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Homer Iddings Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

7249 Vanburen St

Merrillville IN, 46410, Lake County

Phone: 219-650-5302

Ranking:

(1,172 out of 1,449, bottom 19%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 4

School District: Merrillville Community School

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		39		36		31		39		39		40
Total Students:	580		608		598		646		691		721		798
Kindergarten:	97	16.7%	114	18.8%	100	16.7%	92	14.2%	110	15.9%	106	14.7%	141	17.7%
Grade 1:	128	22.1%	134	22.0%	106	17.7%	143	22.1%	120	17.4%	162	22.5%	160	20.1%
Grade 2:	108	18.6%	109	17.9%	142	23.7%	123	19.0%	161	23.3%	151	20.9%	176	22.1%
Grade 3:	112	19.3%	145	23.8%	114	19.1%	145	22.4%	146	21.1%	157	21.8%	156	19.5%
Grade 4:	135	23.3%	106	17.4%	136	22.7%	143	22.1%	154	22.3%	145	20.1%	165	20.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	305	52.6%	313	51.5%	299	50.0%	319	49.4%	280	40.5%	320	44.4%	353	44.2%
Female:	275	47.4%	295	48.5%	299	50.0%	327	50.6%	337	48.8%	324	44.9%	359	45.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%
Asian:	12	2.1%	14	2.3%	10	1.7%	9	1.4%	12	1.7%	16	2.2%	16	2.0%
Hispanic:	130	22.4%	139	22.9%	122	20.4%	129	20.0%	102	14.8%	113	15.7%	119	14.9%
Black:	306	52.8%	309	50.8%	314	52.5%	337	52.2%	368	53.3%	387	53.7%	404	50.6%
White:	103	17.8%	114	18.8%	108	18.1%	107	16.6%	141	20.4%	135	18.7%	176	22.1%
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:	29	5.0%	32	5.3%	44	7.4%	64	9.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	300	51.7%	308	50.7%	281	47.0%	296	45.8%	276	39.9%	256	35.5%	283	35.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	53	9.1%	61	10.0%	71	11.9%	93	14.4%	77	11.1%	102	14.1%	89	11.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.52		15.43		16.51		20.59		17.90		18.60		19.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ISTEP+
2004	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	77%	N/A
2005	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	78%	N/A
2006	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	75%	N/A
2007	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	73%	N/A
2008	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	72%	N/A
2009	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	70%	N/A
2010	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	80%	N/A
2011	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	81.3%	N/A
2012	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	77.7%	88.2%	N/A
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	67%	N/A
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	70%	N/A
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	69%	N/A
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	69%	N/A
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	51%	62%	N/A
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	61%	72%	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	73%	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	63.4%	75.3%	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	65.2%	81.2%	N/A
2005	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	71%	72%	N/A
2006	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	72%	68%	N/A
2007	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	77%	78%	N/A
2008	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	73%	73%	N/A
2009	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	63%	71%	N/A
2010	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	66%	76%	N/A
2011	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	71.1%	79.8%	N/A
2012	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	65.2%	81.7%	N/A
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	72%	71%	N/A
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75%	68%	N/A
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	67%	69%	N/A
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75%	71%	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	59%	68%	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	68%	75%	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	59.7%	69.1%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	52.6%	76.4%	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	55%	61%	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	60%	66%	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	52.6%	63.5%	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	52.6%	68.3%	N/A

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* Homer Iddings Elementary School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.