Roger B Chaffee Elementary School
7900 Whittier Rd Huntsville AL, 35802, Madison County Phone: 256-428-7040 Ranking:  (408 out of 1,064, top 38%)*Type: Regular Primary School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5 School District: Huntsville City School District Title I Eligible School: No 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: | 23 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 22 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 388 | 399 | 359 | 329 | 333 | 350 | 290 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 18 | 4.6% | 18 | 4.5% | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.3% | NA | NA |
| Kindergarten: | 67 | 17.3% | 74 | 18.5% | 58 | 16.2% | 63 | 19.1% | 56 | 16.8% | 53 | 15.1% | 44 | 15.2% |
| Grade 1: | 72 | 18.6% | 62 | 15.5% | 70 | 19.5% | 59 | 17.9% | 46 | 13.8% | 67 | 19.1% | 46 | 15.9% |
| Grade 2: | 56 | 14.4% | 75 | 18.8% | 59 | 16.4% | 46 | 14.0% | 52 | 15.6% | 61 | 17.4% | 55 | 19.0% |
| Grade 3: | 80 | 20.6% | 59 | 14.8% | 53 | 14.8% | 47 | 14.3% | 63 | 18.9% | 57 | 16.3% | 49 | 16.9% |
| Grade 4: | 50 | 12.9% | 51 | 12.8% | 60 | 16.7% | 62 | 18.8% | 56 | 16.8% | 56 | 16.0% | 45 | 15.5% |
| Grade 5: | 45 | 11.6% | 60 | 15.0% | 59 | 16.4% | 52 | 15.8% | 59 | 17.7% | 55 | 15.7% | 51 | 17.6% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 190 | 49.0% | 192 | 48.1% | 177 | 49.3% | 167 | 50.8% | 193 | 58.0% | 194 | 55.4% | 159 | 54.8% |
| Female: | 198 | 51.0% | 207 | 51.9% | 182 | 50.7% | 162 | 49.2% | 132 | 39.6% | 148 | 42.3% | 127 | 43.8% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 0.9% | 2 | 0.7% |
| Asian: | 3 | 0.8% | 7 | 1.8% | 8 | 2.2% | 10 | 3.0% | 10 | 3.0% | 10 | 2.9% | 9 | 3.1% |
| Hispanic: | 18 | 4.6% | 13 | 3.3% | 11 | 3.1% | 17 | 5.2% | 24 | 7.2% | 20 | 5.7% | 14 | 4.8% |
| Black: | 67 | 17.3% | 74 | 18.5% | 66 | 18.4% | 48 | 14.6% | 61 | 18.3% | 62 | 17.7% | 57 | 19.7% |
| White: | 281 | 72.4% | 285 | 71.4% | 264 | 73.5% | 253 | 76.9% | 238 | 71.5% | 255 | 72.9% | 208 | 71.7% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 2 | 0.5% | 4 | 1.0% | 5 | 1.4% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 16 | 4.1% | 15 | 3.8% | 5 | 1.4% | 1 | 0.3% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 124 | 32.0% | 117 | 29.3% | 108 | 30.1% | 80 | 24.3% | 88 | 26.4% | 75 | 21.4% | 61 | 21.0% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 29 | 7.5% | 25 | 6.3% | 18 | 5.0% | 14 | 4.3% | 24 | 7.2% | 30 | 8.6% | 15 | 5.2% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 17.09 | 15.00 | 15.21 | 15.52 | 14.61 | 14.70 | 13.30 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.5% | 55.1% | 50.6% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 62% | 46.2% | 42.2% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.3% | 47.3% | 45% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 38.3% | 43.6% | 37.08% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 64.71% | 43.36% | 37.25% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.6% | 62.6% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 66% | 59.9% | 58.7% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.9% | 62.7% | 64% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.96% | 58.95% | 62.46% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.51% | 59.85% | 64.88% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 77% | 50.6% | 48.9% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 68% | 49.1% | 44.4% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.6% | 53.6% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 36.17% | 47.09% | 43.41% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 49.02% | 48.01% | 43.74% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 75% | 51.7% | 47% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 62% | 46.6% | 42.6% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.6% | 52.6% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 36.17% | 45.52% | 39.83% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 64.71% | 47.9% | 40.59% |
| ARMT | ||||||
| 2005 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80% | 70.4% | 74.1% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 72.6% | 77.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75% | 71.8% | 77.41% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.34% | 73.46% | 77.69% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.14% | 74.18% | 79.37% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.13% | 77.58% | 80.13% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.59% | 83.01% | 83.7% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.38% | 82.52% | 85.23% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.5% | 77.9% | 81% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 79.5% | 83.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.36% | 80.64% | 84.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.34% | 79.7% | 85.35% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.29% | 81.32% | 85.83% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.89% | 81.83% | 86.59% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.34% | 82.81% | 86.82% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.46% | 88.71% | 88.18% |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.3% | 73.4% | 71.9% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.1% | 72.4% | 74% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.9% | 76.9% | 77.9% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.55% | 73.77% | 78.31% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.51% | 75.88% | 78.93% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.18% | 74.98% | 79.12% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.42% | 75.86% | 81.26% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.97% | 81.53% | 82.42% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.89% | 89.11% | 85.24% |
| 2004 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.7% | 78.6% | 76.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.4% | 82.5% | 83.3% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.2% | 83.4% | 84.4% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 92% | 81.64% | 85.01% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.59% | 83.9% | 86.09% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.28% | 82.49% | 86.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.19% | 83.39% | 86.69% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.66% | 85.51% | 87.93% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.88% | 88.39% | 88.16% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.8% | 73.2% | 71.8% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.9% | 77% | 76.5% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.09% | 71.82% | 77.26% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.42% | 75.95% | 77.97% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.31% | 76.05% | 79.94% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.73% | 79.28% | 82.61% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.77% | 87.78% | 88.95% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.08% | 89.79% | 91.32% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.9% | 81.3% | 80.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 97.9% | 82.1% | 80.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.48% | 83.29% | 84.6% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.67% | 83.55% | 84.37% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.46% | 83.87% | 84.65% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.09% | 83.09% | 85.64% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.54% | 86.41% | 88.59% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.08% | 89.97% | 88.88% |
| ASA | ||||||
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.84% | 67.11% | 69.84% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.44% | 65.5% | 73.2% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.09% | 67.11% | 77.35% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.31% | 68.49% | 78.77% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.72% | 75.56% | 80.09% |
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* Roger B Chaffee Elementary School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.