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Dirksen Elementary School, 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: | 43 | 43 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 37 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 808 | 774 | 778 | 744 | 724 | 710 | 648 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 60 | 7.4% | 58 | 7.5% | 61 | 7.8% | 58 | 7.8% | 40 | 5.5% | 42 | 5.9% | 40 | 6.2% |
| Kindergarten: | 94 | 11.6% | 95 | 12.3% | 97 | 12.5% | 80 | 10.8% | 103 | 14.2% | 72 | 10.1% | 74 | 11.4% |
| Grade 1: | 107 | 13.2% | 93 | 12.0% | 81 | 10.4% | 96 | 12.9% | 85 | 11.7% | 90 | 12.7% | 70 | 10.8% |
| Grade 2: | 96 | 11.9% | 76 | 9.8% | 102 | 13.1% | 75 | 10.1% | 82 | 11.3% | 79 | 11.1% | 75 | 11.6% |
| Grade 3: | 72 | 8.9% | 91 | 11.8% | 75 | 9.6% | 78 | 10.5% | 64 | 8.8% | 80 | 11.3% | 80 | 12.3% |
| Grade 4: | 93 | 11.5% | 64 | 8.3% | 80 | 10.3% | 67 | 9.0% | 74 | 10.2% | 79 | 11.1% | 65 | 10.0% |
| Grade 5: | 76 | 9.4% | 81 | 10.5% | 65 | 8.4% | 78 | 10.5% | 73 | 10.1% | 67 | 9.4% | 68 | 10.5% |
| Grade 6: | 79 | 9.8% | 62 | 8.0% | 80 | 10.3% | 76 | 10.2% | 62 | 8.6% | 73 | 10.3% | 69 | 10.6% |
| Grade 7: | 62 | 7.7% | 76 | 9.8% | 78 | 10.0% | 69 | 9.3% | 78 | 10.8% | 71 | 10.0% | 65 | 10.0% |
| Grade 8: | 69 | 8.5% | 78 | 10.1% | 59 | 7.6% | 67 | 9.0% | 63 | 8.7% | 57 | 8.0% | 42 | 6.5% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 446 | 55.2% | 442 | 57.1% | 429 | 55.1% | 409 | 55.0% | 375 | 51.8% | 338 | 47.6% | 317 | 48.9% |
| Female: | 362 | 44.8% | 332 | 42.9% | 349 | 44.9% | 335 | 45.0% | 340 | 47.0% | 363 | 51.1% | 305 | 47.1% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 3 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 60 | 7.4% | 59 | 7.6% | 52 | 6.7% | 53 | 7.1% | 61 | 8.4% | 57 | 8.0% | 53 | 8.2% |
| Hispanic: | 97 | 12.0% | 97 | 12.5% | 108 | 13.9% | 118 | 15.9% | 89 | 12.3% | 90 | 12.7% | 75 | 11.6% |
| Black: | 26 | 3.2% | 24 | 3.1% | 32 | 4.1% | 31 | 4.2% | 37 | 5.1% | 30 | 4.2% | 33 | 5.1% |
| White: | 536 | 66.3% | 539 | 69.6% | 541 | 69.5% | 528 | 71.0% | 536 | 74.0% | 532 | 74.9% | 465 | 71.8% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 85 | 10.5% | 52 | 6.7% | 41 | 5.3% | 11 | 1.5% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 476 | 58.9% | 474 | 61.2% | 197 | 25.3% | 404 | 54.3% | 355 | 49.0% | 282 | 39.7% | 245 | 37.8% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 141 | 17.5% | 113 | 14.6% | 398 | 51.2% | 129 | 17.3% | 152 | 21.0% | 121 | 17.0% | 106 | 16.4% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 19.01 | 17.88 | 21.03 | 19.58 | 18.56 | 18.00 | 17.50 | |||||||
* Dirksen Elementary School, Students and Teachers was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.