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Paramount Charter Academy Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

3624 South Westnedge Ave

Kalamazoo MI, 49008, Kalamazoo County

Phone: 269-553-6400

Ranking:

(890 out of 2,213, top 40%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

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		33		34		36		38		37
Total Students:	547		621		668		601		693		903		897
Kindergarten:	75	13.7%	87	14.0%	97	14.5%	98	16.3%	106	15.3%	107	11.8%	89	9.9%
Grade 1:	64	11.7%	67	10.8%	75	11.2%	69	11.5%	82	11.8%	93	10.3%	102	11.4%
Grade 2:	66	12.1%	63	10.1%	68	10.2%	76	12.6%	77	11.1%	105	11.6%	108	12.0%
Grade 3:	58	10.6%	63	10.1%	83	12.4%	72	12.0%	71	10.2%	105	11.6%	110	12.3%
Grade 4:	57	10.4%	70	11.3%	84	12.6%	68	11.3%	78	11.3%	112	12.4%	105	11.7%
Grade 5:	60	11.0%	69	11.1%	77	11.5%	68	11.3%	79	11.4%	101	11.2%	90	10.0%
Grade 6:	58	10.6%	78	12.6%	71	10.6%	60	10.0%	77	11.1%	96	10.6%	96	10.7%
Grade 7:	58	10.6%	70	11.3%	62	9.3%	57	9.5%	64	9.2%	96	10.6%	103	11.5%
Grade 8:	51	9.3%	54	8.7%	51	7.6%	33	5.5%	59	8.5%	88	9.7%	94	10.5%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	299	54.7%	341	54.9%	350	52.4%	317	52.7%	349	50.4%	457	50.6%	447	49.8%
Female:	248	45.3%	280	45.1%	318	47.6%	284	47.3%	336	48.5%	431	47.7%	437	48.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.1%	3	0.5%	12	1.7%	12	1.3%	5	0.6%
Asian:	12	2.2%	15	2.4%	23	3.4%	17	2.8%	26	3.8%	23	2.5%	17	1.9%
Hispanic:	40	7.3%	37	6.0%	31	4.6%	21	3.5%	29	4.2%	44	4.9%	33	3.7%
Black:	100	18.3%	95	15.3%	102	15.3%	101	16.8%	149	21.5%	168	18.6%	138	15.4%
White:	349	63.8%	423	68.1%	469	70.2%	420	69.9%	477	68.8%	649	71.9%	695	77.5%
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:	45	8.2%	50	8.1%	42	6.3%	39	6.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	229	41.9%	260	41.9%	256	38.3%	197	32.8%	220	31.7%	218	24.1%	142	15.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	39	7.1%	62	10.0%	54	8.1%	56	9.3%	80	11.5%	86	9.5%	62	6.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.04		18.26		20.30		17.68		19.24		23.80		24.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MEAP
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.5%	90.5%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	98.6%	98.6%	87.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.6%	93.6%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	98.7%	98.7%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.8%	95.8%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97.2%	97.2%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	41.5%	41.5%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	61.3%	61.3%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.2%	93.2%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95.8%	95.8%	87.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	97.4%	97.4%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.1%	83.1%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.9%	88.9%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94.4%	94.4%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.9%	75.9%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.3%	80.3%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	66.2%	66.2%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	76.4%	76.4%	51.8%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	71.8%	71.8%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	71.2%	71.2%	61.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.8%	86.8%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.4%	91.4%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95%	95%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.2%	96.2%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.5%	92.5%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	61.4%	61.4%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	40.6%	40.6%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.9%	78.9%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.6%	86.6%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.4%	88.4%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.4%	86.4%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.3%	83.3%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.1%	70.1%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.1%	71.1%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71%	71%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	62.9%	62.9%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	47.8%	47.8%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	64.7%	64.7%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	61.7%	61.7%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	37.3%	37.3%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	54.2%	54.2%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	43.5%	43.5%	46.7%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.4%	75.4%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.4%	78.4%	75.9%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.9%	83.9%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.4%	82.4%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.2%	87.2%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.2%	91.2%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	37.7%	37.7%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	55.9%	55.9%	45.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.8%	90.8%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.8%	87.8%	84.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.2%	91.2%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.8%	83.8%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92.3%	92.3%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.6%	89.6%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.7%	59.7%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.1%	72.1%	70.4%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	76.9%	76.9%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	90.4%	90.4%	82.8%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	89.3%	89.3%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	78.4%	78.4%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	85.9%	85.9%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	83.8%	83.8%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	10.4%	10.4%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	13.4%	13.4%	13.1%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	60%	60%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	58.1%	58.1%	57.4%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	73.7%	73.7%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	64.9%	64.9%	63.4%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90.9%	90.9%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73%	73%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87.3%	87.3%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76.5%	76.5%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.8%	80.8%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81%	81%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	39.4%	39.4%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	37.7%	37.7%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88.2%	88.2%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	93.7%	93.7%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79.4%	79.4%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80.9%	80.9%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91.9%	91.9%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89.7%	89.7%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.2%	73.2%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.5%	67.5%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	66.2%	66.2%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	74.1%	74.1%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	23.2%	23.2%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	16.7%	16.7%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	75%	75%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	76.2%	76.2%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	68.8%	68.8%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	69.1%	69.1%	75.7%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75%	75%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	87.3%	87.3%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	87.5%	87.5%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78.9%	78.9%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	82.3%	82.3%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70.4%	70.4%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	34.4%	34.4%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	53.6%	53.6%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.7%	85.7%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	91.5%	91.5%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.9%	85.9%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.2%	73.2%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.1%	78.1%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.2%	85.2%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.2%	67.2%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.9%	73.9%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.7%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	62%	62%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	81.3%	81.3%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	77.1%	77.1%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	48.1%	48.1%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	39.3%	39.3%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	60.9%	60.9%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.4%	68.4%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.6%	82.6%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.7%	86.7%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.5%	74.5%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.4%	72.4%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.8%	81.8%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	40%	40%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	32.1%	32.1%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.9%	78.9%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.7%	86.7%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.1%	93.1%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.4%	76.4%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.3%	79.3%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.8%	75.8%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.3%	65.3%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	56.6%	56.6%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	76.9%	76.9%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	84.8%	84.8%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	79.7%	79.7%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	70.4%	70.4%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	66.1%	66.1%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.7%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	16%	16%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	17%	17%	15.9%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	71.1%	71.1%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	73.3%	73.3%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	79.7%	79.7%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	73.6%	73.6%	74.2%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Paramount Charter Academy Primary 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.