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Prairie Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

2910 Ambassador Caffery Parkwa

Lafayette LA, 70506, Lafayette County

Phone: 337-521-7790

Ranking:

(248 out of 947, top 26%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Lafayette Parish 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:	62		63		62		62		64		69		71
Total Students:	962		888		850		865		862		890		941
Prekindergarten:	17	1.8%	20	2.3%	19	2.2%	19	2.2%	20	2.3%	12	1.3%	19	2.0%
Kindergarten:	168	17.5%	157	17.7%	141	16.6%	137	15.8%	120	13.9%	138	15.5%	161	17.1%
Grade 1:	163	16.9%	154	17.3%	130	15.3%	146	16.9%	159	18.4%	169	19.0%	150	15.9%
Grade 2:	165	17.2%	126	14.2%	132	15.5%	139	16.1%	148	17.2%	141	15.8%	140	14.9%
Grade 3:	146	15.2%	133	15.0%	142	16.7%	141	16.3%	130	15.1%	132	14.8%	151	16.0%
Grade 4:	158	16.4%	154	17.3%	149	17.5%	147	17.0%	148	17.2%	160	18.0%	175	18.6%
Grade 5:	145	15.1%	144	16.2%	137	16.1%	136	15.7%	137	15.9%	138	15.5%	145	15.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	478	49.7%	418	47.1%	419	49.3%	446	51.6%	433	50.2%	446	50.1%	469	49.8%
Female:	484	50.3%	470	52.9%	431	50.7%	419	48.4%	421	48.8%	436	49.0%	468	49.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%
Asian:	24	2.5%	21	2.4%	21	2.5%	22	2.5%	24	2.8%	24	2.7%	23	2.4%
Hispanic:	56	5.8%	54	6.1%	50	5.9%	44	5.1%	34	3.9%	43	4.8%	41	4.4%
Black:	432	44.9%	368	41.4%	339	39.9%	359	41.5%	373	43.3%	398	44.7%	412	43.8%
White:	439	45.6%	442	49.8%	435	51.2%	435	50.3%	429	49.8%	424	47.6%	464	49.3%
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:	9	0.9%	1	0.1%	5	0.6%	4	0.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	543	56.4%	463	52.1%	425	50.0%	453	52.4%	444	51.5%	476	53.5%	468	49.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	72	7.5%	75	8.4%	77	9.1%	77	8.9%	82	9.5%	83	9.3%	65	6.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.52		14.14		13.71		13.95		13.39		12.90		13.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
iLEAP
2007	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	67%	65%
2008	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	63%	64%
2009	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	69%	66%
2010	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	69%	67%
2011	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	70%	69%
2012	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	70%	69%
2013	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	70%	72%
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	71%	65%
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	68%	63%
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	75%	68%
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	73%	67%
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	74%	69%
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	76%	71%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	74%	72%
2007	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	66%	64%	58%
2008	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	61%	59%	55%
2009	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	65%	62%
2010	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	69%	63%
2011	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	63%	63%
2012	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	66%	67%
2013	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	69%	68%
2007	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	65%	63%
2008	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	65%	64%
2009	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	69%	67%
2010	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	69%	66%
2011	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	65%	64%
2012	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	66%	65%
2013	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	69%	65%
2007	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	85%	72%	69%
2008	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	77%	69%	69%
2009	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	79%	72%	72%
2012	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	88%	74%	75%
2013	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	82%	71%	77%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	82%	68%	64%
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	79%	71%	67%
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	80%	68%	65%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	88%	72%	73%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	74%	71%	71%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	79%	65%	62%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	68%	64%	60%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	69%	67%	65%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	78%	67%	68%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	75%	66%	67%
2007	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	82%	70%	68%
2008	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	68%	62%	62%
2009	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	74%	66%	66%
2012	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	81%	68%	68%
2013	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	73%	67%	70%
2007	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	73%	61%	60%
2008	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	81%	66%	65%
2009	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	65%	66%	66%
2010	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	73%	68%	68%
2011	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	78%	69%	68%
2012	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	81%	69%	70%
2013	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	85%	72%	72%
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	74%	65%	59%
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	84%	74%	65%
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	72%	71%	66%
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	77%	76%	70%
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	79%	71%	67%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	82%	72%	70%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	83%	74%	72%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	66%	57%	53%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	74%	62%	58%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	64%	65%	62%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	69%	63%	63%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	72%	62%	62%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	79%	66%	64%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	71%	66%	66%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	63%	61%	60%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	79%	69%	66%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	71%	67%	67%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	75%	66%	66%
2011	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	77%	66%	65%
2012	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	79%	69%	67%
2013	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	80%	65%	67%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	79.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	20.7%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	32.8%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	67.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$39,692.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,146.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$42,394.0

* Prairie 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.