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Poplar Springs Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

4101 27th Ave

Meridian MS, 39305, Lauderdale County

Phone: 601-484-4455

Ranking:

(88 out of 672, top 13%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Meridian Public 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:	32		34		36		35		37		37		35
Total Students:	549		565		533		537		564		599		537
Prekindergarten:	21	3.8%	17	3.0%	17	3.2%	16	3.0%	16	2.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	90	16.4%	119	21.1%	101	18.9%	81	15.1%	72	12.8%	116	19.4%	86	16.0%
Grade 1:	116	21.1%	102	18.1%	88	16.5%	74	13.8%	122	21.6%	102	17.0%	113	21.0%
Grade 2:	90	16.4%	82	14.5%	80	15.0%	116	21.6%	84	14.9%	104	17.4%	102	19.0%
Grade 3:	80	14.6%	80	14.2%	104	19.5%	77	14.3%	105	18.6%	105	17.5%	75	14.0%
Grade 4:	68	12.4%	104	18.4%	68	12.8%	86	16.0%	89	15.8%	81	13.5%	85	15.8%
Grade 5:	84	15.3%	61	10.8%	75	14.1%	87	16.2%	76	13.5%	91	15.2%	76	14.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Student By Gender:
Male:	269	49.0%	290	51.3%	262	49.2%	248	46.2%	266	47.2%	296	49.4%	268	49.9%
Female:	280	51.0%	275	48.7%	271	50.8%	289	53.8%	298	52.8%	303	50.6%	265	49.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%
Asian:	16	2.9%	21	3.7%	18	3.4%	15	2.8%	17	3.0%	16	2.7%	13	2.4%
Hispanic:	16	2.9%	8	1.4%	10	1.9%	8	1.5%	6	1.1%	15	2.5%	4	0.7%
Black:	260	47.4%	283	50.1%	238	44.7%	258	48.0%	269	47.7%	275	45.9%	231	43.0%
White:	250	45.5%	249	44.1%	265	49.7%	254	47.3%	271	48.0%	292	48.7%	289	53.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	6	1.1%	3	0.5%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	221	40.3%	228	40.4%	204	38.3%	216	40.2%	218	38.7%	217	36.2%	180	33.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	26	4.7%	34	6.0%	27	5.1%	24	4.5%	21	3.7%	30	5.0%	28	5.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.11		16.72		14.72		15.20		15.35		16.10		15.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCT2
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.9	147.2	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	144.3	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.3	144.4	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.9	145.9	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.6	146.8	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.1	145.6	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.6	149.2	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.2	146	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	161.4	149.5	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	167.3	152.5	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	164.6	153.4	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	164.9	151.5	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.2	146.7	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.1	146.5	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.3	144	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.4	145.6	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.8	147.9	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.2	147.1	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	158.3	148.3	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.1	149	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.3	148.1	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	159.5	149.5	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.2	150.8	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	158.6	152.2	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.3	145.7	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	145.3	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	146.1	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.2	145.1	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157.2	147.6	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.8	145.8	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.6	147.8	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.2	146.9	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.6	148.5	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.7	148.6	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	160.7	151.5	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.4	149.2	153.2
MST
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	69.8%	29.4%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	58%	30%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	48.7%	28.7%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	74.7%	33%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	66.6%	42.6%	63.1%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	58.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	41.7%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	22.2%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	77.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$41,468.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,251.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$43,816.0

* Poplar Springs Primary 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.