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North Star Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

605 West Fireweed Ln

Anchorage AK, 99503, Anchorage County

Phone: 907-742-3800

Ranking:

(218 out of 305, bottom 29%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Anchorage 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:	26		26		31		32		31		40		30
Total Students:	424		414		363		404		440		451		470
Prekindergarten:	20	4.7%	5	1.2%	1	0.3%	17	4.2%	19	4.3%	37	8.2%	29	6.2%
Kindergarten:	66	15.6%	66	15.9%	60	16.5%	60	14.9%	78	17.7%	67	14.9%	87	18.5%
Grade 1:	54	12.7%	62	15.0%	51	14.0%	63	15.6%	70	15.9%	67	14.9%	62	13.2%
Grade 2:	59	13.9%	49	11.8%	53	14.6%	64	15.8%	64	14.5%	60	13.3%	56	11.9%
Grade 3:	43	10.1%	56	13.5%	60	16.5%	48	11.9%	58	13.2%	51	11.3%	62	13.2%
Grade 4:	65	15.3%	68	16.4%	39	10.7%	58	14.4%	45	10.2%	57	12.6%	51	10.9%
Grade 5:	63	14.9%	46	11.1%	57	15.7%	44	10.9%	57	13.0%	55	12.2%	61	13.0%
Grade 6:	54	12.7%	62	15.0%	42	11.6%	50	12.4%	49	11.1%	57	12.6%	60	12.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	232	54.7%	223	53.9%	193	53.2%	216	53.5%	235	53.4%	231	51.2%	181	38.5%
Female:	192	45.3%	191	46.1%	170	46.8%	188	46.5%	205	46.6%	220	48.8%	180	38.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	40	9.4%	38	9.2%	40	11.0%	54	13.4%	52	11.8%	65	14.4%	67	14.3%
Asian:	70	16.5%	89	21.5%	71	19.6%	75	18.6%	65	14.8%	46	10.2%	86	18.3%
Hispanic:	60	14.2%	77	18.6%	60	16.5%	62	15.3%	83	18.9%	77	17.1%	96	20.4%
Black:	47	11.1%	40	9.7%	36	9.9%	28	6.9%	40	9.1%	46	10.2%	37	7.9%
White:	77	18.2%	66	15.9%	70	19.3%	92	22.8%	78	17.7%	70	15.5%	79	16.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	55	13.0%	44	10.6%	38	10.5%	37	9.2%	45	10.2%	57	12.6%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	75	17.7%	60	14.5%	48	13.2%	56	13.9%	77	17.5%	90	20.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	281	66.3%	329	79.5%	281	77.4%	287	71.0%	287	65.2%	286	63.4%	292	62.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	140	33.0%	82	19.8%	79	21.8%	81	20.0%	81	18.4%	81	18.0%	83	17.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.45		15.81		11.72		12.52		14.29		11.20		15.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
SBA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	50.8%	79.2%	78.7%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	71.9%	78.4%	76.7%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	60.7%	81.5%	78.7%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	43.1%	78.9%	77.7%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	53.7%	77%	74.9%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	65.2%	81%	77.2%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	68.8%	76.9%	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	60.87%	79.21%	74.50%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	69.09%	79.22%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	54%	80.4%	79%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.5%	80.8%	78.8%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	55.4%	83.1%	79.9%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	56.1%	80.9%	79.7%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	59.3%	80.7%	78.3%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.3%	82.7%	79.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.7%	84.3%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.01%	84.63%	80.10%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.02%	85.21%	N/A
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	60.3%	77.7%	74.7%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	66.1%	78.4%	75.2%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	55.4%	80.7%	76.7%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	43.9%	77.9%	74.8%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	53.7%	78.2%	74.8%
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	69.7%	78.6%	74.4%
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	78.8%	N/A
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	69.57%	81.55%	75.10%
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	71.70%	80.52%	N/A
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	49%	73.2%	68.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	51.7%	76.6%	73.1%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	64.5%	77.4%	75.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	43.3%	76.9%	74.3%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	48.1%	75%	73.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	55.3%	77.3%	75.7%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	62.5%	78.4%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	60.00%	77.24%	73.90%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70.59%	78.22%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.3%	82%	78.1%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.9%	82%	79.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	83.8%	81.7%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70%	84%	81%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	55.6%	78.5%	78%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.2%	81.2%	80.4%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	56.4%	75.8%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	62.50%	79.50%	77.10%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.57%	78.14%	N/A
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	15%	49.2%	46.8%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	21.8%	45.4%	46.3%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	35.4%	50.9%	49.2%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	36.2%	50.8%	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	40.00%	53.51%	49.90%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	35.71%	53.16%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	56.3%	79.9%	76.3%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	67.8%	83.9%	79.6%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	73.3%	81.8%	78.8%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	57.6%	81.9%	78.1%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	50%	79.5%	78.6%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	57.4%	81%	79.2%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	67.3%	79.6%	N/A
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	57.50%	81.06%	76.60%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	72.86%	79.97%	N/A
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	41.2%	72.5%	66.8%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	43.8%	73.4%	69.7%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	80.2%	76.8%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	55.6%	77.5%	75.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	50%	73.5%	70.4%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.7%	77.7%	76%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	53.5%	73.6%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	49.15%	74.61%	70.20%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	52.17%	75.29%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58%	82.1%	77.5%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.8%	82.6%	78.9%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.8%	86.4%	83.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.1%	85.1%	83.2%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.8%	81.6%	79.1%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.2%	84.5%	83.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	81%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.14%	83.73%	80.40%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.74%	81.69%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	60%	80.6%	75.4%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	62.5%	80.9%	77.3%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	64.2%	79.8%	74.5%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	58.1%	79%	74.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	64.2%	81%	77.3%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	59%	78.3%	75.2%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	61.9%	78.8%	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	58.62%	79.65%	75.50%
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.12%	78.51%	N/A
2005	Math	6th Grade	% met std	52.8%	70.5%	64.9%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	46.6%	72.7%	67%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	62.5%	78.7%	74.4%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	65.5%	77.3%	74.1%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	42.9%	71.8%	69.3%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	59.3%	76.8%	74.6%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	48.9%	71.4%	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	53.49%	72.60%	69.50%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	62.50%	74.09%	N/A
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72%	79.2%	75.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	56.9%	81.1%	76.1%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.1%	84.8%	80.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.6%	84.5%	80.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.3%	79.2%	77.4%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61.1%	81%	79.6%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	57.4%	76.8%	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.77%	79.89%	77.70%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.67%	78.73%	N/A
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	66%	77.5%	71.5%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	55.2%	78.6%	72.1%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	64.1%	78.6%	72.9%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	72.4%	77.7%	72.3%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	51.8%	76.7%	73.6%
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	57.4%	75.6%	72.2%
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	46.8%	74.2%	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	53.49%	74.04%	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	64.91%	75.45%	N/A

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* North Star Elementary Primary School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.