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North Highland Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

2021 29th Ave North

Bessemer AL, 35023, Jefferson County

Phone: 205-379-4950

Ranking:

(486 out of 1,064, top 46%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Jefferson County 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		23		21		26		19		26		27
Total Students:	309		283		291		282		314		339		343
Kindergarten:	59	19.1%	43	15.2%	39	13.4%	36	12.8%	47	15.0%	43	12.7%	50	14.6%
Grade 1:	52	16.8%	40	14.1%	44	15.1%	47	16.7%	42	13.4%	52	15.3%	59	17.2%
Grade 2:	50	16.2%	46	16.3%	53	18.2%	46	16.3%	53	16.9%	63	18.6%	45	13.1%
Grade 3:	47	15.2%	52	18.4%	42	14.4%	52	18.4%	52	16.6%	47	13.9%	80	23.3%
Grade 4:	55	17.8%	45	15.9%	54	18.6%	57	20.2%	45	14.3%	74	21.8%	51	14.9%
Grade 5:	46	14.9%	57	20.1%	59	20.3%	44	15.6%	75	23.9%	60	17.7%	58	16.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	152	49.2%	144	50.9%	143	49.1%	145	51.4%	157	50.0%	189	55.8%	185	53.9%
Female:	157	50.8%	139	49.1%	148	50.9%	137	48.6%	149	47.5%	142	41.9%	154	44.9%
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	0.3%
Asian:	1	0.3%	1	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	2	0.6%	3	0.9%
Hispanic:	12	3.9%	11	3.9%	13	4.5%	18	6.4%	11	3.5%	8	2.4%	4	1.2%
Black:	146	47.2%	111	39.2%	108	37.1%	101	35.8%	117	37.3%	119	35.1%	116	33.8%
White:	145	46.9%	158	55.8%	165	56.7%	158	56.0%	185	58.9%	210	61.9%	219	63.8%
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:	5	1.6%	2	0.7%	5	1.7%	5	1.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	208	67.3%	169	59.7%	173	59.5%	149	52.8%	162	51.6%	132	38.9%	119	34.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	24	7.8%	38	13.4%	39	13.4%	35	12.4%	40	12.7%	47	13.9%	46	13.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.05		12.30		13.86		10.68		16.97		12.80		12.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ADAW
2004	Grammar and Usage	5th Grade	% met std	50%	51.7%	N/A
2005	Grammar and Usage	5th Grade	% met std	39.2%	43%	N/A
2006	Grammar and Usage	5th Grade	% met std	37.5%	47%	N/A
2008	Grammar and Usage	5th Grade	% met std	42.31%	37.96%	N/A
2009	Grammar and Usage	5th Grade	% met std	29.09%	36.55%	N/A
2004	Holistic Composition	5th Grade	% met std	81.1%	62.1%	N/A
2005	Holistic Composition	5th Grade	% met std	78.5%	61.5%	N/A
2006	Holistic Composition	5th Grade	% met std	68.7%	63%	N/A
2008	Holistic Composition	5th Grade	% met std	75%	61.22%	N/A
2009	Holistic Composition	5th Grade	% met std	60%	65.34%	N/A
2004	Sentence Formation	5th Grade	% met std	39.7%	48.7%	N/A
2005	Sentence Formation	5th Grade	% met std	46.4%	45.9%	N/A
2006	Sentence Formation	5th Grade	% met std	40%	49.9%	N/A
2008	Sentence Formation	5th Grade	% met std	46.15%	43.75%	N/A
2009	Sentence Formation	5th Grade	% met std	40%	44.47%	N/A
2004	Writing Mechanics	5th Grade	% met std	36.7%	44.2%	N/A
2005	Writing Mechanics	5th Grade	% met std	38%	42.9%	N/A
2006	Writing Mechanics	5th Grade	% met std	47.5%	50.7%	N/A
2008	Writing Mechanics	5th Grade	% met std	42.31%	39.22%	N/A
2009	Writing Mechanics	5th Grade	% met std	38.19%	39.69%	N/A
ARMT
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	77.6%	72.3%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	74.6%	69.5%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	62.07%	68.71%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	57.14%	73.6%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	77.93%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	68.63%	81.91%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86.79%	86.57%	N/A
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	89.13%	89.74%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	81.7%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.1%	80.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.03%	81.62%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.22%	81.59%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	80.07%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.43%	82.07%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.91%	83.18%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95.65%	87.93%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	85.5%	72.7%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	69.1%	71.6%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	80.5%	73.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	82.76%	74.37%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	69.82%	74%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	79.73%	77.14%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	88.37%	80.93%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	92.73%	84.62%	N/A
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	92.99%	88.2%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88%	79.2%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.9%	84.9%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.5%	82.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.93%	83.34%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92.45%	83.07%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.84%	84.52%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	93.03%	83.51%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.1%	85.8%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	94.73%	87.67%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	77.9%	73.6%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	79.2%	73.8%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	74.28%	69.34%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	83.34%	75.27%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	75.43%	79.74%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	71.64%	83.05%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	100%	90.47%	N/A
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	93.33%	92.59%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.6%	82.7%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.9%	80%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.15%	82.11%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.88%	83.18%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.96%	83.43%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.58%	85.09%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	100%	87.39%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.67%	88.39%	N/A
ASA
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	74.07%	66.84%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	68.42%	70.15%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	74.63%	75.29%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	84.21%	73.96%	N/A
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	80%	74.86%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* North Highland Elementary School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.