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Houlton Southside School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

65 South St

Houlton ME, 04730, Aroostook County

Phone: 207-532-6027

Ranking:

(124 out of 407, top 30%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 4 to Grade 6

School District: School Administrative District 29

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:	24		24		24		24		24		24		23
Total Students:	278		267		282		278		282		267		258
Grade 4:	89	32.0%	87	32.6%	95	33.7%	82	29.5%	102	36.2%	90	33.7%	85	32.9%
Grade 5:	98	35.3%	94	35.2%	85	30.1%	102	36.7%	95	33.7%	84	31.5%	83	32.2%
Grade 6:	91	32.7%	86	32.2%	102	36.2%	94	33.8%	85	30.1%	93	34.8%	90	34.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	145	52.2%	139	52.1%	152	53.9%	144	51.8%	150	53.2%	135	50.6%	124	48.1%
Female:	133	47.8%	128	47.9%	130	46.1%	134	48.2%	124	44.0%	124	46.4%	130	50.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	44	15.8%	38	14.2%	35	12.4%	26	9.4%	26	9.2%	28	10.5%	29	11.2%
Asian:	1	0.4%	2	0.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	4	1.4%	4	1.5%	4	1.4%	4	1.4%	4	1.4%	4	1.5%	5	1.9%
Black:	1	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	3	1.1%	4	1.5%	2	0.8%
White:	225	80.9%	223	83.5%	243	86.2%	247	88.8%	249	88.3%	231	86.5%	222	86.0%
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:	3	1.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	141	50.7%	149	55.8%	NA	NA	130	46.8%	129	45.7%	121	45.3%	111	43.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	29	10.4%	25	9.4%	NA	NA	27	9.7%	26	9.2%	24	9.0%	29	11.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.73		11.24		11.74		11.58		11.95		11.30		8.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MEA
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	74%	N/A	59%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	78%	N/A	61%
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	65%	N/A	60%
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	55%	55%	66%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70%	N/A	61%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	N/A	67%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70%	N/A	63%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69%	69%	71%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	66%	N/A	57%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	59%	N/A	56%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	69%	N/A	57%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	50%	N/A	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	53%	N/A	55%
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	67%	N/A	60%
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	70%	N/A	64%
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	56%	56%	65%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	51%	N/A	58%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62%	N/A	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69%	N/A	63%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70%	70%	67%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	51%	51%	55%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	70%	N/A	58%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	41%	N/A	43%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	31%	N/A	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	38%	N/A	50%
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	52%	N/A	55%
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	62%	N/A	53%
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	47%	47%	54%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	44%	N/A	59%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61%	N/A	65%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71%	N/A	70%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69%	69%	70%
NECAP
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	66%	66%	62%
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	68%	68%	60%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	78%	78%	66%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	72%	72%	66%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	67%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80%	80%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81%	81%	70%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71%	71%	69%
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	59%	59%	64%
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	54%	54%	60%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	61%	61%	64%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	68%	68%	62%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78%	78%	72%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77%	77%	70%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78%	78%	68%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76%	76%	71%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	41%	41%	43%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	46%	46%	41%
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	61%	61%	45%
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	55%	55%	63%
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	64%	64%	63%
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	58%	58%	65%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	65%	65%	64%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79%	79%	69%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89%	89%	72%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	72%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69%	69%	71%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	80.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	20.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	18.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	15.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	85.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$36,688.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$24,720.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$38,801.0

* Houlton Southside School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.