0.9%
Student By Gender:
Male:	224	49.8%	240	52.1%	234	49.8%	239	50.1%	239	51.0%	229	49.6%	224	49.6%
Female:	226	50.2%	221	47.9%	236	50.2%	238	49.9%	230	49.0%	233	50.4%	224	49.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	3	0.6%	2	0.4%
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%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Black:	73	16.2%	66	14.3%	54	11.5%	49	10.3%	45	9.6%	34	7.4%	29	6.4%
White:	375	83.3%	393	85.2%	414	88.1%	425	89.1%	421	89.8%	425	92.0%	421	93.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	222	49.3%	229	49.7%	217	46.2%	243	50.9%	209	44.6%	180	39.0%	158	35.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	71	15.8%	63	13.7%	78	16.6%	56	11.7%	98	20.9%	102	22.1%	90	19.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.10		15.33		14.34		15.35		14.12		13.80		13.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCT2
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.5	150.9	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.2	150.2	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.3	150.4	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.6	149.8	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.9	148.9	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.2	148.7	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.7	153	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.4	152.5	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.4	151.8	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.9	153.1	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152	151.8	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.9	152.5	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.5	147.8	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	150	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.2	149.9	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.4	151	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.5	148.1	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148	150.1	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	150.5	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.5	152.1	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.2	152.6	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.6	153.3	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.4	150.1	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.1	151.8	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.8	147	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.2	146.7	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.3	147.5	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.9	146.9	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154	148.2	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.2	148.3	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.6	148	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.6	148.6	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.5	149.3	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.4	149.5	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.1	148.8	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.1	150.7	153.2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.6	148.9	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.8	149.4	148.8
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.7	147.6	149.4
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.5	149.4	149.8
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.3	149.3	150.3
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.2	150.8	150.7
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.5	150.9	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.8	149.8	149.9
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152	148.8	150.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.6	150	150.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.1	148.6	151.3
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	158.7	152.1	152.4
2008	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.9	148.5	147
2009	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.3	150	147.8
2010	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.4	151.3	149.7
2011	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	149.2	149.9
2012	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.9	148.3	150.7
2013	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.2	149.2	151.4
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.6	149.4	148.7
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.7	152.2	150.1
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153	150.8	151.1
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.2	150.4	152.1
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154	146.9	152.3
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.8	147.7	153.1
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.9	147.5	146.6
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.7	150.1	147.8
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.7	149.9	147.8
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.6	151.4	149.1
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.2	147.5	149.9
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.2	146.9	150
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.1	150.3	148.3
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157.8	153.1	149.6
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157.6	152.8	151.5
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.5	154	153.2
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.4	150.6	153.7
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.3	151.9	154.6
MST
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	54%	31.8%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	64%	31.8%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	54.4%	35.5%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	86%	51.2%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	83.7%	61.6%	63.1%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	46.1%	31.5%	39.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	59.7%	44.3%	40%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	73.6%	49.4%	42.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	46.7%	46.5%	56.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	63.6%	53.7%	64.0%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	42.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	57.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	17.9%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	82.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$39,575.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,419.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$41,131.0

* Clara 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.