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Joy Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

1600 East Coolspring Ave

Michigan City IN, 46360, La Porte County

Phone: 219-873-2090

Ranking:

(1,174 out of 1,449, bottom 19%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Michigan City Area Schools

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:	25		23		27		20		25		26		26
Total Students:	401		384		381		332		349		390		433
Kindergarten:	82	20.4%	62	16.1%	58	15.2%	51	15.4%	47	13.5%	61	15.6%	69	15.9%
Grade 1:	59	14.7%	66	17.2%	66	17.3%	46	13.9%	58	16.6%	71	18.2%	68	15.7%
Grade 2:	62	15.5%	60	15.6%	55	14.4%	52	15.7%	57	16.3%	60	15.4%	71	16.4%
Grade 3:	67	16.7%	59	15.4%	61	16.0%	63	19.0%	64	18.3%	59	15.1%	71	16.4%
Grade 4:	61	15.2%	64	16.7%	67	17.6%	63	19.0%	59	16.9%	63	16.2%	74	17.1%
Grade 5:	70	17.5%	73	19.0%	74	19.4%	57	17.2%	64	18.3%	69	17.7%	71	16.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	209	52.1%	211	54.9%	208	54.6%	175	52.7%	165	47.3%	186	47.7%	203	46.9%
Female:	192	47.9%	173	45.1%	173	45.4%	157	47.3%	144	41.3%	155	39.7%	184	42.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	2	0.6%	3	0.9%	4	1.0%	7	1.6%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	2	0.5%
Hispanic:	31	7.7%	33	8.6%	29	7.6%	25	7.5%	7	2.0%	15	3.8%	8	1.8%
Black:	173	43.1%	164	42.7%	163	42.8%	137	41.3%	165	47.3%	156	40.0%	206	47.6%
White:	161	40.1%	157	40.9%	153	40.2%	142	42.8%	141	40.4%	173	44.4%	168	38.8%
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:	36	9.0%	30	7.8%	35	9.2%	25	7.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	323	80.5%	292	76.0%	285	74.8%	226	68.1%	251	71.9%	256	65.6%	278	64.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	20	5.0%	14	3.6%	23	6.0%	27	8.1%	31	8.9%	37	9.5%	27	6.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.04		16.70		14.11		16.79		14.15		14.90		16.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ISTEP+
2004	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	54%	62%	75%
2005	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	49%	60%	75%
2006	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	58%	59%	74%
2007	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	66%	73%
2008	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	63%	64%	76%
2009	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	59%	74%
2010	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	70%	79%
2011	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	83.3%	75.7%	83%
2012	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	72.4%	74.9%	85%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	62%	72%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	49%	58%	73%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	66%	62%	73%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	63%	72%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	58%	58%	70%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	57%	72%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	65%	76%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79.6%	70.5%	78%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	60.3%	64.6%	79%
2005	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	53%	58%	73%
2006	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	55%	57%	74%
2007	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	63%	60%	75%
2008	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	67%	63%	74%
2009	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	48%	60%	73%
2010	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	82%	72%	77%
2011	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	78.6%	78.5%	82%
2012	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	84.2%	78.1%	82%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	43%	56%	73%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	55%	65%	75%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	58%	63%	74%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70%	67%	75%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	42%	57%	70%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75%	64%	75%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.7%	70.2%	70%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70.2%	72.1%	79%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	52%	55%	71%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	65%	59%	75%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	66.1%	65.9%	76%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.4%	78%
2005	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	57%	59%	72%
2006	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	62%	63%	73%
2007	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	56%	64%	75%
2008	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	53%	64%	74%
2009	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	70%	63%	71%
2010	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	46%	64%	71%
2011	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	83%	70.8%	75%
2012	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	77.1%	70.1%	78%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	56%	58%	72%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63%	68%	76%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65%	67%	76%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	58%	70%	77%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67%	70%	77%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70%	75%	81%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.2%	83.7%	86%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.3%	80.4%	86%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	50%	46%	60%
2011	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	74.5%	57.4%	67%
2012	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	61.4%	53.1%	67%

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* Joy 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.