Nora Davis Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1305 Martin Luther King Dr

Laurel MS, 39440, Jones County

Phone: 601-428-7782

Ranking:

(218 out of 672, top 32%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Laurel 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:	23		23		27		28		29		31		35
Total Students:	391		387		368		395		386		438		411
Prekindergarten:	42	10.7%	48	12.4%	38	10.3%	39	9.9%	40	10.4%	41	9.4%	20	4.9%
Kindergarten:	60	15.3%	66	17.1%	53	14.4%	62	15.7%	61	15.8%	50	11.4%	62	15.1%
Grade 1:	62	15.9%	56	14.5%	59	16.0%	61	15.4%	47	12.2%	61	13.9%	60	14.6%
Grade 2:	57	14.6%	57	14.7%	54	14.7%	48	12.2%	56	14.5%	64	14.6%	57	13.9%
Grade 3:	56	14.3%	54	14.0%	46	12.5%	60	15.2%	59	15.3%	56	12.8%	54	13.1%
Grade 4:	50	12.8%	45	11.6%	53	14.4%	56	14.2%	56	14.5%	54	12.3%	46	11.2%
Grade 5:	49	12.5%	53	13.7%	56	15.2%	58	14.7%	57	14.8%	43	9.8%	57	13.9%
Ungraded:	15	3.8%	8	2.1%	9	2.4%	11	2.8%	10	2.6%	10	2.3%	13	3.2%
Student By Gender:
Male:	193	49.4%	188	48.6%	181	49.2%	185	46.8%	179	46.4%	198	45.2%	185	45.0%
Female:	198	50.6%	199	51.4%	187	50.8%	210	53.2%	207	53.6%	240	54.8%	222	54.0%
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%	1	0.2%
Asian:	4	1.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	9	2.3%	7	1.8%	8	2.2%	9	2.3%	11	2.8%	14	3.2%	7	1.7%
Black:	349	89.3%	355	91.7%	333	90.5%	351	88.9%	338	87.6%	371	84.7%	347	84.4%
White:	24	6.1%	21	5.4%	23	6.3%	35	8.9%	37	9.6%	53	12.1%	56	13.6%
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:	5	1.3%	4	1.0%	4	1.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	280	71.6%	294	76.0%	263	71.5%	294	74.4%	277	71.8%	297	67.8%	265	64.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	40	10.2%	28	7.2%	24	6.5%	26	6.6%	37	9.6%	54	12.3%	51	12.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.81		16.57		13.82		13.99		13.43		14.10		11.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCT2
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.8	145.2	N/A
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.5	144.7	N/A
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.5	147.4	N/A
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.3	145.3	N/A
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.4	147.2	N/A
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.9	147.2	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.8	146.1	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.6	145.3	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.9	148.9	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.1	150.2	N/A
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157.1	151.2	N/A
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.7	151.9	N/A
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.4	144.3	N/A
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.3	144.8	N/A
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.2	146.1	N/A
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.5	146.6	N/A
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.3	146.2	N/A
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.7	147.9	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.3	145.8	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.1	146.4	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.5	147.4	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.1	148.8	N/A
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.6	150.3	N/A
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	160	152.5	N/A
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151	146.4	N/A
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146	143.3	N/A
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148	144.7	N/A
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.2	147.2	N/A
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.9	149.8	N/A
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.7	147.6	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.7	148.2	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.7	145.5	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.8	146.7	N/A
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.6	149.6	N/A
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.2	151.9	N/A
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.2	150.1	N/A
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.2	146.4	N/A
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	146.6	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.4	148.5	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.7	147.9	N/A
MST
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	46.4%	28.3%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	59.1%	26%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	50%	33.9%	N/A
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	83.9%	49.8%	N/A
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	75.0%	50.4%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	72.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	24.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	44.8%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	55.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$36,937.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,861.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$40,248.0

* Nora Davis Primary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.