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Pocahontas Area Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

208 1st Ave Sw

Pocahontas IA, 50574, Pocahontas County

Phone: 712-335-4642

Ranking:

(169 out of 696, top 24%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Pocahontas Area Community 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:	17		22		22		21		23		20		20
Total Students:	135		244		236		251		246		230		238
Prekindergarten:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	16	6.5%	41	17.8%	49	20.6%
Kindergarten:	58	43.0%	42	17.2%	35	14.8%	46	18.3%	37	15.0%	46	20.0%	43	18.1%
Grade 1:	39	28.9%	29	11.9%	32	13.6%	30	12.0%	30	12.2%	28	12.2%	28	11.8%
Grade 2:	38	28.1%	34	13.9%	30	12.7%	34	13.5%	30	12.2%	27	11.7%	35	14.7%
Grade 3:	0	0.0%	31	12.7%	31	13.1%	33	13.1%	32	13.0%	29	12.6%	26	10.9%
Grade 4:	0	0.0%	33	13.5%	31	13.1%	36	14.3%	32	13.0%	27	11.7%	28	11.8%
Grade 5:	0	0.0%	30	12.3%	34	14.4%	34	13.5%	29	11.8%	32	13.9%	29	12.2%
Grade 6:	0	0.0%	45	18.4%	43	18.2%	38	15.1%	40	16.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	65	48.1%	133	54.5%	128	54.2%	132	52.6%	124	50.4%	112	48.7%	120	50.4%
Female:	70	51.9%	111	45.5%	108	45.8%	119	47.4%	122	49.6%	110	47.8%	114	47.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	10	7.4%	10	4.1%	8	3.4%	6	2.4%	7	2.8%	3	1.3%	5	2.1%
Black:	0	0.0%	2	0.8%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	0	0.0%
White:	121	89.6%	222	91.0%	216	91.5%	236	94.0%	232	94.3%	226	98.3%	233	97.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	4	3.0%	10	4.1%	12	5.1%	9	3.6%	7	2.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	82	60.7%	110	45.1%	94	39.8%	104	41.4%	86	35.0%	68	29.6%	74	31.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	10	7.4%	27	11.1%	34	14.4%	28	11.2%	40	16.3%	34	14.8%	27	11.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	7.94		11.24		10.82		12.13		10.70		11.30		11.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
IA
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.10%	93.10%	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.46%	84.21%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.86%	75.86%	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.46%	86.84%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.57%	78.57%	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.86%	88.89%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.00%	75.00%	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.00%	72.22%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.38%	84.38%	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.62%	84.21%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.88%	71.88%	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.77%	86.84%	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.38%	84.38%	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.29%	71.43%	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.13%	78.13%	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79.41%	67.35%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	94.1%	87.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	NA	NA

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	22.0 years	22.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	0.0%	0.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	100.0%	100.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$43,537.0	$40,924.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$43,537.0	$40,924.0

* Pocahontas Area Elementary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.