Samson Elementary School
505 North Johnson St
Samson AL, 36477, Geneva County
Phone: 334-898-7439
Ranking: 
(1,020 out of 1,064, bottom 4%)*
(1,020 out of 1,064, bottom 4%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Geneva 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 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 27 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 316 | 353 | 375 | 367 | 443 | 422 | 403 | |||||||
| Kindergarten: | 52 | 16.5% | 62 | 17.6% | 57 | 15.2% | 59 | 16.1% | 49 | 11.1% | 48 | 11.4% | 59 | 14.6% |
| Grade 1: | 52 | 16.5% | 64 | 18.1% | 59 | 15.7% | 47 | 12.8% | 60 | 13.5% | 61 | 14.5% | 71 | 17.6% |
| Grade 2: | 53 | 16.8% | 46 | 13.0% | 48 | 12.8% | 54 | 14.7% | 54 | 12.2% | 78 | 18.5% | 53 | 13.2% |
| Grade 3: | 51 | 16.1% | 60 | 17.0% | 65 | 17.3% | 60 | 16.3% | 78 | 17.6% | 59 | 14.0% | 60 | 14.9% |
| Grade 4: | 61 | 19.3% | 53 | 15.0% | 60 | 16.0% | 79 | 21.5% | 63 | 14.2% | 60 | 14.2% | 56 | 13.9% |
| Grade 5: | 41 | 13.0% | 62 | 17.6% | 85 | 22.7% | 63 | 17.2% | 60 | 13.5% | 69 | 16.4% | 47 | 11.7% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 153 | 48.4% | 169 | 47.9% | 194 | 51.7% | 193 | 52.6% | 237 | 53.5% | 231 | 54.7% | 220 | 54.6% |
| Female: | 163 | 51.6% | 184 | 52.1% | 181 | 48.3% | 174 | 47.4% | 189 | 42.7% | 183 | 43.4% | 179 | 44.4% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% |
| Asian: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.5% | 4 | 1.0% |
| Hispanic: | 36 | 11.4% | 33 | 9.3% | 24 | 6.4% | 25 | 6.8% | 26 | 5.9% | 18 | 4.3% | 13 | 3.2% |
| Black: | 32 | 10.1% | 42 | 11.9% | 48 | 12.8% | 50 | 13.6% | 65 | 14.7% | 62 | 14.7% | 58 | 14.4% |
| White: | 228 | 72.2% | 261 | 73.9% | 291 | 77.6% | 284 | 77.4% | 340 | 76.7% | 339 | 80.3% | 327 | 81.1% |
| 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: | 19 | 6.0% | 17 | 4.8% | 12 | 3.2% | 7 | 1.9% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 228 | 72.2% | 250 | 70.8% | 261 | 69.6% | 247 | 67.3% | 282 | 63.7% | 223 | 52.8% | 218 | 54.1% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 20 | 6.3% | 19 | 5.4% | 15 | 4.0% | 22 | 6.0% | 29 | 6.5% | 40 | 9.5% | 33 | 8.2% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 13.17 | 13.18 | 14.04 | 14.68 | 15.82 | 16.20 | 14.80 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.9% | 50.4% | 50.6% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 55.3% | 56.1% | 42.2% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 32% | 44% | 45% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 22.73% | 43.37% | 37.08% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 25% | 24.56% | 37.25% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 75.8% | 66.5% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.6% | 66% | 58.7% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 52.9% | 70.8% | 64% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 40.91% | 56.79% | 62.46% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.29% | 54.7% | 64.88% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 51.6% | 49% | 48.9% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 44.6% | 48.5% | 44.4% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 34% | 44.5% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 20.46% | 44.39% | 43.41% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 27.94% | 29.74% | 43.74% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 53.2% | 46.7% | 47% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 46.1% | 47.6% | 42.6% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 28% | 37.5% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 20.46% | 37.75% | 39.83% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 35.29% | 27.59% | 40.59% |
| ARMT | ||||||
| 2005 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 49.1% | 71.2% | 74.1% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 58.3% | 68% | 77.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 67.92% | 65.23% | 77.41% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 67.24% | 68.58% | 77.69% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 46.77% | 59.23% | 79.37% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 60.76% | 74.79% | 80.13% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 48.33% | 77.78% | 83.7% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 47.62% | 77.03% | 85.23% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78.9% | 80.1% | 81% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.1% | 80.5% | 83.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.58% | 79.4% | 84.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75.86% | 81.43% | 85.35% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 72.58% | 77.18% | 85.83% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.61% | 88.31% | 86.59% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.67% | 83.84% | 86.82% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 65.08% | 80.86% | 88.18% |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 55.2% | 68.5% | 71.9% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 25.8% | 64.3% | 74% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 43.6% | 73.7% | 77.9% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 60% | 71.14% | 78.31% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 61.4% | 63.12% | 78.93% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.8% | 59.21% | 79.12% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 57.38% | 64.1% | 81.26% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 55.12% | 75.96% | 82.42% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 49.15% | 74.88% | 85.24% |
| 2004 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.1% | 69.8% | 76.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 62% | 80.2% | 83.3% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.3% | 83.4% | 84.4% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.47% | 84.5% | 85.01% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.7% | 81.55% | 86.09% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.59% | 76.73% | 86.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.13% | 76.02% | 86.69% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.21% | 86.44% | 87.93% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 66.1% | 82.13% | 88.16% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 57.7% | 68.1% | 71.8% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 50% | 71.5% | 76.5% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 50.88% | 71.73% | 77.26% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 54.17% | 71.78% | 77.97% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 68.57% | 69.76% | 79.94% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 61.41% | 66.98% | 82.61% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 64.51% | 82.83% | 88.95% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.81% | 85.15% | 91.32% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 59.1% | 72.7% | 80.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.5% | 77.2% | 80.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 68.42% | 83.25% | 84.6% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 75% | 82.18% | 84.37% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.91% | 78.14% | 84.65% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.93% | 77.51% | 85.64% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.26% | 89.45% | 88.59% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.95% | 86.33% | 88.88% |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 65.7% | 68.6% | 56% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 66.1% | 69.5% | 66.5% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 69.5% | 72.9% | 74.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 55.17% | 71.15% | 73.46% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 55.17% | 66.05% | 71.9% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 51.02% | 63.77% | 74.92% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 65.72% | 68.4% | 76.94% |
| 2004 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 69.8% | 76.9% | 82.4% |
| 2005 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 75.4% | 80.5% | 81.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 66.6% | 78% | 83% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 68.96% | 81.57% | 84.87% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 70.69% | 82.32% | 86.61% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 71.42% | 79.81% | 86.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 78.57% | 76% | 86.13% |
| ASA | ||||||
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 38.3% | 64.67% | 69.84% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.61% | 69.26% | 73.2% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.18% | 71.22% | 77.35% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 75% | 80.11% | 78.77% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.04% | 79.3% | 80.09% |
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* Samson Elementary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.