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Discovery Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

2461 60th St Se

Grand Rapids MI, 49508, Kent County

Phone: 616-871-1080

Ranking:

(298 out of 2,213, top 13%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Kentwood 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:	23		23		23		25		26		22		20
Total Students:	484		464		474		457		519		444		451
Kindergarten:	72	14.9%	71	15.3%	60	12.7%	71	15.5%	78	15.0%	60	13.5%	78	17.3%
Grade 1:	79	16.3%	72	15.5%	80	16.9%	69	15.1%	73	14.1%	66	14.9%	58	12.9%
Grade 2:	73	15.1%	77	16.6%	74	15.6%	76	16.6%	78	15.0%	60	13.5%	64	14.2%
Grade 3:	98	20.2%	82	17.7%	86	18.1%	78	17.1%	81	15.6%	74	16.7%	69	15.3%
Grade 4:	83	17.1%	82	17.7%	87	18.4%	82	17.9%	97	18.7%	72	16.2%	73	16.2%
Grade 5:	79	16.3%	80	17.2%	87	18.4%	81	17.7%	81	15.6%	71	16.0%	75	16.6%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	31	6.0%	41	9.2%	34	7.5%
Student By Gender:
Male:	234	48.3%	230	49.6%	239	50.4%	227	49.7%	249	48.0%	230	51.8%	241	53.4%
Female:	250	51.7%	234	50.4%	235	49.6%	230	50.3%	223	43.0%	189	42.6%	201	44.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	3	0.6%	3	0.7%	3	0.7%
Asian:	44	9.1%	38	8.2%	35	7.4%	42	9.2%	56	10.8%	45	10.1%	43	9.5%
Hispanic:	68	14.0%	63	13.6%	85	17.9%	65	14.2%	76	14.6%	45	10.1%	50	11.1%
Black:	123	25.4%	113	24.4%	107	22.6%	95	20.8%	110	21.2%	91	20.5%	111	24.6%
White:	221	45.7%	221	47.6%	214	45.1%	223	48.8%	235	45.3%	243	54.7%	239	53.0%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	3	0.6%	3	0.6%	3	0.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	26	5.4%	24	5.2%	28	5.9%	28	6.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	221	45.7%	210	45.3%	225	47.5%	189	41.4%	212	40.8%	115	25.9%	140	31.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	53	11.0%	39	8.4%	43	9.1%	38	8.3%	52	10.0%	22	5.0%	31	6.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	20.94		20.59		20.32		18.21		19.73		20.30		22.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MEAP
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	98.4%	95.9%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	98.5%	95.5%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	98.7%	96.4%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	98.7%	97.1%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	49.4%	43.2%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	53.7%	43%	40.9%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.5%	91.2%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95.7%	91.2%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	93.2%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.6%	91.4%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67.5%	59.7%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	72.3%	66.5%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	87.1%	74.2%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	69.6%	71.1%	61.1%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.3%	91.3%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	100%	91.1%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	97.9%	96.7%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	98.8%	92.1%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	72.1%	47.1%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	50.6%	44.9%	44.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.4%	87.7%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.2%	87.2%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.4%	86.5%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	96.3%	87%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.9%	72%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.8%	67.6%	68.1%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	74.3%	59.1%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	72.1%	61%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	72.8%	59.7%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	65.1%	50.7%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	61%	56.5%	46.7%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84%	84.3%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.4%	85.3%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	93.7%	88.4%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	93.8%	85.5%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.8%	49.1%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.8%	47.1%	45.7%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	96%	89.5%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87%	86.1%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.1%	89.7%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92.5%	87.8%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.9%	67.4%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.3%	74.4%	70.4%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	92%	84.9%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	88.6%	87.4%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	90.1%	85.5%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	85%	81.3%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	30.2%	17.5%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	21.3%	9.8%	13.1%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	88%	72.9%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	81.2%	71.4%	63.4%

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* Discovery Elementary Primary School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.