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Giffen Memorial Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

274 South Pearl St

Albany NY, 12202, Albany County

Phone: 518-475-6650

Ranking:

(3,124 out of 3,424, bottom 9%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Albany City 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:	35		34		34		44		41		38		35
Total Students:	413		403		438		453		489		392		424
Prekindergarten:	0	0.0%	18	4.5%	59	13.5%	64	14.1%	71	14.5%	32	8.2%	49	11.6%
Kindergarten:	80	19.4%	74	18.4%	78	17.8%	67	14.8%	90	18.4%	55	14.0%	64	15.1%
Grade 1:	69	16.7%	74	18.4%	61	13.9%	70	15.5%	65	13.3%	46	11.7%	55	13.0%
Grade 2:	67	16.2%	53	13.2%	64	14.6%	59	13.0%	52	10.6%	48	12.2%	65	15.3%
Grade 3:	49	11.9%	55	13.6%	54	12.3%	49	10.8%	44	9.0%	55	14.0%	51	12.0%
Grade 4:	57	13.8%	54	13.4%	43	9.8%	47	10.4%	57	11.7%	45	11.5%	54	12.7%
Grade 5:	49	11.9%	40	9.9%	34	7.8%	47	10.4%	50	10.2%	45	11.5%	43	10.1%
Grade 6:	42	10.2%	35	8.7%	45	10.3%	50	11.0%	60	12.3%	36	9.2%	43	10.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	30	7.7%	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	226	54.7%	211	52.4%	220	50.2%	230	50.8%	253	51.7%	197	50.3%	235	55.4%
Female:	187	45.3%	192	47.6%	218	49.8%	223	49.2%	227	46.4%	155	39.5%	185	43.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	1.0%	3	0.7%	4	0.9%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	0	0.0%	4	0.9%
Asian:	47	11.4%	54	13.4%	40	9.1%	51	11.3%	31	6.3%	18	4.6%	10	2.4%
Hispanic:	72	17.4%	73	18.1%	74	16.9%	68	15.0%	70	14.3%	51	13.0%	59	13.9%
Black:	246	59.6%	236	58.6%	266	60.7%	279	61.6%	332	67.9%	263	67.1%	326	76.9%
White:	27	6.5%	24	6.0%	38	8.7%	45	9.9%	53	10.8%	28	7.1%	25	5.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	17	4.1%	13	3.2%	16	3.7%	8	1.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	321	77.7%	358	88.8%	402	91.8%	397	87.6%	301	61.6%	325	82.9%	292	68.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	10	2.4%	17	4.2%	21	4.8%	22	4.9%	31	6.3%	59	15.1%	32	7.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.80		11.85		12.88		10.21		11.93		10.30		12.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	51%	51%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	42%	50%	67%
2008	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	35%	60%	70%
2009	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	56%	61%	76%
2010	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	30%	46%	55%
2011	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	33%	44%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	49%	37%	56%
2013	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	24.6%	21.9%	31.1%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	64%	80%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	45%	64%	85%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	50%	73%	90%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	82%	93%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	23%	48%	59%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	47%	41%	59%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	58%	41%	61%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	22%	19.7%	34.2%
2006	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	45%	48%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	46%	50%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	51%	51%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	66%	67%	77%
2010	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	45%	35%	57%
2011	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	22%	36%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	33%	42%	60%
2013	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	1.9%	14.7%	30.3%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	55%	55%	78%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	57%	63%	81%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	59%	66%	83%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	68%	74%	87%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	53%	45%	64%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	37%	43%	67%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	49%	50%	69%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	7.5%	16.4%	36.3%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81%	80%	86%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85%	83%	85%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81%	79%	86%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	77%	86%	88%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	97%	91%	89%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82%	82%	88%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86%	85%	89%
2006	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	43%	46%	67%
2007	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	50%	50%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	61%	62%	78%
2009	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	68%	70%	83%
2010	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	24%	38%	53%
2011	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	27%	35%	53%
2012	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	20%	40%	58%
2013	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	8.7%	17.5%	30.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	51%	46%	68%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	49%	52%	76%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66%	58%	83%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69%	70%	88%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	28%	39%	65%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	43%	40%	66%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	31%	41%	66%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	6.4%	13.8%	29.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	84%	81%	82%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	64%	67%	78%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	71%	74%	85%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	72%	75%	86%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	79%	84%	86%
2006	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	54%	43%	61%
2007	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	38%	45%	63%
2008	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	38%	46%	67%
2009	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	59%	62%	81%
2010	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	12%	30%	54%
2011	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	26%	39%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	36%	40%	55%
2013	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	9.4%	18.8%	29.6%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	46%	39%	60%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	45%	57%	71%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	54%	59%	79%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	65%	60%	83%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	28%	37%	61%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	33%	45%	63%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	46%	51%	66%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	15.8%	14.2%	30.6%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Giffen Memorial Elementary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.