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Pioneer Peak Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

1959 North Trunk Rd

Palmer AK, 99645, Matanuska Susitna County

Phone: 907-861-5700

Ranking:

(13 out of 305, top 4%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District

Title I Eligible School: No

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		15		19		23		23		25		26
Total Students:	407		364		362		344		379		417		433
Prekindergarten:	8	2.0%	12	3.3%	14	3.9%	13	3.8%	10	2.6%	17	4.1%	21	4.8%
Kindergarten:	69	17.0%	61	16.8%	51	14.1%	41	11.9%	63	16.6%	56	13.4%	60	13.9%
Grade 1:	72	17.7%	53	14.6%	52	14.4%	67	19.5%	56	14.8%	64	15.3%	74	17.1%
Grade 2:	54	13.3%	54	14.8%	70	19.3%	57	16.6%	61	16.1%	71	17.0%	79	18.2%
Grade 3:	63	15.5%	69	19.0%	60	16.6%	54	15.7%	59	15.6%	78	18.7%	61	14.1%
Grade 4:	76	18.7%	59	16.2%	54	14.9%	57	16.6%	64	16.9%	61	14.6%	62	14.3%
Grade 5:	65	16.0%	56	15.4%	61	16.9%	55	16.0%	66	17.4%	70	16.8%	76	17.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	228	56.0%	205	56.3%	203	56.1%	180	52.3%	202	53.3%	220	52.8%	201	46.4%
Female:	179	44.0%	159	43.7%	159	43.9%	164	47.7%	177	46.7%	197	47.2%	178	41.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	54	13.3%	49	13.5%	48	13.3%	25	7.3%	22	5.8%	23	5.5%	28	6.5%
Asian:	15	3.7%	11	3.0%	10	2.8%	8	2.3%	12	3.2%	11	2.6%	5	1.2%
Hispanic:	12	2.9%	8	2.2%	6	1.7%	4	1.2%	5	1.3%	2	0.5%	2	0.5%
Black:	16	3.9%	18	4.9%	15	4.1%	4	1.2%	3	0.8%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%
White:	306	75.2%	277	76.1%	280	77.3%	293	85.2%	311	82.1%	343	82.3%	347	80.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	4	1.0%	1	0.3%	3	0.8%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	10	2.9%	26	6.9%	37	8.9%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	104	25.6%	85	23.4%	101	27.9%	64	18.6%	74	19.5%	88	21.1%	93	21.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	15	3.7%	13	3.6%	15	4.1%	17	4.9%	14	3.7%	23	5.5%	20	4.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.45		24.27		19.05		15.29		16.84		17.00		16.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
SBA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.2%	80.4%	78.7%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80.8%	81.4%	76.7%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.5%	84%	78.7%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.4%	85.3%	77.7%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.9%	83.1%	74.9%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.9%	84.5%	77.2%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.8%	81.8%	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75.93%	81.09%	74.50%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.32%	83.66%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.4%	83.2%	79%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.5%	84.9%	78.8%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.4%	85.5%	79.9%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.4%	85.9%	79.7%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.2%	85.6%	78.3%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.19%	86.67%	80.10%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.51%	88.43%	N/A
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	90.2%	80.6%	74.7%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	76.7%	81.5%	75.2%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	78.5%	82.3%	76.7%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	93.4%	82%	74.8%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	90.9%	82.6%	74.8%
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	93.2%	81.9%	74.4%
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	89.8%	82%	N/A
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	83.33%	81.20%	75.10%
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	83.10%	82.10%	N/A
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.8%	70.8%	68.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94%	77.2%	73.1%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.9%	80.8%	75.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.4%	79.1%	74.3%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.9%	81%	73.8%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.4%	80.4%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.57%	78.23%	73.90%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.91%	80.28%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.2%	83%	78.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88%	86.8%	81.7%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.9%	85.7%	81%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.9%	87.2%	78%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	94%	87.8%	80.4%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	93.1%	83.5%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	94.34%	85.50%	77.10%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.25%	83.91%	N/A
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	69.2%	51.7%	46.8%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	76.2%	55.2%	46.3%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	70.1%	56.2%	49.2%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	66.1%	55.4%	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	79.25%	51.28%	49.90%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	50.00%	52.46%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	82.6%	79.1%	76.3%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	93%	84.6%	78.8%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	90.9%	83.7%	78.1%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	93.7%	86.6%	78.6%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	94%	87.6%	79.2%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	94.8%	81.6%	N/A
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	79.03%	81.22%	N/A
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.8%	67.1%	66.8%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80%	71.6%	69.7%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89.5%	81.1%	76.8%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89.7%	80.4%	75.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	94.3%	75.9%	70.4%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	95.1%	84.1%	76%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89.1%	77.9%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.07%	76.46%	70.20%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.72%	75.10%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.2%	80.2%	77.5%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.7%	84.6%	78.9%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.7%	90.5%	83.2%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	95.1%	90.7%	83.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	94.6%	88%	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.72%	84.58%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	82.1%	76.7%	75.4%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	84.7%	80%	77.3%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	90.8%	77.8%	74.5%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	89.7%	81.8%	74.8%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	93.4%	82.3%	75.2%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	92.9%	82.8%	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	94.64%	84.90%	75.50%
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	87.72%	79.20%	N/A

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