Fairmeadows Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

807 23rd St

West Des Moines IA, 50265, Polk County

Phone: 515-633-6500

Ranking:

(49 out of 696, top 7%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 6

School District: West Des Moines Community School District

Title I Eligible School: No

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:	33		33		34		31		32		33		31
Total Students:	555		546		535		520		515		499		480
Kindergarten:	78	14.1%	77	14.1%	75	14.0%	77	14.8%	77	15.0%	75	15.0%	60	12.5%
Grade 1:	78	14.1%	77	14.1%	77	14.4%	77	14.8%	76	14.8%	70	14.0%	69	14.4%
Grade 2:	78	14.1%	78	14.3%	77	14.4%	76	14.6%	77	15.0%	73	14.6%	64	13.3%
Grade 3:	78	14.1%	77	14.1%	76	14.2%	78	15.0%	77	15.0%	60	12.0%	57	11.9%
Grade 4:	82	14.8%	78	14.3%	83	15.5%	76	14.6%	74	14.4%	65	13.0%	75	15.6%
Grade 5:	80	14.4%	84	15.4%	73	13.6%	69	13.3%	65	12.6%	74	14.8%	75	15.6%
Grade 6:	81	14.6%	75	13.7%	74	13.8%	67	12.9%	69	13.4%	82	16.4%	80	16.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	290	52.3%	298	54.6%	307	57.4%	298	57.3%	299	58.1%	282	56.5%	265	55.2%
Female:	265	47.7%	248	45.4%	228	42.6%	222	42.7%	216	41.9%	209	41.9%	211	44.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.5%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	3	0.6%	3	0.6%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%
Asian:	18	3.2%	15	2.7%	16	3.0%	14	2.7%	12	2.3%	20	4.0%	21	4.4%
Hispanic:	46	8.3%	50	9.2%	55	10.3%	55	10.6%	57	11.1%	37	7.4%	45	9.4%
Black:	19	3.4%	18	3.3%	13	2.4%	14	2.7%	16	3.1%	26	5.2%	18	3.8%
White:	445	80.2%	440	80.6%	426	79.6%	412	79.2%	406	78.8%	415	83.2%	395	82.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	24	4.3%	21	3.8%	23	4.3%	22	4.2%	21	4.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	124	22.3%	121	22.2%	106	19.8%	99	19.0%	81	15.7%	49	9.8%	60	12.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	40	7.2%	44	8.1%	42	7.9%	31	6.0%	50	9.7%	49	9.8%	45	9.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.05		16.68		15.97		16.88		15.96		15.20		15.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
IA
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.67%	84.25%	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.15%	85.98%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.67%	81.43%	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.41%	84.08%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.74%	87.93%	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.87%	86.31%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.33%	82.29%	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92.31%	79.26%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	92.54%	83.03%	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.34%	87.41%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.07%	75.54%	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.08%	81.34%	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.61%	81.01%	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.51%	78.56%	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.15%	72.67%	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.01%	69.01%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	73.1%	68.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	26.9%	32.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years	16.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	26.9%	16.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	73.1%	84.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$47,274.0	$45,931.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$37,558.0	$35,549.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$50,854.0	$47,909.0

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