Northwest Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1202 West First St

Ankeny IA, 50023, Polk County

Phone: 515-965-9680

Ranking:

(104 out of 696, top 15%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Ankeny Community 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:	29		29		27		24		29		29		23
Total Students:	397		421		473		476		422		409		468
Prekindergarten:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	40	8.5%	37	7.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	59	14.9%	65	15.4%	75	15.9%	75	15.8%	85	20.1%	68	16.6%	77	16.5%
Grade 1:	72	18.1%	76	18.1%	80	16.9%	79	16.6%	68	16.1%	83	20.3%	79	16.9%
Grade 2:	75	18.9%	79	18.8%	71	15.0%	69	14.5%	83	19.7%	81	19.8%	77	16.5%
Grade 3:	70	17.6%	62	14.7%	62	13.1%	80	16.8%	74	17.5%	62	15.2%	77	16.5%
Grade 4:	60	15.1%	59	14.0%	78	16.5%	77	16.2%	60	14.2%	56	13.7%	77	16.5%
Grade 5:	61	15.4%	80	19.0%	67	14.2%	59	12.4%	52	12.3%	59	14.4%	81	17.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	210	52.9%	233	55.3%	238	50.3%	243	51.1%	210	49.8%	201	49.1%	232	49.6%
Female:	187	47.1%	188	44.7%	235	49.7%	233	48.9%	212	50.2%	200	48.9%	232	49.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.5%	2	0.5%	2	0.4%	3	0.6%	2	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	5	1.2%	4	0.8%	5	1.1%	4	0.9%	6	1.5%	3	0.6%
Hispanic:	27	6.8%	25	5.9%	26	5.5%	18	3.8%	20	4.7%	7	1.7%	9	1.9%
Black:	8	2.0%	8	1.9%	12	2.5%	15	3.2%	11	2.6%	17	4.2%	12	2.6%
White:	346	87.2%	369	87.6%	413	87.3%	416	87.4%	370	87.7%	379	92.7%	444	94.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	14	3.5%	12	2.9%	16	3.4%	19	4.0%	15	3.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	78	19.6%	95	22.6%	94	19.9%	87	18.3%	77	18.2%	48	11.7%	42	9.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	17	4.3%	16	3.8%	21	4.4%	34	7.1%	30	7.1%	37	9.0%	36	7.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.47		14.54		17.76		19.83		14.45		13.90		20.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
IA
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77.19%	89.87%	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.76%	86.66%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.19%	88.12%	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.48%	84.59%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.04%	93.81%	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.74%	91.76%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.56%	90.27%	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.47%	89.29%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.48%	91.78%	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.46%	92.45%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.71%	88.58%	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.46%	91.45%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	73.1%	77.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	26.9%	22.7%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	10.0 years	9.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	38.5%	36.4%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	61.5%	63.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$43,788.0	$39,795.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$40,478.0	$37,342.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$45,856.0	$41,196.0

* Northwest Elementary School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.