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Nicholson Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1887 Hwy 11 South

Picayune MS, 39466, Pearl River County

Phone: 601-798-6309

Ranking:

(415 out of 672, bottom 38%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Picayune 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:	27		29		24		29		30		32		31
Total Students:	477		472		409		482		507		494		509
Prekindergarten:	32	6.7%	33	7.0%	32	7.8%	33	6.8%	31	6.1%	35	7.1%	29	5.7%
Kindergarten:	66	13.8%	79	16.7%	54	13.2%	73	15.1%	70	13.8%	58	11.7%	76	14.9%
Grade 1:	64	13.4%	67	14.2%	55	13.4%	62	12.9%	58	11.4%	69	14.0%	78	15.3%
Grade 2:	67	14.0%	66	14.0%	54	13.2%	67	13.9%	80	15.8%	75	15.2%	75	14.7%
Grade 3:	60	12.6%	67	14.2%	51	12.5%	71	14.7%	65	12.8%	74	15.0%	75	14.7%
Grade 4:	70	14.7%	49	10.4%	50	12.2%	56	11.6%	73	14.4%	65	13.2%	54	10.6%
Grade 5:	54	11.3%	56	11.9%	55	13.4%	59	12.2%	74	14.6%	57	11.5%	64	12.6%
Grade 6:	58	12.2%	53	11.2%	54	13.2%	58	12.0%	53	10.5%	60	12.1%	58	11.4%
Ungraded:	6	1.3%	2	0.4%	4	1.0%	3	0.6%	3	0.6%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%
Student By Gender:
Male:	243	50.9%	248	52.5%	212	51.8%	246	51.0%	256	50.5%	266	53.8%	270	53.0%
Female:	234	49.1%	224	47.5%	197	48.2%	236	49.0%	251	49.5%	228	46.2%	235	46.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	4	0.8%	3	0.6%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	3	0.6%	3	0.6%	5	1.0%
Hispanic:	39	8.2%	35	7.4%	35	8.6%	41	8.5%	35	6.9%	22	4.5%	27	5.3%
Black:	163	34.2%	163	34.5%	135	33.0%	154	32.0%	159	31.4%	166	33.6%	172	33.8%
White:	256	53.7%	254	53.8%	225	55.0%	269	55.8%	294	58.0%	303	61.3%	305	59.9%
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:	13	2.7%	15	3.2%	13	3.2%	16	3.3%	15	3.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	416	87.2%	402	85.2%	349	85.3%	402	83.4%	423	83.4%	406	82.2%	415	81.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	25	5.2%	24	5.1%	16	3.9%	27	5.6%	35	6.9%	40	8.1%	40	7.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.48		16.32		16.78		16.91		17.12		15.50		16.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCT2
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.8	149.1	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.1	148.3	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.9	150	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.3	147.9	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.5	148.6	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.8	147.4	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.5	149.6	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.7	148.7	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.9	151.8	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.8	148.6	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	150.6	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.1	151.5	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.1	147.3	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.2	148	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	149.7	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	149.2	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151	148.4	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.3	149.3	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.9	149.5	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.2	148.1	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.1	148.5	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150	149.2	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	149	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152	152	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.7	148.8	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.3	148.8	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.9	149.5	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	140.8	147.7	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.2	149	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.5	148.9	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.9	149.6	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.9	148.6	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.9	152.2	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.5	149.9	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148	151.4	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.6	150	153.2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.4	146.3	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.9	148.9	148.8
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147	149.7	149.4
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.2	151.5	149.8
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.6	150.4	150.3
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	149.7	150.7
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.9	148.5	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.4	150.7	149.9
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.5	150.7	150.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	150.5	150.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	151.3	151.3
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.2	151.3	152.4
MST
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	32.3%	44.3%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	29.1%	48.9%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	38.7%	49.8%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	52.8%	52.5%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	57.6%	67.2%	63.1%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	68.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	31.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	31.8%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	68.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$39,087.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,311.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$41,782.0

* Nicholson 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.