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Lester Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

2350 Oakhurst Dr

Jackson MS, 39204, Hinds County

Phone: 601-371-4339

Ranking:

(428 out of 672, bottom 36%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Jackson Public 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:	20		19		15		16		17		17		18
Total Students:	359		360		271		342		332		329		339
Kindergarten:	63	17.5%	74	20.6%	47	17.3%	49	14.3%	53	16.0%	52	15.8%	53	15.6%
Grade 1:	75	20.9%	55	15.3%	45	16.6%	66	19.3%	51	15.4%	60	18.2%	71	20.9%
Grade 2:	48	13.4%	53	14.7%	56	20.7%	58	17.0%	61	18.4%	51	15.5%	59	17.4%
Grade 3:	56	15.6%	76	21.1%	39	14.4%	64	18.7%	51	15.4%	53	16.1%	55	16.2%
Grade 4:	57	15.9%	51	14.2%	54	19.9%	45	13.2%	60	18.1%	54	16.4%	48	14.2%
Grade 5:	50	13.9%	50	13.9%	30	11.1%	53	15.5%	45	13.6%	47	14.3%	42	12.4%
Ungraded:	10	2.8%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	7	2.0%	11	3.3%	12	3.6%	11	3.2%
Student By Gender:
Male:	185	51.5%	182	50.6%	133	49.1%	178	52.0%	173	52.1%	176	53.5%	163	48.1%
Female:	174	48.5%	178	49.4%	138	50.9%	164	48.0%	159	47.9%	153	46.5%	172	50.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	2	0.6%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Black:	346	96.4%	348	96.7%	265	97.8%	337	98.5%	321	96.7%	316	96.0%	327	96.5%
White:	8	2.2%	7	1.9%	6	2.2%	4	1.2%	11	3.3%	13	4.0%	12	3.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	3	0.8%	4	1.1%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	349	97.2%	345	95.8%	252	93.0%	320	93.6%	300	90.4%	295	89.7%	305	90.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	5	1.4%	6	1.7%	5	1.8%	10	2.9%	13	3.9%	13	4.0%	11	3.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.15		19.22		17.96		20.96		18.99		19.80		19.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCT2
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.7	148.3	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.9	148.1	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.3	148.7	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.9	147.9	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.1	148.1	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.8	148	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.1	150	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.1	149.7	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.3	149.2	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	140.8	150.3	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.7	150.2	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.4	148.4	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	141.3	147.4	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.1	148.8	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.6	150.4	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.4	148.9	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	141.9	149.9	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.4	149.8	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.8	150.2	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.6	150.8	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.9	150.4	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.5	150.6	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.6	150.2	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.7	150.2	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.7	147.2	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.5	148.1	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.6	148.3	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.8	149.1	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.4	150.2	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.2	149.7	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.8	149.9	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	149.5	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.5	150.4	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147	150.6	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.9	151	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.7	150	153.2
MST
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	24.3%	21.1%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	20.9%	29.5%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	15.4%	33.7%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	15.8%	44.9%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	14.3%	52.3%	63.1%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	50.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	45.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	25.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	75.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$42,798.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,531.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$45,886.0

* Lester Elementary Primary School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.