Fairmount Elementary Primary School
120 North Cedar Ave Independence MO, 64053, Jackson County Phone: 816-521-5405 Ranking:  (1,616 out of 1,698, bottom 5%)*Type: Regular Primary School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5 School District: Independence 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 | |||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 26 | 25 | ||||||
| Total Students: | 373 | 398 | 367 | 386 | 365 | 358 | ||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 8 | 2.1% | 12 | 3.0% | 16 | 4.4% | 20 | 5.2% | 13 | 3.6% | 15 | 4.2% |
| Kindergarten: | 66 | 17.7% | 74 | 18.6% | 79 | 21.5% | 71 | 18.4% | 68 | 18.6% | 69 | 19.3% |
| Grade 1: | 50 | 13.4% | 79 | 19.8% | 72 | 19.6% | 60 | 15.5% | 67 | 18.4% | 46 | 12.8% |
| Grade 2: | 62 | 16.6% | 70 | 17.6% | 58 | 15.8% | 60 | 15.5% | 44 | 12.1% | 61 | 17.0% |
| Grade 3: | 80 | 21.4% | 68 | 17.1% | 53 | 14.4% | 56 | 14.5% | 62 | 17.0% | 63 | 17.6% |
| Grade 4: | 59 | 15.8% | 51 | 12.8% | 47 | 12.8% | 53 | 13.7% | 59 | 16.2% | 53 | 14.8% |
| Grade 5: | 48 | 12.9% | 44 | 11.1% | 42 | 11.4% | 66 | 17.1% | 52 | 14.2% | 51 | 14.2% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||
| Male: | 201 | 53.9% | 218 | 54.8% | 196 | 53.4% | 210 | 54.4% | 204 | 55.9% | 201 | 56.1% |
| Female: | 172 | 46.1% | 180 | 45.2% | 171 | 46.6% | 176 | 45.6% | 153 | 41.9% | 149 | 41.6% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 2 | 0.5% | 5 | 1.3% | 6 | 1.6% | 5 | 1.3% | 3 | 0.8% | 2 | 0.6% |
| Asian: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.5% | 13 | 3.6% | 9 | 2.5% |
| Hispanic: | 135 | 36.2% | 128 | 32.2% | 86 | 23.4% | 75 | 19.4% | 63 | 17.3% | 70 | 19.6% |
| Black: | 28 | 7.5% | 31 | 7.8% | 31 | 8.4% | 38 | 9.8% | 38 | 10.4% | 49 | 13.7% |
| White: | 177 | 47.5% | 201 | 50.5% | 209 | 56.9% | 245 | 63.5% | 248 | 67.9% | 228 | 63.7% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.5% | 5 | 1.4% | 7 | 1.8% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 30 | 8.0% | 31 | 7.8% | 29 | 7.9% | 14 | 3.6% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 302 | 81.0% | 367 | 92.2% | 308 | 83.9% | 291 | 75.4% | 288 | 78.9% | 272 | 76.0% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 22 | 5.9% | 17 | 4.3% | 22 | 6.0% | 30 | 7.8% | 15 | 4.1% | 27 | 7.5% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 17.76 | 17.82 | 17.03 | 17.19 | 13.91 | 14.30 | ||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| MAP | ||||||
| 2011 | Communication Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 18.9% | 38.1% | 44.5% |
| 2012 | Communication Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 29.1% | 39.3% | 46% |
| 2013 | Communication Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 25.4% | 39.8% | 48.5% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 21.8% | 39.5% | 50.2% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 23.7% | 39.3% | 52.5% |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 26.9% | 39.7% | 51.4% |
| 2011 | Communication Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 34.7% | 48.2% | 52.7% |
| 2012 | Communication Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 29.8% | 45.6% | 52.8% |
| 2013 | Communication Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 38.6% | 48% | 53.5% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 28.6% | 44.1% | 51.2% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 19.1% | 37.5% | 51.2% |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 31.6% | 40.2% | 50.7% |
| 2011 | Communication Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 25% | 47.1% | 52.1% |
| 2012 | Communication Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 27.1% | 46.3% | 52.6% |
| 2013 | Communication Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 30.6% | 44% | 53% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 16.4% | 48.6% | 53.4% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 28% | 44.2% | 55% |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 30.6% | 40.5% | 54.5% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 23% | 49.7% | 50.9% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 23.4% | 49.6% | 51.6% |
| 2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 22.4% | 44.8% | 51.9% |
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* Fairmount Elementary Primary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.