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Dawson Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

125 Elm St

Allegan MI, 49010, Allegan County

Phone: 269-673-6925

Ranking:

(649 out of 2,213, top 29%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Allegan 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:	18		19		18		18		17		17		17
Total Students:	282		307		304		322		350		315		314
Kindergarten:	59	20.9%	84	27.4%	74	24.3%	76	23.6%	85	24.3%	84	26.7%	88	28.0%
Grade 1:	47	16.7%	43	14.0%	27	8.9%	49	15.2%	53	15.1%	45	14.3%	42	13.4%
Grade 2:	43	15.2%	27	8.8%	49	16.1%	46	14.3%	51	14.6%	48	15.2%	47	15.0%
Grade 3:	26	9.2%	51	16.6%	53	17.4%	51	15.8%	50	14.3%	48	15.2%	52	16.6%
Grade 4:	54	19.1%	56	18.2%	49	16.1%	54	16.8%	49	14.0%	51	16.2%	27	8.6%
Grade 5:	53	18.8%	46	15.0%	52	17.1%	46	14.3%	56	16.0%	29	9.2%	53	16.9%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	6	1.7%	10	3.2%	5	1.6%
Student By Gender:
Male:	158	56.0%	172	56.0%	173	56.9%	187	58.1%	195	55.7%	167	53.0%	166	52.9%
Female:	124	44.0%	135	44.0%	131	43.1%	135	41.9%	147	42.0%	140	44.4%	144	45.9%
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%	3	1.0%
Asian:	2	0.7%	2	0.7%	2	0.7%	3	0.9%	1	0.3%	4	1.3%	2	0.6%
Hispanic:	17	6.0%	12	3.9%	12	3.9%	16	5.0%	15	4.3%	8	2.5%	8	2.5%
Black:	4	1.4%	6	2.0%	6	2.0%	2	0.6%	10	2.9%	8	2.5%	11	3.5%
White:	251	89.0%	279	90.9%	281	92.4%	290	90.1%	324	92.6%	295	93.7%	290	92.4%
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:	8	2.8%	8	2.6%	3	1.0%	11	3.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	156	55.3%	167	54.4%	124	40.8%	157	48.8%	157	44.9%	118	37.5%	104	33.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	18	6.4%	21	6.8%	0	0.0%	19	5.9%	26	7.4%	26	8.3%	34	10.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.34		16.26		17.00		17.52		20.43		18.50		18.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MEAP
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97.9%	93.9%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	97.1%	87.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	97.7%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	94.4%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	98.2%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	98.2%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	48.9%	38.7%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	44.4%	38.9%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	97.9%	88.3%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95.1%	91.1%	87.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95.9%	92%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	97.6%	91.4%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.9%	91.8%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.8%	88.9%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.4%	69.8%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.9%	66.1%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	95.8%	62.8%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	92.7%	69.2%	51.8%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	71.4%	58.5%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	95.2%	72.6%	61.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86%	87.1%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.7%	92.2%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87%	90.4%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.7%	92.2%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.1%	95.6%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.2%	97.8%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	44.4%	48.2%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	36.2%	38.1%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90%	83.3%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	93.6%	85.6%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.5%	88%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.4%	84.9%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.5%	85.8%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92.5%	86%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63%	65%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.2%	62.7%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	68%	61%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	70.2%	52.1%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	62.5%	50.6%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	47.9%	41%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	62.3%	47.8%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	40%	39.2%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	19.6%	37%	46.7%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.8%	80%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	79.4%	75.9%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.7%	82.4%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.5%	80.5%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.7%	83.3%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.4%	85.4%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59.6%	39.8%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	53.7%	41.7%	45.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.5%	79.5%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.7%	82.4%	84.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.7%	83%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92.3%	79.8%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	94.2%	89.3%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.4%	80.9%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.6%	67.8%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.2%	69.6%	70.4%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	80.8%	81.4%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	81.6%	86.8%	82.8%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	90.6%	87.8%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	92.3%	84.6%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	78.8%	83.1%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	90.7%	87.9%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	17%	14.5%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	13.6%	11.8%	13.1%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	71.2%	62.9%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	51%	52.5%	57.4%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	54.7%	61.3%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	76.9%	60.4%	63.4%

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* Dawson 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.