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Shields (Richard A.) Elementary School, 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: | 42 | 39 | 36 | 33 | 39 | 39 | 38 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 702 | 681 | 635 | 596 | 528 | 546 | 521 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Kindergarten: | 108 | 15.4% | 107 | 15.7% | 123 | 19.4% | 93 | 15.6% | 84 | 15.9% | 85 | 15.6% | 72 | 13.8% |
| Grade 1: | 114 | 16.2% | 138 | 20.3% | 101 | 15.9% | 109 | 18.3% | 86 | 16.3% | 94 | 17.2% | 88 | 16.9% |
| Grade 2: | 142 | 20.2% | 102 | 15.0% | 105 | 16.5% | 95 | 15.9% | 91 | 17.2% | 95 | 17.4% | 100 | 19.2% |
| Grade 3: | 110 | 15.7% | 115 | 16.9% | 109 | 17.2% | 100 | 16.8% | 85 | 16.1% | 100 | 18.3% | 92 | 17.7% |
| Grade 4: | 116 | 16.5% | 115 | 16.9% | 104 | 16.4% | 91 | 15.3% | 98 | 18.6% | 91 | 16.7% | 81 | 15.5% |
| Grade 5: | 112 | 16.0% | 104 | 15.3% | 93 | 14.6% | 108 | 18.1% | 84 | 15.9% | 81 | 14.8% | 88 | 16.9% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 338 | 48.1% | 321 | 47.1% | 302 | 47.6% | 310 | 52.0% | 268 | 50.8% | 285 | 52.2% | 283 | 54.3% |
| Female: | 364 | 51.9% | 360 | 52.9% | 333 | 52.4% | 286 | 48.0% | 252 | 47.7% | 253 | 46.3% | 234 | 44.9% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 2 | 0.3% | 5 | 0.7% | 5 | 0.8% | 6 | 1.0% | 10 | 1.9% | 10 | 1.8% | 12 | 2.3% |
| Asian: | 21 | 3.0% | 18 | 2.6% | 18 | 2.8% | 13 | 2.2% | 11 | 2.1% | 13 | 2.4% | 15 | 2.9% |
| Hispanic: | 66 | 9.4% | 57 | 8.4% | 55 | 8.7% | 43 | 7.2% | 27 | 5.1% | 24 | 4.4% | 20 | 3.8% |
| Black: | 67 | 9.5% | 76 | 11.2% | 69 | 10.9% | 70 | 11.7% | 78 | 14.8% | 88 | 16.1% | 94 | 18.0% |
| White: | 500 | 71.2% | 484 | 71.1% | 454 | 71.5% | 450 | 75.5% | 402 | 76.1% | 411 | 75.3% | 380 | 72.9% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 45 | 6.4% | 40 | 5.9% | 33 | 5.2% | 13 | 2.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 225 | 32.1% | 255 | 37.4% | 228 | 35.9% | 209 | 35.1% | 179 | 33.9% | 168 | 30.8% | 125 | 24.0% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 0 | 0.0% | 16 | 2.3% | 29 | 4.6% | 24 | 4.0% | 22 | 4.2% | 9 | 1.6% | 20 | 3.8% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 16.71 | 17.46 | 17.64 | 18.06 | 13.54 | 14.00 | 13.70 | |||||||
* Shields (Richard A.) Elementary School, Students and Teachers was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.