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Patrick Hamilton Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

614 Spruce St

Dowagiac MI, 49047, Cass County

Phone: 269-782-4450

Ranking:

(1,806 out of 2,213, bottom 18%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Dowagiac Union 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:	18		18		17		19		19		18		14
Total Students:	283		266		289		318		337		324		249
Kindergarten:	42	14.8%	65	24.4%	54	18.7%	58	18.2%	76	22.6%	66	20.4%	50	20.1%
Grade 1:	68	24.0%	42	15.8%	44	15.2%	66	20.8%	49	14.5%	46	14.2%	52	20.9%
Grade 2:	45	15.9%	44	16.5%	58	20.1%	52	16.4%	54	16.0%	54	16.7%	47	18.9%
Grade 3:	41	14.5%	39	14.7%	40	13.8%	48	15.1%	56	16.6%	51	15.7%	52	20.9%
Grade 4:	43	15.2%	36	13.5%	45	15.6%	47	14.8%	46	13.6%	56	17.3%	48	19.3%
Grade 5:	44	15.5%	40	15.0%	48	16.6%	47	14.8%	56	16.6%	51	15.7%	NA	NA
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	147	51.9%	139	52.3%	151	52.2%	177	55.7%	181	53.7%	176	54.3%	127	51.0%
Female:	136	48.1%	127	47.7%	138	47.8%	141	44.3%	146	43.3%	140	43.2%	115	46.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	6	2.1%	8	3.0%	3	1.0%	8	2.5%	9	2.7%	11	3.4%	5	2.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.4%
Hispanic:	22	7.8%	16	6.0%	19	6.6%	15	4.7%	18	5.3%	22	6.8%	22	8.8%
Black:	65	23.0%	72	27.1%	78	27.0%	70	22.0%	82	24.3%	70	21.6%	55	22.1%
White:	152	53.7%	147	55.3%	174	60.2%	210	66.0%	226	67.1%	221	68.2%	163	65.5%
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:	38	13.4%	23	8.6%	15	5.2%	14	4.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	211	74.6%	210	78.9%	224	77.5%	230	72.3%	245	72.7%	212	65.4%	130	52.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	6	2.1%	6	2.3%	8	2.8%	11	3.5%	21	6.2%	25	7.7%	6	2.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.61		14.67		16.90		17.10		17.37		18.10		17.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MEAP
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.5%	86.7%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.4%	83.7%	87.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80.4%	88.5%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.1%	90.2%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.1%	90.5%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.8%	93.4%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	18.9%	25.6%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	13.9%	22.5%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	86.9%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.1%	85.3%	87.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.2%	85.2%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.3%	88%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.1%	89.8%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.6%	85.5%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	51.4%	61.1%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	45.7%	68.6%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	55%	51.4%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	59.5%	45.1%	51.8%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	49%	47.5%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	47.8%	51%	61.1%
2006	Listening	4th Grade	% met std	56.5%	57.2%	62.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.3%	83.8%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.6%	85.9%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.1%	89.3%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	67.3%	82.9%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.2%	93%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83%	91.9%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	23.3%	29.6%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	28.6%	40.5%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.1%	85.3%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.3%	81.5%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.8%	85.3%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.7%	77.2%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.2%	83%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.6%	82.9%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	54.8%	64.9%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	54.3%	66.2%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	41.3%	52.4%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	40.9%	35.3%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	40.9%	33.7%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	23.5%	38%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	33.3%	45.8%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	21.4%	30.4%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	31.4%	42.7%	46.7%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83%	76.4%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.8%	79.2%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.5%	78.9%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	15.6%	22.6%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	23.7%	39.9%	45.7%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.4%	76.3%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.4%	83.5%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.1%	85.9%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	53.3%	62.4%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56.8%	66%	70.4%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	81.6%	76.4%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	75.9%	78.7%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	72.7%	80%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	2.2%	7.1%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	15.8%	12.3%	13.1%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	61.2%	54.1%	63.4%

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* Patrick Hamilton Elementary Primary 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.