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Palmer Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

202 Commercial

Palmer NE, 68864, Merrick County

Phone: 308-894-3065

Ranking:

(658 out of 761, bottom 14%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Palmer Public Schools

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:	11		12		9		10		9		11		8
Total Students:	153		142		141		127		126		128		109
Prekindergarten:	23	15.0%	21	14.8%	23	16.3%	16	12.6%	14	11.1%	17	13.3%	0	0.0%
Kindergarten:	19	12.4%	16	11.3%	13	9.2%	13	10.2%	14	11.1%	22	17.2%	19	17.4%
Grade 1:	16	10.5%	14	9.9%	15	10.6%	14	11.0%	19	15.1%	16	12.5%	8	7.3%
Grade 2:	14	9.2%	13	9.2%	18	12.8%	18	14.2%	19	15.1%	8	6.3%	15	13.8%
Grade 3:	14	9.2%	19	13.4%	21	14.9%	17	13.4%	9	7.1%	17	13.3%	19	17.4%
Grade 4:	19	12.4%	25	17.6%	20	14.2%	12	9.4%	19	15.1%	18	14.1%	9	8.3%
Grade 5:	27	17.6%	20	14.1%	11	7.8%	20	15.7%	19	15.1%	11	8.6%	19	17.4%
Grade 6:	21	13.7%	14	9.9%	20	14.2%	17	13.4%	13	10.3%	19	14.8%	20	18.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	88	57.5%	78	54.9%	81	57.4%	68	53.5%	68	54.0%	68	53.1%	61	56.0%
Female:	65	42.5%	64	45.1%	60	42.6%	59	46.5%	50	39.7%	52	40.6%	44	40.4%
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%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.9%
Hispanic:	7	4.6%	6	4.2%	7	5.0%	9	7.1%	7	5.6%	7	5.5%	7	6.4%
Black:	1	0.7%	1	0.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
White:	145	94.8%	135	95.1%	134	95.0%	118	92.9%	119	94.4%	121	94.5%	101	92.7%
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:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	50	32.7%	39	27.5%	49	34.8%	41	32.3%	39	31.0%	31	24.2%	26	23.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	19	12.4%	18	12.7%	13	9.2%	14	11.0%	33	26.2%	18	14.1%	17	15.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.91		11.94		15.06		13.37		14.03		11.90		13.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NeSA
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Average Scaled Score	87.22	87.22	103.49
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Average Scaled Score	99.64	99.64	107.84
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Average Scaled Score	92.32	92.32	110.06
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Average Scaled Score	82.06	82.06	104.41
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Average Scaled Score	94.14	94.14	108.66
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Average Scaled Score	94.32	94.32	111.04
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Average Scaled Score	90.27	90.27	102.64
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Average Scaled Score	91.58	91.58	106.36
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Average Scaled Score	87.04	87.04	108.63
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Average Scaled Score	100.45	100.45	103.84
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Average Scaled Score	99.09	99.09	109.01
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Average Scaled Score	102.35	102.35	111.62
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Average Scaled Score	90.63	90.63	114.70
2013	Writing	4th Grade	Average Scaled Score	34.38	34.38	43.59
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Average Scaled Score	101.30	101.30	102.67
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Average Scaled Score	99.08	99.08	108.48
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Average Scaled Score	80.84	80.84	108.93
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Average Scaled Score	83.11	83.11	101.08
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Average Scaled Score	111.75	111.75	107.65
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Average Scaled Score	93.85	93.85	114.26
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Average Scaled Score	82.63	82.63	118.18
2012	Science	5th Grade	Average Scaled Score	121.08	121.08	101.12
2013	Science	5th Grade	Average Scaled Score	88.42	88.42	104.29
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Average Scaled Score	115.06	115.06	100.35
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Average Scaled Score	101.15	101.15	106.09
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Average Scaled Score	88.86	88.86	106.35
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Average Scaled Score	102.33	102.33	101.38
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Average Scaled Score	100.24	100.24	108.81
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Average Scaled Score	105.10	105.10	112.59
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Average Scaled Score	104.64	104.64	115.06

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	87.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	NA

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	22.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	87.5%

Mean Base Salary:	$37,559.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$37,785.0

* Palmer Elementary School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.