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Southwest Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

601 Sw 7th St

Grand Rapids MN, 55744, Itasca County

Phone: 218-327-5890

Ranking:

(390 out of 1,269, top 31%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 4

School District: Grand Rapids Public 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:	20		19		20		20		19		18		19
Total Students:	379		365		348		377		351		340		374
Kindergarten:	70	18.5%	76	20.8%	67	19.3%	95	25.2%	79	22.5%	88	25.9%	69	18.4%
Grade 1:	75	19.8%	75	20.5%	79	22.7%	79	21.0%	72	20.5%	66	19.4%	76	20.3%
Grade 2:	76	20.1%	76	20.8%	80	23.0%	73	19.4%	68	19.4%	78	22.9%	52	13.9%
Grade 3:	78	20.6%	80	21.9%	72	20.7%	55	14.6%	78	22.2%	53	15.6%	52	13.9%
Grade 4:	80	21.1%	58	15.9%	50	14.4%	75	19.9%	54	15.4%	55	16.2%	61	16.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	198	52.2%	180	49.3%	168	48.3%	181	48.0%	180	51.3%	185	54.4%	202	54.0%
Female:	181	47.8%	185	50.7%	180	51.7%	196	52.0%	163	46.4%	147	43.2%	168	44.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	6	1.6%	7	1.9%	11	3.2%	12	3.2%	22	6.3%	20	5.9%	17	4.5%
Asian:	3	0.8%	3	0.8%	3	0.9%	3	0.8%	2	0.6%	4	1.2%	4	1.1%
Hispanic:	5	1.3%	3	0.8%	6	1.7%	4	1.1%	2	0.6%	2	0.6%	2	0.5%
Black:	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	5	1.4%	6	1.6%	8	2.3%	8	2.4%	8	2.1%
White:	336	88.7%	325	89.0%	303	87.1%	337	89.4%	317	90.3%	306	90.0%	343	91.7%
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:	29	7.7%	26	7.1%	20	5.7%	15	4.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	132	34.8%	125	34.2%	108	31.0%	108	28.6%	95	27.1%	87	25.6%	78	20.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	14	3.7%	22	6.0%	35	10.1%	36	9.5%	48	13.7%	35	10.3%	38	10.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.02		18.88		17.58		18.45		18.97		18.70		20.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	69.2%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	61.8%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	87.1%	76.3%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	88.1%	79.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	82.7%	78%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	75.3%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80.8%	74.2%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	84.9%	80.8%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.2%	74.6%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.8%	77.3%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.2%	77.8%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	75.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.4%	85.5%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	83.9%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.7%	79.1%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.9%	78.1%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70.3%	77.6%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95.9%	88.7%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	72.1%	70.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	66.6%	66.9%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	71.2%	66.2%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	88.6%	73.7%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	82.7%	75.8%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.3%	74.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63.4%	67.3%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83%	77%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.5%	76.6%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.6%	73%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.9%	76.6%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.5%	72.7%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	88.1%	80.7%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	74.9%	73.7%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	86.1%	77.4%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	73.5%	66.8%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	77.4%	65.4%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	69.5%	63.5%	N/A
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.3%	83.3%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.4%	79.5%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.1%	75.7%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83%	78.7%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.3%	72%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.9%	69.5%	N/A
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	72.4%	67.9%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	84.5%	84.7%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	83.8%	77.8%	N/A
MCA-III
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	66.7%	60.3%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	86.7%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.8%	72.5%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64.4%	56.1%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	67.2%	53.8%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	63.2%	68%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.5%	74.3%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.7%	60.7%	54%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	71.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	28.6%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	20.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	0.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	100.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$57,746.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$57,746.0

* Southwest Elementary 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.