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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	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.5	144.7	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.5	147.4	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.3	145.3	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.4	147.2	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.9	147.2	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.8	146.1	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.6	145.3	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.9	148.9	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.1	150.2	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157.1	151.2	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.7	151.9	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.4	144.3	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.3	144.8	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.2	146.1	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.5	146.6	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.3	146.2	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.7	147.9	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.3	145.8	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.1	146.4	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.5	147.4	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.1	148.8	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.6	150.3	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	160	152.5	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151	146.4	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146	143.3	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148	144.7	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.2	147.2	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.9	149.8	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.7	147.6	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.7	148.2	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.7	145.5	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.8	146.7	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.6	149.6	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.2	151.9	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.2	150.1	153.2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.2	146.4	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	146.6	148.8
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.4	148.5	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.7	147.9	149.9
MST
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	46.4%	28.3%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	59.1%	26%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	50%	33.9%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	83.9%	49.8%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	75.0%	50.4%	63.1%

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.