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Palmer Park Preparatory Academy Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

3901 Margareta St

Detroit MI, 48221, Wayne County

Phone: 313-494-7300

Ranking:

(2,109 out of 2,213, bottom 5%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Detroit City 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:	32		34		34		46		32		33		47
Total Students:	474		493		564		548		575		604		757
Prekindergarten:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	27	5.7%	35	7.1%	48	8.5%	37	6.8%	27	4.7%	27	4.5%	40	5.3%
Grade 1:	39	8.2%	52	10.5%	48	8.5%	32	5.8%	32	5.6%	32	5.3%	31	4.1%
Grade 2:	33	7.0%	37	7.5%	29	5.1%	40	7.3%	37	6.4%	37	6.1%	49	6.5%
Grade 3:	35	7.4%	33	6.7%	48	8.5%	46	8.4%	42	7.3%	42	7.0%	55	7.3%
Grade 4:	43	9.1%	44	8.9%	46	8.2%	49	8.9%	47	8.2%	36	6.0%	41	5.4%
Grade 5:	47	9.9%	41	8.3%	51	9.0%	52	9.5%	45	7.8%	37	6.1%	41	5.4%
Grade 6:	53	11.2%	41	8.3%	68	12.1%	62	11.3%	51	8.9%	53	8.8%	80	10.6%
Grade 7:	95	20.0%	106	21.5%	99	17.6%	103	18.8%	147	25.6%	187	31.0%	200	26.4%
Grade 8:	102	21.5%	104	21.1%	127	22.5%	126	23.0%	147	25.6%	153	25.3%	219	28.9%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	1	0.1%
Student By Gender:
Male:	248	52.3%	267	54.2%	307	54.4%	283	51.6%	329	57.2%	318	52.6%	424	56.0%
Female:	226	47.7%	226	45.8%	257	45.6%	265	48.4%	238	41.4%	278	46.0%	329	43.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%
Hispanic:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.1%
Black:	470	99.2%	489	99.2%	558	98.9%	543	99.1%	571	99.3%	597	98.8%	750	99.1%
White:	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	5	0.9%	5	0.9%	4	0.7%	3	0.5%	2	0.3%
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:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	376	79.3%	363	73.6%	400	70.9%	450	82.1%	436	75.8%	413	68.4%	451	59.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	3	0.5%	9	1.6%	19	3.3%	5	0.8%	18	2.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.81		14.50		16.59		11.91		17.97		18.30		16.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MEAP
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.3%	66.6%	N/A
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	62.5%	68.1%	N/A
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	67.3%	70%	N/A
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	73.7%	74.8%	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	85.6%	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	68.2%	84%	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	10.4%	9.7%	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	13.8%	15.7%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.1%	71.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.5%	75.5%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.6%	72.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.6%	71.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.5%	79.1%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	65.2%	69.3%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	26.5%	32.7%	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	40%	42.7%	N/A
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	69.1%	43.6%	N/A
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	45%	39%	N/A
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	59.2%	39.8%	N/A
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	59.5%	38.2%	N/A
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	62.3%	55.7%	N/A
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	68.1%	64.9%	N/A
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	47.4%	63.7%	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	68.6%	71.7%	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.6%	78.5%	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	55.3%	75.4%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	0%	11.1%	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	5%	17.8%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.7%	67.7%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.7%	70.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.4%	64.9%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	52.9%	61.5%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.2%	64.3%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	57.4%	63.6%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	28.9%	37.7%	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	22.5%	40.7%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	56.7%	46.9%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	60.9%	35.9%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	31.6%	23.9%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	20.6%	22.4%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	21.3%	20.5%	N/A
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	18.2%	18.7%	N/A
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	15%	19.5%	N/A
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	40.7%	45.5%	N/A
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.4%	47.2%	N/A
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	21.1%	44.1%	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	47.1%	48.6%	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.1%	57%	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	43.4%	54.4%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	8.3%	11.4%	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	25.6%	17%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.6%	60.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.8%	65.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.4%	57.4%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.7%	57.1%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80%	65.1%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.4%	65.4%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	26%	40.6%	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	48.7%	44.5%	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	42.3%	49.2%	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	76%	59.2%	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	50%	56.1%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	63.6%	59.6%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	79.5%	56.6%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	28.3%	47.6%	N/A
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	2%	2.8%	N/A
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	2.5%	2.3%	N/A
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	45.1%	49.5%	N/A
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	53.1%	41.6%	N/A
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	31.6%	35.7%	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	47.1%	37.8%	N/A
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	14.7%	30.6%	N/A
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	41.7%	35.1%	N/A
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	38%	39.2%	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	34.2%	54%	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	70.2%	54.5%	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	52.5%	61.6%	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	16.4%	13.1%	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	11.4%	13.6%	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.6%	56.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.7%	63.5%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	55.4%	55.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	47.4%	56.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.2%	72.1%	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.3%	58.9%	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	36.8%	37.6%	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	47.1%	45.3%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	70.2%	41.7%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	44.1%	45.4%	N/A
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	1.5%	8.7%	N/A
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	0%	8.8%	N/A
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	58.8%	53.8%	N/A
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	81.7%	53.5%	N/A
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	60.8%	48.6%	N/A
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	55.3%	52.5%	N/A
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	13.3%	22.6%	N/A
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	26.7%	28.9%	N/A
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	45.9%	43.5%	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	53.3%	55.8%	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	55.8%	53.7%	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	53.2%	62.7%	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	1.1%	9.5%	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	20.5%	13.2%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	52.1%	52.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	55.1%	57%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	31.6%	38.6%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	50.8%	56.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	47.7%	59.8%	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	47.6%	52.2%	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	18.9%	29.5%	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	48.1%	33%	N/A
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	44.5%	42.4%	N/A
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	40.7%	43.1%	N/A
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	46.4%	56.6%	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	53.9%	57.5%	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	19%	20.4%	N/A
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	8.5%	18.9%	N/A
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	33.8%	28%	N/A
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	22.6%	32.8%	N/A
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	30.9%	39.1%	N/A
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	20.1%	38.5%	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	38.6%	46.6%	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	36.6%	39.5%	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	32.5%	48.8%	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	0%	7.2%	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	2%	10.8%	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	53.9%	53.8%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	38.4%	54.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	31.9%	51.9%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	44.5%	53.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.7%	69.4%	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	48.8%	61.7%	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	24.2%	34.6%	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	33%	45.8%	N/A
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	40.3%	49.6%	N/A
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	33.1%	43.4%	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	37.7%	49%	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	40.1%	48.9%	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	43.6%	45.7%	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	36.9%	51.7%	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	0.8%	2.1%	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	1%	3.5%	N/A
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	39.1%	46.3%	N/A
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	22.8%	43.8%	N/A
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	34.3%	47.1%	N/A
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	42.6%	52.9%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Palmer Park Preparatory Academy Primary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.