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Florence Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

285 Hwy 469 North

Florence MS, 39073, Rankin County

Phone: 601-845-8164

Ranking:

(120 out of 672, top 18%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 3 to Grade 5

School District: Rankin County School District

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:	33		33		33		34		32		33		27
Total Students:	568		575		588		604		564		588		536
Grade 3:	204	35.9%	188	32.7%	180	30.6%	190	31.5%	185	32.8%	209	35.5%	165	30.8%
Grade 4:	176	31.0%	175	30.4%	199	33.8%	202	33.4%	208	36.9%	166	28.2%	192	35.8%
Grade 5:	181	31.9%	199	34.6%	202	34.4%	201	33.3%	164	29.1%	202	34.4%	166	31.0%
Ungraded:	7	1.2%	13	2.3%	7	1.2%	11	1.8%	7	1.2%	11	1.9%	13	2.4%
Student By Gender:
Male:	297	52.3%	297	51.7%	298	50.7%	303	50.2%	278	49.3%	296	50.3%	267	49.8%
Female:	271	47.7%	278	48.3%	290	49.3%	301	49.8%	286	50.7%	292	49.7%	265	49.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	2	0.4%	0	0.0%	3	0.5%	3	0.5%	3	0.5%	2	0.3%	4	0.7%
Hispanic:	3	0.5%	4	0.7%	2	0.3%	6	1.0%	3	0.5%	7	1.2%	5	0.9%
Black:	72	12.7%	74	12.9%	76	12.9%	76	12.6%	70	12.4%	73	12.4%	71	13.2%
White:	482	84.9%	490	85.2%	503	85.5%	519	85.9%	488	86.5%	506	86.1%	456	85.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	8	1.4%	7	1.2%	4	0.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	196	34.5%	193	33.6%	185	31.5%	210	34.8%	191	33.9%	192	32.7%	164	30.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	55	9.7%	48	8.3%	52	8.8%	43	7.1%	50	8.9%	61	10.4%	59	11.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.19		17.62		17.82		17.58		17.88		18.00		19.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCT2
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.5	151.2	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150	149.9	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.4	151.3	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151	151.8	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.7	152.1	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.5	154.9	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153	152.7	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.1	152.7	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157	154.4	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.4	154.3	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	158.4	157.2	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	159.8	158.4	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.1	151.6	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.1	151.6	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.9	150.7	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.1	151.7	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.9	153.1	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.6	155	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.7	152.8	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.5	153.5	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.7	154	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.1	154.1	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.6	155	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	160	157.7	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.7	150.5	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151	151.4	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.8	150.8	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.1	149.9	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.2	151.9	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.4	154.5	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.1	151.9	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.1	153	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.7	153.1	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.2	153.1	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.1	156.1	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	158.2	157.5	153.2
MST
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	62.6%	57.1%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	63.6%	62.3%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	61.6%	61%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	64.4%	70.5%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	81.8%	81.4%	63.1%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	75.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	24.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	10.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	48.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	51.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$37,226.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,129.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$41,051.0

* Florence Elementary 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.