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John I Meister Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

3300 Jay St

Hobart IN, 46342, Lake County

Phone: 219-962-1103

Ranking:

(778 out of 1,449, bottom 46%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 6

School District: River Forest Community School Corporation

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:	11		11		15		14		15		15		13
Total Students:	239		239		246		272		268		286		252
Kindergarten:	39	16.3%	26	10.9%	44	17.9%	44	16.2%	45	16.8%	46	16.1%	42	16.7%
Grade 1:	35	14.6%	44	18.4%	40	16.3%	47	17.3%	41	15.3%	45	15.7%	48	19.0%
Grade 2:	41	17.2%	45	18.8%	45	18.3%	40	14.7%	43	16.0%	49	17.1%	42	16.7%
Grade 3:	41	17.2%	47	19.7%	35	14.2%	44	16.2%	50	18.7%	38	13.3%	39	15.5%
Grade 4:	39	16.3%	45	18.8%	38	15.4%	50	18.4%	34	12.7%	42	14.7%	52	20.6%
Grade 5:	43	18.0%	32	13.4%	44	17.9%	47	17.3%	38	14.2%	41	14.3%	29	11.5%
Grade 6:	1	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	123	51.5%	120	50.2%	126	51.2%	125	46.0%	111	41.4%	106	37.1%	113	44.8%
Female:	116	48.5%	119	49.8%	120	48.8%	147	54.0%	118	44.0%	141	49.3%	131	52.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.4%	1	0.4%	2	0.8%	1	0.4%	2	0.7%	3	1.0%	2	0.8%
Asian:	3	1.3%	1	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.7%	1	0.3%	4	1.6%
Hispanic:	102	42.7%	114	47.7%	106	43.1%	116	42.6%	83	31.0%	85	29.7%	85	33.7%
Black:	9	3.8%	9	3.8%	8	3.3%	9	3.3%	5	1.9%	3	1.0%	9	3.6%
White:	117	49.0%	108	45.2%	122	49.6%	138	50.7%	145	54.1%	163	57.0%	148	58.7%
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:	7	2.9%	6	2.5%	8	3.3%	8	2.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	157	65.7%	168	70.3%	180	73.2%	200	73.5%	184	68.7%	178	62.2%	143	56.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	14	5.9%	15	6.3%	19	7.7%	22	8.1%	28	10.4%	26	9.1%	32	12.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	21.73		21.73		16.40		19.65		17.87		19.10		19.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ISTEP+
2004	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	63%	70%	N/A
2005	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	56%	70%	N/A
2006	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	67%	N/A
2007	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	61%	63%	N/A
2008	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	73%	N/A
2009	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	65%	N/A
2010	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	83%	N/A
2011	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	89.4%	84.3%	N/A
2012	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	89.2%	75.8%	N/A
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	56%	70%	N/A
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	65%	69%	N/A
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	76%	N/A
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	57%	65%	N/A
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	66%	63%	N/A
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	66%	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	76%	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.1%	78%	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	66.7%	N/A
2005	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	57%	66%	N/A
2006	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	71%	69%	N/A
2007	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	70%	61%	N/A
2008	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	64%	59%	N/A
2009	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	69%	61%	N/A
2010	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	74%	63%	N/A
2011	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	87.5%	78.2%	N/A
2012	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	91.4%	82.3%	N/A
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	66%	69%	N/A
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80%	82%	N/A
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	73%	76%	N/A
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77%	66%	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76%	61%	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89%	70%	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.5%	78.9%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.6%	78.1%	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	61%	60%	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	83%	66%	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	79.2%	70.1%	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88.6%	77.1%	N/A
2005	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	50%	57%	N/A
2006	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	75%	67%	N/A
2007	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	59%	66%	N/A
2008	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	83%	71%	N/A
2009	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	71%	54%	N/A
2010	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	80%	63%	N/A
2011	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	73.5%	64.3%	N/A
2012	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	73.3%	74%	N/A
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70%	66%	N/A
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90%	80%	N/A
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77%	77%	N/A
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69%	77%	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80%	70%	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	92%	77%	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.7%	82.7%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.7%	89%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	46%	46%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	53.1%	48.1%	N/A
2012	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	51.1%	55.1%	N/A
2004	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	67%	75%	N/A
2005	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	63%	68%	N/A
2006	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	69%	70%	N/A
2007	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	68%	64%	N/A
2004	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78%	84%	N/A
2005	Math	6th Grade	% met std	69%	78%	N/A
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83%	82%	N/A
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78%	74%	N/A

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* John I Meister Elementary School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.