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Griffith Elementary Primary School
200 Day Dr
Saint Louis MO, 63135, Saint Louis County
Phone: 314-521-5971
Ranking: 
(1,563 out of 1,698, bottom 8%)*
(1,563 out of 1,698, bottom 8%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 6
School District: Ferguson-Florissant 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: | 22 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 22 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 402 | 383 | 384 | 371 | 334 | 325 | 322 | |||||||
| Kindergarten: | 50 | 12.4% | 50 | 13.1% | 60 | 15.6% | 49 | 13.2% | 45 | 13.5% | 46 | 14.2% | 38 | 11.8% |
| Grade 1: | 65 | 16.2% | 65 | 17.0% | 59 | 15.4% | 53 | 14.3% | 47 | 14.1% | 43 | 13.2% | 49 | 15.2% |
| Grade 2: | 65 | 16.2% | 61 | 15.9% | 57 | 14.8% | 49 | 13.2% | 43 | 12.9% | 50 | 15.4% | 47 | 14.6% |
| Grade 3: | 59 | 14.7% | 61 | 15.9% | 48 | 12.5% | 52 | 14.0% | 47 | 14.1% | 45 | 13.8% | 48 | 14.9% |
| Grade 4: | 60 | 14.9% | 48 | 12.5% | 49 | 12.8% | 57 | 15.4% | 52 | 15.6% | 51 | 15.7% | 49 | 15.2% |
| Grade 5: | 48 | 11.9% | 50 | 13.1% | 60 | 15.6% | 59 | 15.9% | 49 | 14.7% | 47 | 14.5% | 42 | 13.0% |
| Grade 6: | 55 | 13.7% | 48 | 12.5% | 51 | 13.3% | 52 | 14.0% | 51 | 15.3% | 43 | 13.2% | 49 | 15.2% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 190 | 47.3% | 181 | 47.3% | 193 | 50.3% | 179 | 48.2% | 175 | 52.4% | 168 | 51.7% | 167 | 51.9% |
| Female: | 212 | 52.7% | 202 | 52.7% | 191 | 49.7% | 192 | 51.8% | 151 | 45.2% | 149 | 45.8% | 151 | 46.9% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.3% |
| Asian: | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Hispanic: | 2 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.5% | 3 | 0.8% | 2 | 0.6% | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.3% |
| Black: | 375 | 93.3% | 356 | 93.0% | 358 | 93.2% | 345 | 93.0% | 314 | 94.0% | 303 | 93.2% | 297 | 92.2% |
| White: | 12 | 3.0% | 17 | 4.4% | 17 | 4.4% | 15 | 4.0% | 18 | 5.4% | 20 | 6.2% | 23 | 7.1% |
| 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: | 11 | 2.7% | 6 | 1.6% | 6 | 1.6% | 8 | 2.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 318 | 79.1% | 312 | 81.5% | 317 | 82.6% | 292 | 78.7% | 249 | 74.6% | 244 | 75.1% | 231 | 71.7% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 16 | 4.0% | 17 | 4.4% | 10 | 2.6% | 18 | 4.9% | 22 | 6.6% | 18 | 5.5% | 23 | 7.1% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 18.12 | 16.37 | 16.38 | 17.50 | 15.39 | 12.80 | 14.80 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| MAP | ||||||
| 2006 | Communication Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 50% | 41.1% | 43.3% |
| 2007 | Communication Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 36.9% | 38.1% | 43.6% |
| 2008 | Communication Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 48.8% | 34.6% | 40.9% |
| 2009 | Communication Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 32.6% | 33.3% | 41% |
| 2010 | Communication Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 37.5% | 29.2% | 43.9% |
| 2011 | Communication Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 21.7% | 29.7% | 44.5% |
| 2012 | Communication Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 13.7% | 33.8% | 46% |
| 2013 | Communication Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 25.4% | 35% | 48.5% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 46.8% | 35.7% | 44% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 34.8% | 32.7% | 45.6% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 22% | 30.3% | 44.3% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 40.4% | 30% | 45% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 29.2% | 27.6% | 47.8% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 15.2% | 31.4% | 50.2% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 15.7% | 33.7% | 52.5% |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 30.2% | 35% | 51.4% |
| 2006 | Communication Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 27.5% | 37.4% | 44.7% |
| 2007 | Communication Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 46.1% | 42.9% | 46% |
| 2008 | Communication Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 53.1% | 41.6% | 45.6% |
| 2009 | Communication Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 41.2% | 38.7% | 47% |
| 2010 | Communication Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 38.8% | 38% | 51.7% |
| 2011 | Communication Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 33.9% | 37.6% | 52.7% |
| 2012 | Communication Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 26.9% | 36% | 52.8% |
| 2013 | Communication Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 25% | 38.8% | 53.5% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 19.6% | 33.4% | 44.1% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 30.2% | 33.4% | 45.2% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 14.3% | 31.6% | 44.7% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 19.6% | 25.6% | 44.9% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 12.2% | 27% | 49.1% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 37.7% | 33.9% | 51.2% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 17.3% | 32% | 51.2% |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 27.3% | 31.6% | 50.7% |
| 2006 | Communication Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 30.4% | 37.5% | 46% |
| 2007 | Communication Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 18% | 39.3% | 48.6% |
| 2008 | Communication Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 40.5% | 38.7% | 48.6% |
| 2009 | Communication Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 37% | 34.5% | 49.4% |
| 2010 | Communication Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 29.4% | 40.8% | 51.8% |
| 2011 | Communication Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 19.3% | 36.5% | 52.1% |
| 2012 | Communication Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 23.7% | 32.3% | 52.6% |
| 2013 | Communication Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 17% | 33.3% | 53% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 14.5% | 28.1% | 44% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 10% | 31.3% | 47.3% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 26.2% | 31.8% | 46.2% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 21.3% | 30.4% | 47.8% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 21.6% | 30.7% | 52.4% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 23.1% | 26.6% | 53.4% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 31% | 32% | 55% |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 17% | 29.1% | 54.5% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 19.2% | 26.2% | 45% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 17.6% | 26.8% | 49.3% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 11.5% | 23.7% | 50.9% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 12.7% | 23.7% | 51.6% |
| 2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 6.4% | 23.5% | 51.9% |
| 2006 | Communication Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 20.4% | 34.5% | 43% |
| 2007 | Communication Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 21.5% | 36.8% | 44.4% |
| 2008 | Communication Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 38.6% | 41.5% | 47.6% |
| 2009 | Communication Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 40.4% | 40.7% | 48.1% |
| 2010 | Communication Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 34% | 39.3% | 50.2% |
| 2011 | Communication Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 26.5% | 41.3% | 51.1% |
| 2012 | Communication Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 25.9% | 37% | 50.9% |
| 2013 | Communication Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 29.2% | 36.1% | 51.6% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 14.9% | 30.3% | 44.6% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 25% | 37.2% | 48.6% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 20.4% | 39.6% | 51.1% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 32% | 34.8% | 50.7% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 30% | 38% | 56% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 30.6% | 38.8% | 57.5% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 31.5% | 37.8% | 56.3% |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 31.3% | 39.1% | 56.9% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
Teacher's Experience and Compensation
| 2007 | 2006 | |
| Teachers with Bachelor Degree: | 15.8% | 15.0% |
| Teachers with Master or PhD Degree: | 84.2% | 85.0% |
| Mean Number of Years of Teaching: | 16.0 years | 16.0 years |
| Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | NA | NA |
| Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | 89.5% | 90.0% |
| Mean Base Salary: | $55,816.0 | $53,949.0 |
| Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | NA | NA |
| Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | $58,235.0 | $55,983.0 |
* Griffith 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.