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John J Shaughnessy Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

1158 Gorham St

Lowell MA, 01852, Middlesex County

Phone: 978-937-7657

Ranking:

(1,197 out of 1,316, bottom 9%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 4

School District: Lowell 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:	33		33		31		32		33		31		33
Total Students:	507		483		469		470		459		466		431
Prekindergarten:	27	5.3%	25	5.2%	24	5.1%	24	5.1%	27	5.9%	23	4.9%	25	5.8%
Kindergarten:	104	20.5%	105	21.7%	104	22.2%	93	19.8%	85	18.5%	103	22.1%	80	18.6%
Grade 1:	100	19.7%	101	20.9%	83	17.7%	88	18.7%	97	21.1%	86	18.5%	74	17.2%
Grade 2:	99	19.5%	87	18.0%	78	16.6%	97	20.6%	85	18.5%	77	16.5%	85	19.7%
Grade 3:	95	18.7%	78	16.1%	93	19.8%	88	18.7%	75	16.3%	91	19.5%	86	20.0%
Grade 4:	82	16.2%	87	18.0%	87	18.6%	80	17.0%	90	19.6%	86	18.5%	81	18.8%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	262	51.7%	258	53.4%	241	51.4%	251	53.4%	247	53.8%	236	50.6%	219	50.8%
Female:	245	48.3%	225	46.6%	228	48.6%	219	46.6%	212	46.2%	230	49.4%	199	46.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	145	28.6%	126	26.1%	121	25.8%	121	25.7%	118	25.7%	129	27.7%	132	30.6%
Hispanic:	138	27.2%	130	26.9%	127	27.1%	124	26.4%	113	24.6%	111	23.8%	90	20.9%
Black:	22	4.3%	26	5.4%	23	4.9%	17	3.6%	17	3.7%	21	4.5%	18	4.2%
White:	176	34.7%	176	36.4%	176	37.5%	189	40.2%	192	41.8%	192	41.2%	182	42.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	26	5.1%	24	5.0%	19	4.1%	17	3.6%	16	3.5%	12	2.6%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	352	69.4%	343	71.0%	314	67.0%	295	62.8%	260	56.6%	266	57.1%	221	51.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	60	11.8%	48	9.9%	49	10.4%	50	10.6%	76	16.6%	70	15.0%	64	14.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.36		14.65		15.16		14.78		14.12		15.00		13.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCAS
2003	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% proficient	36.8%	37.8%	N/A
2007	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% proficient	39%	34%	59%
2008	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% proficient	32%	32%	56%
2009	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% proficient	35%	33%	57%
2010	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% proficient	50%	41%	63%
2011	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% proficient	34%	39%	61%
2012	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% proficient	35%	39%	61%
2013	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% proficient	49%	37%	57%
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% proficient	22%	26%	52%
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% proficient	38%	31%	60%
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% proficient	32%	34%	61%
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% proficient	33%	34%	60%
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% proficient	58%	47%	65%
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% proficient	45%	49%	66%
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% proficient	33%	47%	61%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% proficient	54%	58%	67%
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% proficient	37%	39%	63%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% proficient	36%	36%	62%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% proficient	33%	35%	58%
2003	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% proficient	34.0%	28.5%	56%
2004	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% proficient	36%	29%	56%
2005	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% proficient	22%	25%	50%
2006	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% proficient	20%	22%	50%
2007	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% proficient	30%	32%	56%
2008	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% proficient	24%	22%	49%
2009	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% proficient	16%	28%	53%
2010	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% proficient	29%	28%	54%
2011	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% proficient	31%	33%	53%
2012	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% proficient	31%	38%	57%
2013	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% proficient	29%	36%	53%
2003	Mathematics	4th Grade	% proficient	31.4%	20.6%	40%
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% proficient	14%	20%	42%
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% proficient	9%	15%	41%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% proficient	14%	18%	40%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% proficient	18%	25%	48%
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% proficient	35%	27%	49%
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% proficient	23%	29%	48%
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% proficient	26%	29%	48%
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% proficient	33%	36%	47%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% proficient	25%	40%	51%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% proficient	37%	44%	52%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* John J Shaughnessy 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.