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Purvis Upper Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

310 Mitchell

Purvis MS, 39475, Lamar County

Phone: 601-794-2959

Ranking:

(227 out of 672, top 34%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 3 to Grade 5

School District: Lamar County 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:	24		23		23		24		24		25		25
Total Students:	371		346		344		340		335		353		338
Grade 3:	122	32.9%	112	32.4%	117	34.0%	112	32.9%	99	29.6%	105	29.7%	118	34.9%
Grade 4:	117	31.5%	118	34.1%	116	33.7%	106	31.2%	114	34.0%	123	34.8%	114	33.7%
Grade 5:	130	35.0%	116	33.5%	111	32.3%	122	35.9%	122	36.4%	125	35.4%	106	31.4%
Ungraded:	2	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Student By Gender:
Male:	201	54.2%	191	55.2%	200	58.1%	178	52.4%	182	54.3%	179	50.7%	191	56.5%
Female:	170	45.8%	155	44.8%	144	41.9%	162	47.6%	153	45.7%	174	49.3%	143	42.3%
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:	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	2	0.6%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	5	1.3%	4	1.2%	7	2.0%	2	0.6%	4	1.2%	4	1.1%	4	1.2%
Black:	33	8.9%	27	7.8%	30	8.7%	42	12.4%	44	13.1%	37	10.5%	38	11.2%
White:	320	86.3%	306	88.4%	304	88.4%	294	86.5%	286	85.4%	312	88.4%	296	87.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	12	3.2%	8	2.3%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	190	51.2%	180	52.0%	165	48.0%	153	45.0%	138	41.2%	126	35.7%	122	36.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	38	10.2%	33	9.5%	37	10.8%	38	11.2%	42	12.5%	41	11.6%	40	11.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.46		14.73		15.19		14.17		14.06		14.00		13.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCT2
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.3	152.7	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.4	153.2	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.8	152.5	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152	153.4	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157.9	155.9	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.6	156.4	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157.9	156.1	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.9	157.1	154.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149	152.1	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152	153.2	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.3	152.7	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	153.9	151.8
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150	154	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.5	154.1	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152	154.8	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.2	156.1	154.1
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.4	152.4	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.9	154	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.6	156.2	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.6	155.4	150.8
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.6	155.9	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.2	156.9	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.7	157.1	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.8	158.9	153.2
MST
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	43.6%	62.8%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	69.7%	71.8%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	75.2%	77.7%	63.1%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

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