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Lowell School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

1200 Sherwood

Missoula MT, 59802, Missoula County

Phone: 406-542-4040

Ranking:

(402 out of 448, bottom 10%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Missoula Elementary 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:	22		19		20		20		20		19		18
Total Students:	289		293		301		289		257		239		217
Prekindergarten:	5	1.7%	6	2.0%	5	1.7%	8	2.8%	5	1.9%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	63	21.8%	57	19.5%	55	18.3%	52	18.0%	55	21.4%	53	22.2%	56	25.8%
Grade 1:	60	20.8%	49	16.7%	55	18.3%	58	20.1%	55	21.4%	50	20.9%	34	15.7%
Grade 2:	42	14.5%	56	19.1%	54	17.9%	57	19.7%	44	17.1%	40	16.7%	42	19.4%
Grade 3:	46	15.9%	40	13.7%	55	18.3%	45	15.6%	32	12.5%	44	18.4%	28	12.9%
Grade 4:	34	11.8%	48	16.4%	45	15.0%	30	10.4%	39	15.2%	24	10.0%	23	10.6%
Grade 5:	39	13.5%	37	12.6%	32	10.6%	39	13.5%	27	10.5%	28	11.7%	34	15.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	0	0.0%
Student By Gender:
Male:	152	52.6%	163	55.6%	166	55.1%	163	56.4%	147	57.2%	134	56.1%	113	52.1%
Female:	137	47.4%	130	44.4%	135	44.9%	126	43.6%	102	39.7%	97	40.6%	100	46.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	42	14.5%	47	16.0%	59	19.6%	41	14.2%	38	14.8%	23	9.6%	18	8.3%
Asian:	7	2.4%	6	2.0%	4	1.3%	6	2.1%	3	1.2%	7	2.9%	3	1.4%
Hispanic:	8	2.8%	6	2.0%	7	2.3%	10	3.5%	10	3.9%	8	3.3%	4	1.8%
Black:	3	1.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	5	1.9%	5	2.1%	3	1.4%
White:	225	77.9%	223	76.1%	225	74.8%	229	79.2%	201	78.2%	196	82.0%	189	87.1%
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:	4	1.4%	10	3.4%	5	1.7%	3	1.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	198	68.5%	184	62.8%	194	64.5%	208	72.0%	168	65.4%	152	63.6%	142	65.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	15	5.2%	10	3.4%	14	4.7%	15	5.2%	19	7.4%	21	8.8%	30	13.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.41		15.13		14.98		14.57		12.55		12.40		11.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CRT
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	71.9%	75.9%	65.8%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	38.5%	76.2%	67.6%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	36%	71%	63%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	41%	78%	67%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.9%	87.5%	80.5%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	57.7%	88.1%	83.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	56%	87%	84%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	89%	85%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	51.9%	54.9%	45.2%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	41.7%	65.8%	56.5%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	29.4%	68.9%	63.7%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	40.5%	74.6%	67.4%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	42%	72%	67%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	52%	73%	67%
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	59.3%	75.3%	65.7%
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	47.2%	82.3%	75%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	58.8%	83.1%	79.9%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.9%	85.9%	79.8%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67%	81%	79%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	61%	86%	81%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	29%	69%	62%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	43%	73%	66%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.9%	70.3%	62.2%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	46.4%	73%	66.8%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	64%	72%	68%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59%	73%	67%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.5%	86.8%	79.3%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.9%	87.2%	81%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74%	84%	82%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85%	88%	84%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Lowell 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.