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Namaste Elementary Charter School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

3737 South Paulina St

Chicago IL, 60609, Cook County

Phone: 773-715-9558

Ranking:

(1,904 out of 3,028, bottom 37%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Chicago Public School District 299

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:	21		34		29		26		21		NA	NA	NA	NA
Total Students:	478		465		452		418		368		312		250
Kindergarten:	60	12.6%	60	12.9%	58	12.8%	65	15.6%	60	16.3%	59	18.9%	52	20.8%
Grade 1:	59	12.3%	59	12.7%	59	13.1%	57	13.6%	62	16.8%	54	17.3%	52	20.8%
Grade 2:	61	12.8%	56	12.0%	55	12.2%	57	13.6%	52	14.1%	55	17.6%	50	20.0%
Grade 3:	57	11.9%	58	12.5%	56	12.4%	52	12.4%	54	14.7%	53	17.0%	50	20.0%
Grade 4:	56	11.7%	53	11.4%	48	10.6%	51	12.2%	48	13.0%	47	15.1%	46	18.4%
Grade 5:	51	10.7%	49	10.5%	49	10.8%	48	11.5%	51	13.9%	44	14.1%	NA	NA
Grade 6:	49	10.3%	48	10.3%	45	10.0%	48	11.5%	41	11.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 7:	44	9.2%	42	9.0%	43	9.5%	40	9.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 8:	41	8.6%	40	8.6%	39	8.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	212	44.4%	223	48.0%	213	47.1%	205	49.0%	173	47.0%	152	48.7%	124	49.6%
Female:	266	55.6%	242	52.0%	239	52.9%	213	51.0%	187	50.8%	152	48.7%	116	46.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	4	1.1%	5	1.6%	4	1.6%
Asian:	5	1.0%	6	1.3%	7	1.5%	7	1.7%	9	2.4%	5	1.6%	4	1.6%
Hispanic:	408	85.4%	392	84.3%	375	83.0%	338	80.9%	289	78.5%	242	77.6%	184	73.6%
Black:	20	4.2%	21	4.5%	24	5.3%	23	5.5%	29	7.9%	30	9.6%	28	11.2%
White:	41	8.6%	42	9.0%	42	9.3%	43	10.3%	37	10.1%	30	9.6%	24	9.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	3	0.7%	6	1.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	404	84.5%	390	83.9%	147	32.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	239	52.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student-Teacher Ratio:	22.76		13.62		15.33		16.23		17.61		NA	NA	NA	NA

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ISAT
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76.6%	69.1%	N/A
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	70.2%	N/A
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80.4%	72.2%	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.8%	75.9%	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.0%	78.7%	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.9%	79.8%	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	55.2%	42.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	56.7%	53.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	54.6%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66.7%	56.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.0%	57.8%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.7%	62.6%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.0%	64.6%	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	62.1%	45.3%	N/A
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.1%	70.6%	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.3%	75.2%	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.2%	76.3%	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92%	80.8%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.6%	82.4%	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71.2%	51.0%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	57.8%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.6%	58.8%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.6%	59.1%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82%	62.0%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80%	65.0%	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	59.6%	45.5%	N/A
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	79.6%	56.0%	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	73.9%	58.9%	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	73.0%	60.2%	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88%	66.4%	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	77.8%	69.2%	N/A
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84.6%	73.8%	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.2%	69.1%	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.3%	71.6%	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.3%	75.1%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.7%	75.5%	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.9%	49.5%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.3%	57.6%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.9%	59.5%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.0%	63.4%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.7%	65.4%	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.7%	43.8%	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.1%	74.4%	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89.6%	75.4%	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.5%	77.9%	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	68.7%	51.5%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.2%	70.3%	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	93.8%	76.5%	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.6%	73.7%	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.7%	49.4%	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79.5%	77.6%	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	92.7%	79.0%	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	58.5%	53.3%	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.6%	72.6%	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.8%	70.9%	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	51.2%	51.9%	N/A
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	89.8%	73.0%	N/A
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	85.4%	71.8%	N/A
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	78.1%	73.0%	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.9%	80.6%	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	57.5%	53.9%	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92.1%	83.1%	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	55.0%	52.5%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Namaste Elementary Charter 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.