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South Pontotoc Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1523 South Pontotoc Rd

Pontotoc MS, 38863, Pontotoc County

Phone: 662-489-5941

Ranking:

(132 out of 672, top 20%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Pontotoc County Schools

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:	48		47		47		48		50		51		47
Total Students:	870		839		849		813		787		748		727
Prekindergarten:	20	2.3%	20	2.4%	20	2.4%	20	2.5%	20	2.5%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	149	17.1%	138	16.4%	138	16.3%	157	19.3%	140	17.8%	149	19.9%	114	15.7%
Grade 1:	133	15.3%	125	14.9%	160	18.8%	129	15.9%	132	16.8%	119	15.9%	133	18.3%
Grade 2:	121	13.9%	147	17.5%	129	15.2%	134	16.5%	125	15.9%	123	16.4%	135	18.6%
Grade 3:	157	18.0%	122	14.5%	147	17.3%	109	13.4%	114	14.5%	132	17.6%	118	16.2%
Grade 4:	124	14.3%	146	17.4%	117	13.8%	109	13.4%	131	16.6%	115	15.4%	101	13.9%
Grade 5:	147	16.9%	116	13.8%	116	13.7%	136	16.7%	113	14.4%	100	13.4%	119	16.4%
Ungraded:	19	2.2%	25	3.0%	22	2.6%	19	2.3%	12	1.5%	10	1.3%	7	1.0%
Student By Gender:
Male:	440	50.6%	429	51.1%	434	51.1%	403	49.6%	376	47.8%	349	46.7%	323	44.4%
Female:	430	49.4%	410	48.9%	415	48.9%	410	50.4%	411	52.2%	399	53.3%	400	55.0%
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:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	46	5.3%	46	5.5%	48	5.7%	40	4.9%	42	5.3%	34	4.5%	33	4.5%
Black:	80	9.2%	60	7.2%	76	9.0%	70	8.6%	69	8.8%	63	8.4%	82	11.3%
White:	734	84.4%	722	86.1%	715	84.2%	696	85.6%	666	84.6%	651	87.0%	612	84.2%
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:	10	1.1%	11	1.3%	10	1.2%	6	0.7%	10	1.3%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	496	57.0%	486	57.9%	476	56.1%	451	55.5%	419	53.2%	376	50.3%	364	50.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	100	11.5%	97	11.6%	103	12.1%	90	11.1%	121	15.4%	92	12.3%	93	12.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.00		18.00		18.05		16.90		15.78		14.70		15.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCT2
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.8	152.2	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.7	152.7	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.2	151.2	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.5	152.7	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.3	151	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.2	151.8	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.3	154.9	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.3	154.1	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.1	155.7	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157.1	156.6	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.6	154.9	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.1	155.7	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152	150.9	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.3	151.8	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.5	151.3	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.3	153.2	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.9	153.5	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152	153.2	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.2	152.3	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.4	153.3	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.8	152.8	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.2	153.7	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.8	153.8	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.4	157.6	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.2	150.8	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.9	150.2	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.1	150.6	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.2	148.6	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157.5	153.5	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.4	153.7	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.7	152.6	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.4	153.3	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.2	153.8	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.4	153.3	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.9	155.8	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.7	156.3	153.2
MST
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	65.9%	60.5%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	72%	62%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	67%	65.3%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	75%	70.3%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	83.3%	78.6%	63.1%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	61.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	38.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	27.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	72.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$39,529.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,746.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$42,122.0

* South Pontotoc Elementary Primary School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.