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L.F. Palmer Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

100 Palmer Ln

Newport News VA, 23602, Newport News City County

Phone: 757-881-5000

Ranking:

(1,355 out of 1,459, bottom 7%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Newport News City Public 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:	27		29		23		33		35		28		28
Total Students:	536		524		478		539		579		490		461
Prekindergarten:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.4%	0	0.0%
Kindergarten:	77	14.4%	79	15.1%	64	13.4%	59	10.9%	79	13.6%	54	11.0%	55	11.9%
Grade 1:	86	16.0%	68	13.0%	63	13.2%	67	12.4%	68	11.7%	64	13.1%	71	15.4%
Grade 2:	68	12.7%	71	13.5%	63	13.2%	65	12.1%	86	14.9%	70	14.3%	59	12.8%
Grade 3:	106	19.8%	98	18.7%	94	19.7%	113	21.0%	116	20.0%	131	26.7%	97	21.0%
Grade 4:	91	17.0%	113	21.6%	92	19.2%	115	21.3%	136	23.5%	94	19.2%	83	18.0%
Grade 5:	107	20.0%	95	18.1%	101	21.1%	120	22.3%	94	16.2%	75	15.3%	96	20.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	265	49.4%	256	48.9%	233	48.7%	261	48.4%	281	48.5%	249	50.8%	236	51.2%
Female:	271	50.6%	268	51.1%	245	51.3%	278	51.6%	276	47.7%	224	45.7%	217	47.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.4%	3	0.6%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	3	0.7%
Asian:	4	0.7%	6	1.1%	8	1.7%	11	2.0%	18	3.1%	16	3.3%	13	2.8%
Hispanic:	168	31.3%	157	30.0%	121	25.3%	107	19.9%	119	20.6%	60	12.2%	61	13.2%
Black:	241	45.0%	246	46.9%	222	46.4%	271	50.3%	270	46.6%	254	51.8%	242	52.5%
White:	97	18.1%	93	17.7%	112	23.4%	140	26.0%	157	27.1%	149	30.4%	138	29.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	3	0.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	21	3.9%	19	3.6%	13	2.7%	8	1.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	386	72.0%	388	74.0%	325	68.0%	329	61.0%	346	59.8%	259	52.9%	237	51.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	41	7.6%	29	5.5%	38	7.9%	48	8.9%	59	10.2%	60	12.2%	58	12.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.85		18.07		20.78		16.33		16.46		17.70		16.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
SOL
2005	English Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	63%	73%	77%
2006	English Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	82%	84%
2007	English Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	80%	81%
2008	English Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	83%	84%
2009	English Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	85%	86%
2010	English Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	75%	84%
2011	English Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	73%	83%
2012	English Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	81%	86%
2013	English Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	48.8%	62.1%	72.5%
2005	History	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	89%	90%
2006	History	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	92%	91%
2007	History	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	92%	93%
2008	History	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	92%	93%
2009	History	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	91%	93%
2010	History	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	92%	93%
2011	History	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	78%	85%
2012	History	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	76%	87%
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	83%	88%
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	87%	90%
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	86%	89%
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	86%	89%
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	86%	89%
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	90%	91%
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	87%	91%
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	47%	49%	64%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	42.4%	48.8%	65.3%
2005	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	86%	89%
2006	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	88%	90%
2007	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	85%	88%
2008	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	85%	88%
2009	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	84%	88%
2010	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	87%	91%
2011	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	82%	89%
2012	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	82%	89%
2013	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	64.6%	70.8%	83.6%
2006	English Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71%	86%	87%
2007	English Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80%	88%	87%
2008	English Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	88%
2009	English Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84%	89%	88%
2010	English Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86%	81%	88%
2011	English Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82%	79%	87%
2012	English Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	76%	88%
2013	English Reading	4th Grade	% met std	51%	59%	70.1%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	49%	66%	78%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	65%	78%	81%
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	87%	80%	84%
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	79%	83%	87%
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	81%	81%	88%
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	95%	83%	89%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	65%	60%	70%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	52.1%	60.2%	74.7%
2005	English Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79%	80%	85%
2006	English Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62%	78%	87%
2007	English Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82%	85%	87%
2008	English Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79%	86%	89%
2009	English Reading	5th Grade	% met std	95%	90%	92%
2010	English Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86%	87%	91%
2011	English Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86%	82%	89%
2012	English Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79%	80%	89%
2013	English Reading	5th Grade	% met std	52.9%	57.8%	73.3%
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	71%	75%	80%
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	66%	79%	83%
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	73%	86%	86%
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	76%	87%	88%
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	90%	89%	90%
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	95%	87%	91%
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	90%	88%	89%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	58%	56%	67%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	43%	56.6%	69.5%
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	74%	77%	81%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	70%	80%	85%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	82%	87%	88%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	83%	88%	88%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	76%	83%	88%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	78%	84%	88%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	83%	84%	87%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	83%	86%	88%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	50%	67.1%	75.6%
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	97%	89%	91%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	81%	85%	89%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	74%	81%	89%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	71%	81%	87%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	89%	82%	86%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	87%	84%	88%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	89%	81%	87%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	81%	78%	87%
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	43.6%	54.9%	70.6%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* L.F. Palmer Elementary 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.