Lima South Science-Technology Magnet K-8 Primary School
755 Saint Johns Ave
Lima OH, 45804, Allen County
Phone: 419-996-3190
Ranking: 
(2,377 out of 2,572, bottom 8%)*
(2,377 out of 2,572, bottom 8%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8
School District: Lima City 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: | 18 | 16 | 19 | 24 | 25 | 31 | 31 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 210 | 228 | 230 | 335 | 329 | 335 | 395 | |||||||
| Kindergarten: | 13 | 6.2% | 22 | 9.6% | 24 | 10.4% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Grade 1: | 21 | 10.0% | 21 | 9.2% | 25 | 10.9% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Grade 2: | 20 | 9.5% | 24 | 10.5% | 21 | 9.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Grade 3: | 23 | 11.0% | 22 | 9.6% | 25 | 10.9% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Grade 4: | 21 | 10.0% | 23 | 10.1% | 25 | 10.9% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Grade 5: | 24 | 11.4% | 30 | 13.2% | 32 | 13.9% | 101 | 30.1% | 88 | 26.7% | 79 | 23.6% | 93 | 23.5% |
| Grade 6: | 30 | 14.3% | 31 | 13.6% | 28 | 12.2% | 79 | 23.6% | 73 | 22.2% | 81 | 24.2% | 99 | 25.1% |
| Grade 7: | 28 | 13.3% | 31 | 13.6% | 26 | 11.3% | 76 | 22.7% | 74 | 22.5% | 96 | 28.7% | 85 | 21.5% |
| Grade 8: | 30 | 14.3% | 24 | 10.5% | 24 | 10.4% | 79 | 23.6% | 94 | 28.6% | 79 | 23.6% | 118 | 29.9% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 132 | 62.9% | 139 | 61.0% | 133 | 57.8% | 176 | 52.5% | 163 | 49.5% | 164 | 49.0% | 191 | 48.4% |
| Female: | 78 | 37.1% | 89 | 39.0% | 97 | 42.2% | 159 | 47.5% | 120 | 36.5% | 128 | 38.2% | 148 | 37.5% |
| 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: | 3 | 1.4% | 3 | 1.3% | 3 | 1.3% | 2 | 0.6% | 2 | 0.6% | 10 | 3.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Hispanic: | 12 | 5.7% | 12 | 5.3% | 8 | 3.5% | 5 | 1.5% | 1 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.6% | 3 | 0.8% |
| Black: | 83 | 39.5% | 93 | 40.8% | 96 | 41.7% | 188 | 56.1% | 197 | 59.9% | 193 | 57.6% | 237 | 60.0% |
| White: | 80 | 38.1% | 90 | 39.5% | 91 | 39.6% | 88 | 26.3% | 91 | 27.7% | 95 | 28.4% | 103 | 26.1% |
| 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: | 32 | 15.2% | 30 | 13.2% | 32 | 13.9% | 52 | 15.5% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 207 | 98.6% | 202 | 88.6% | 205 | 89.1% | 315 | 94.0% | 288 | 87.5% | 294 | 87.8% | NA | NA |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 0 | 0.0% | 23 | 10.1% | 22 | 9.6% | 13 | 3.9% | 15 | 4.6% | 15 | 4.5% | NA | NA |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 11.66 | 14.24 | 12.43 | 13.96 | 13.16 | 10.80 | 12.70 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| OAA | ||||||
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 57.1% | 63.8% | 79.8% |
| 2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 58.0% | 78.3% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 57.9% | 79% |
| 2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.0% | 70.0% | 81.4% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.0% | 63.2% | 78.4% |
| 2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 54.4% | 77.6% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.0% | 65.5% | 83.3% |
| 2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 71.4% | 87.7% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 28.4% | 25.3% | 62.7% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 22.6% | 27.4% | 61% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 35.8% | 34.2% | 61.8% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 38% | 33.1% | 62.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 27.5% | 43.1% | 67% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 41.1% | 36.7% | 66.1% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 43.5% | 67.5% |
| 2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 39.3% | 50.0% | 68.3% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 43.7% | 49.7% | 76.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 42.1% | 49.4% | 75.3% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 41% | 54.9% | 80% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 38.3% | 44.8% | 72.7% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 45.1% | 46.3% | 72% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 32.5% | 53.8% | 71.8% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 45.6% | 47.3% | 74.1% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 64.3% | 48.4% | 76.8% |
| 2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 57.1% | 45.9% | 74.2% |
| 2007 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 25% | 36.8% | 68% |
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 33.8% | 32.9% | 66.4% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 43.7% | 45.5% | 70.6% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 31.3% | 42.4% | 69.9% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 40% | 35.7% | 71.1% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 50.0% | 39.3% | 72.5% |
| 2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 50.0% | 41.4% | 67.6% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 19% | 23.9% | 57% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 30.9% | 33.1% | 64.8% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 32.4% | 31.9% | 61.6% |
| 2004 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 15.9% | 28.7% | 65.6% |
| 2005 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 16.8% | 28.5% | 62.5% |
| 2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 28.7% | 43.4% | 68.4% |
| 2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 47.1% | 57% | 74% |
| 2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 45.1% | 50.5% | 76.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 36.4% | 51.4% | 75.2% |
| 2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 49.2% | 59.4% | 77.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 38.2% | 59.1% | 77.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 77.8% | 66.8% | 79.9% |
| 2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 64.3% | 52.7% | 74.7% |
| 2004 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 37.7% | 44.1% | 64.6% |
| 2005 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 37.3% | 46.1% | 69.8% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 56.2% | 66.6% | 83.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 44.3% | 58.2% | 78% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 44.6% | 54% | 79.7% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 47% | 62.3% | 81.3% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 52.5% | 69.7% | 84.1% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 58.8% | 73.2% | 85.6% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 81.5% | 75.0% | 86.7% |
| 2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 76.7% | 69.3% | 82.8% |
| 2005 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 18.8% | 28.6% | 58.5% |
| 2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 30.6% | 43.3% | 63.2% |
| 2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 43.1% | 50.7% | 71% |
| 2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 31% | 38.7% | 68.8% |
| 2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 43.9% | 44.9% | 74.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 33.3% | 42.7% | 71.1% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 29.8% | 50.4% | 74.8% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 57.1% | 50.6% | 73.6% |
| 2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 46.7% | 72.8% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.6% | 66.4% | 78.9% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 45% | 60.1% | 77% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 50% | 59.2% | 77.3% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 41.5% | 52.2% | 76.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 54% | 58.1% | 80.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 35.1% | 55.5% | 77.3% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 59.7% | 79.5% |
| 2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.5% | 58.0% | 81% |
| 2007 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 56% | 71.4% | 81% |
| 2008 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.3% | 67.6% | 85.7% |
| 2009 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 57.3% | 63.5% | 80.5% |
| 2005 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 25.4% | 29% | 60.1% |
| 2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 23.7% | 36.9% | 68.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 26.9% | 46.9% | 71% |
| 2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 40% | 43.6% | 72.8% |
| 2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 37.7% | 40.1% | 70.6% |
| 2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 30.9% | 38.8% | 69.2% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 40% | 42.3% | 74.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 70.0% | 52.8% | 79.6% |
| 2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 52.4% | 52.1% | 76.6% |
| 2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 57.6% | 62.1% | 78.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 55% | 59.8% | 77.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 47.3% | 63.2% | 80% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 57% | 56.9% | 79.4% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 42% | 49.4% | 72.4% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 43.2% | 52.9% | 80.9% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 63.1% | 64.7% | 85.1% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 90.0% | 63.0% | 83% |
| 2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 76.2% | 72.1% | 85.7% |
| 2007 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 25% | 43% | 62% |
| 2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 39% | 37.2% | 62.2% |
| 2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 31.9% | 36.3% | 62.8% |
| 2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 20% | 27.5% | 64.8% |
| 2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 23.1% | 31.1% | 67.4% |
| 2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 70.0% | 40.9% | 71.5% |
| 2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 42.9% | 39.3% | 68.6% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 10.8% | 23.9% | 49% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 16% | 17.8% | 53.5% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 18.8% | 22.4% | 51.1% |
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* Lima South Science-Technology Magnet K-8 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.