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Priest Elementary-Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

7840 Wagner St

Detroit MI, 48210, Wayne County

Phone: 313-849-3705

Ranking:

(2,137 out of 2,213, bottom 3%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Detroit City 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:	50		54		54		49		52		47		50
Total Students:	725		821		865		848		741		734		761
Prekindergarten:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	80	11.0%	102	12.4%	120	13.9%	122	14.4%	126	17.0%	155	21.1%	153	20.1%
Grade 1:	110	15.2%	131	16.0%	119	13.8%	131	15.4%	131	17.7%	146	19.9%	153	20.1%
Grade 2:	109	15.0%	118	14.4%	125	14.5%	124	14.6%	113	15.2%	132	18.0%	131	17.2%
Grade 3:	81	11.2%	93	11.3%	100	11.6%	106	12.5%	118	15.9%	115	15.7%	112	14.7%
Grade 4:	69	9.5%	89	10.8%	100	11.6%	108	12.7%	97	13.1%	90	12.3%	107	14.1%
Grade 5:	76	10.5%	85	10.4%	93	10.8%	93	11.0%	85	11.5%	95	12.9%	102	13.4%
Grade 6:	73	10.1%	80	9.7%	72	8.3%	86	10.1%	70	9.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 7:	62	8.6%	63	7.7%	77	8.9%	78	9.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 8:	65	9.0%	60	7.3%	59	6.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	3	0.4%
Student By Gender:
Male:	361	49.8%	402	49.0%	428	49.5%	436	51.4%	382	51.6%	367	50.0%	384	50.5%
Female:	364	50.2%	419	51.0%	437	50.5%	412	48.6%	351	47.4%	359	48.9%	373	49.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.3%	3	0.4%	3	0.3%	1	0.1%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%
Asian:	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	2	0.3%
Hispanic:	459	63.3%	521	63.5%	549	63.5%	505	59.6%	434	58.6%	423	57.6%	416	54.7%
Black:	134	18.5%	150	18.3%	168	19.4%	171	20.2%	140	18.9%	129	17.6%	146	19.2%
White:	129	17.8%	144	17.5%	145	16.8%	171	20.2%	164	22.1%	179	24.4%	195	25.6%
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:	1	0.1%	2	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	597	82.3%	534	65.0%	785	90.8%	758	89.4%	646	87.2%	709	96.6%	629	82.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	2	0.2%	24	2.8%	22	3.0%	22	3.0%	22	2.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.50		15.20		16.02		17.31		14.25		15.60		15.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MEAP
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	52.3%	66.6%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	56.8%	68.1%	87.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	61.3%	70%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74.1%	74.8%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.8%	85.6%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.5%	84%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	26.1%	9.7%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	16.7%	15.7%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	56.6%	71.3%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	56.5%	75.5%	87.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	63%	72.1%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	71.7%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.6%	79.1%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.9%	69.3%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	34.4%	32.7%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	47.6%	42.7%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	31.7%	43.6%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	26.2%	39%	51.8%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	37.8%	39.8%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	37.6%	38.2%	61.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	50%	55.7%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	69.3%	64.9%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	68.6%	63.7%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	74.7%	71.7%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.3%	78.5%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84%	75.4%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	13.5%	11.1%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	15.5%	17.8%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	58.3%	67.7%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67%	70.2%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65%	64.9%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	57.3%	61.5%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	57.8%	64.3%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	59.2%	63.6%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	34.1%	37.7%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	47%	40.7%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	38.3%	46.9%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	41.1%	35.9%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	29.1%	23.9%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	21.6%	22.4%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	16.3%	20.5%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	18.4%	18.7%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	22.9%	19.5%	46.7%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	47.7%	45.5%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	38.1%	47.2%	75.9%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	29.8%	44.1%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	57.3%	48.6%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.8%	57%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.7%	54.4%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	7.2%	11.4%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	11.4%	17%	45.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	50%	60.4%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	54.8%	65.7%	84.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	40.2%	57.4%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	43.2%	57.1%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56.2%	65.1%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.2%	65.4%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	36.6%	40.6%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	36.7%	44.5%	70.4%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	36.9%	49.2%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	49.5%	59.2%	82.8%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	57.7%	56.1%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	56.3%	59.6%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	50.7%	56.6%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	45.8%	47.6%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	1.1%	2.8%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	1.2%	2.3%	13.1%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	38.3%	49.5%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	28.8%	41.6%	57.4%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	19.8%	35.7%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	23%	37.8%	63.4%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79%	54.5%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	47.6%	61.6%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	15.5%	13.1%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	2.8%	13.6%	40.2%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.7%	72.1%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	46.3%	58.9%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	31%	37.6%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	31%	45.3%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	22.6%	41.7%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	32.5%	45.4%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	4.1%	8.7%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	1.3%	8.8%	29.7%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	63.8%	62.7%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	10.4%	9.5%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	17.2%	13.2%	38.4%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	46.8%	52.2%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	28.8%	29.5%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	21.1%	33%	62%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	15.4%	20.4%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	18.2%	18.9%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	29.8%	28%	51.7%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	0%	7.2%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	17%	10.8%	32.5%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	40.7%	34.6%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	45.3%	45.8%	65.7%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	0%	2.1%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	0%	3.5%	15.9%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Priest Elementary-Middle School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.