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Paxson School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

101 Evans

Missoula MT, 59801, Missoula County

Phone: 406-542-4055

Ranking:

(79 out of 448, top 18%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Missoula Elementary 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:	23		21		19		20		21		23		23
Total Students:	403		390		348		339		343		351		345
Prekindergarten:	10	2.5%	13	3.3%	4	1.1%	4	1.2%	6	1.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Kindergarten:	76	18.9%	81	20.8%	59	17.0%	57	16.8%	56	16.3%	59	16.8%	58	16.8%
Grade 1:	78	19.4%	60	15.4%	57	16.4%	59	17.4%	59	17.2%	59	16.8%	50	14.5%
Grade 2:	55	13.6%	55	14.1%	66	19.0%	53	15.6%	53	15.5%	49	14.0%	58	16.8%
Grade 3:	56	13.9%	73	18.7%	54	15.5%	55	16.2%	53	15.5%	61	17.4%	52	15.1%
Grade 4:	76	18.9%	53	13.6%	52	14.9%	53	15.6%	60	17.5%	49	14.0%	69	20.0%
Grade 5:	52	12.9%	55	14.1%	56	16.1%	58	17.1%	56	16.3%	74	21.1%	58	16.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	0	0.0%
Student By Gender:
Male:	213	52.9%	210	53.8%	181	52.0%	179	52.8%	183	53.4%	183	52.1%	180	52.2%
Female:	190	47.1%	180	46.2%	167	48.0%	160	47.2%	152	44.3%	160	45.6%	161	46.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	32	7.9%	34	8.7%	25	7.2%	23	6.8%	20	5.8%	22	6.3%	24	7.0%
Asian:	5	1.2%	7	1.8%	7	2.0%	12	3.5%	11	3.2%	5	1.4%	5	1.4%
Hispanic:	9	2.2%	5	1.3%	4	1.1%	7	2.1%	7	2.0%	5	1.4%	9	2.6%
Black:	8	2.0%	9	2.3%	13	3.7%	7	2.1%	3	0.9%	5	1.4%	4	1.2%
White:	345	85.6%	330	84.6%	294	84.5%	289	85.3%	302	88.0%	314	89.5%	303	87.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	2	0.5%	4	1.1%	1	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	3	0.7%	3	0.8%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	178	44.2%	144	36.9%	141	40.5%	120	35.4%	100	29.2%	98	27.9%	99	28.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	15	3.7%	14	3.6%	16	4.6%	12	3.5%	14	4.1%	26	7.4%	23	6.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.52		18.26		18.20		16.99		16.60		15.60		15.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CRT
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	75.9%	65.8%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.7%	76.2%	67.6%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	71%	63%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	78%	67%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.8%	87.5%	80.5%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.6%	88.1%	83.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	87%	84%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	89%	85%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	38%	54.9%	45.2%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	62.3%	65.8%	56.5%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.6%	68.9%	63.7%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.2%	74.6%	67.4%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75%	72%	67%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82%	73%	67%
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66.2%	75.3%	65.7%
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.6%	82.3%	75%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.1%	83.1%	79.9%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.8%	85.9%	79.8%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83%	81%	79%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92%	86%	81%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	74%	69%	62%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85%	73%	66%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	57.4%	70.3%	62.2%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.6%	73%	66.8%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79%	72%	68%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76%	73%	67%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82%	86.8%	79.3%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.6%	87.2%	81%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87%	84%	82%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86%	88%	84%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Paxson 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.