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Lester Park Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

5300 Glenwood Ave

Duluth MN, 55804, Saint Louis County

Phone: 218-336-8875

Ranking:

(74 out of 1,269, top 6%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Duluth Public School District

Title I Eligible School: No

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		25		27		14		13		14		16
Total Students:	546		544		547		335		322		332		324
Kindergarten:	92	16.8%	95	17.5%	85	15.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 1:	90	16.5%	91	16.7%	96	17.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 2:	90	16.5%	98	18.0%	98	17.9%	86	25.7%	79	24.5%	90	27.1%	85	26.2%
Grade 3:	90	16.5%	85	15.6%	96	17.6%	77	23.0%	88	27.3%	88	26.5%	66	20.4%
Grade 4:	85	15.6%	99	18.2%	78	14.3%	87	26.0%	87	27.0%	65	19.6%	90	27.8%
Grade 5:	99	18.1%	76	14.0%	94	17.2%	85	25.4%	68	21.1%	89	26.8%	83	25.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	273	50.0%	279	51.3%	287	52.5%	162	48.4%	151	46.9%	143	43.1%	138	42.6%
Female:	273	50.0%	265	48.7%	260	47.5%	173	51.6%	163	50.6%	181	54.5%	182	56.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	6	1.1%	5	0.9%	2	0.4%	3	0.9%	7	2.2%	6	1.8%	6	1.9%
Asian:	10	1.8%	9	1.7%	10	1.8%	8	2.4%	8	2.5%	6	1.8%	5	1.5%
Hispanic:	9	1.6%	11	2.0%	11	2.0%	4	1.2%	4	1.2%	2	0.6%	1	0.3%
Black:	6	1.1%	5	0.9%	6	1.1%	1	0.3%	4	1.2%	4	1.2%	2	0.6%
White:	493	90.3%	489	89.9%	497	90.9%	310	92.5%	299	92.9%	314	94.6%	310	95.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	1	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	22	4.0%	23	4.2%	20	3.7%	8	2.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	117	21.4%	104	19.1%	111	20.3%	48	14.3%	42	13.0%	38	11.4%	26	8.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	29	5.3%	37	6.8%	34	6.2%	20	6.0%	20	6.2%	19	5.7%	11	3.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	20.58		21.89		19.96		23.83		25.29		23.50		20.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	95.4%	72.3%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	87.8%	72.9%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	93.7%	84.4%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	96.2%	82%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	94.6%	81.8%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	95.5%	82.1%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86.2%	76%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.8%	77.9%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.4%	79.2%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.5%	84.6%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	98.7%	85.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	96.7%	84.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	87.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.7%	79.7%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.5%	77.6%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.2%	80.4%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	89.6%	72.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	88.8%	70%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	89.1%	73.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	84.9%	74.7%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.7%	80.9%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92.4%	75%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92.3%	78.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.7%	75.5%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.5%	76%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.2%	74.2%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	89%	77.9%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	85.5%	76.7%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	97%	83.4%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	78.9%	66.5%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	76.3%	61.1%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	90.4%	69.8%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	90.5%	65.3%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.4%	79.3%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87%	81%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	95.7%	85.3%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	93.8%	84.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.4%	79.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92.8%	81.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.9%	80.6%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92.6%	78.9%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.2%	78.9%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	44.9%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	58.6%	41.8%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	86.8%	75.5%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	89.7%	81.4%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	97.1%	83.7%	N/A
MCA-III
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.4%	69.4%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76.6%	67.9%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	69.4%	66.7%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	59.5%	53.6%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75.8%	62.3%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.5%	61.8%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.6%	67.1%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	58.4%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	50.2%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.3%	50.6%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82%	56.6%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.7%	65.1%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	83.4%	58.4%	59.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	0.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	100.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	21.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	0.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	100.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$60,954.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$60,954.0

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