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Southwest Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1203 Burr St

Opelousas LA, 70570, Saint Landry County

Phone: 337-942-9892

Ranking:

(868 out of 947, bottom 8%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6

School District: St. Landry Parish 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:	21		27		25		27		30		31		27
Total Students:	386		350		387		420		356		351		356
Prekindergarten:	40	10.4%	37	10.6%	38	9.8%	38	9.0%	39	11.0%	35	10.0%	34	9.6%
Kindergarten:	66	17.1%	56	16.0%	48	12.4%	74	17.6%	38	10.7%	48	13.7%	61	17.1%
Grade 1:	47	12.2%	49	14.0%	59	15.2%	44	10.5%	53	14.9%	49	14.0%	54	15.2%
Grade 2:	50	13.0%	40	11.4%	37	9.6%	56	13.3%	48	13.5%	49	14.0%	48	13.5%
Grade 3:	44	11.4%	36	10.3%	54	14.0%	51	12.1%	50	14.0%	44	12.5%	41	11.5%
Grade 4:	47	12.2%	56	16.0%	58	15.0%	55	13.1%	50	14.0%	46	13.1%	47	13.2%
Grade 5:	53	13.7%	39	11.1%	54	14.0%	49	11.7%	49	13.8%	44	12.5%	36	10.1%
Grade 6:	39	10.1%	37	10.6%	39	10.1%	53	12.6%	29	8.1%	36	10.3%	35	9.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	199	51.6%	174	49.7%	202	52.2%	231	55.0%	196	55.1%	187	53.3%	194	54.5%
Female:	187	48.4%	176	50.3%	185	47.8%	189	45.0%	152	42.7%	156	44.4%	158	44.4%
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%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	2	0.5%	2	0.6%	3	0.9%	3	0.8%
Black:	380	98.4%	345	98.6%	380	98.2%	407	96.9%	341	95.8%	337	96.0%	347	97.5%
White:	4	1.0%	2	0.6%	5	1.3%	11	2.6%	13	3.7%	11	3.1%	6	1.7%
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:	2	0.5%	2	0.6%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	370	95.9%	341	97.4%	363	93.8%	399	95.0%	330	92.7%	305	86.9%	326	91.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	10	2.6%	4	1.1%	17	4.4%	16	3.8%	14	3.9%	20	5.7%	15	4.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.61		13.15		15.38		15.56		11.85		11.50		13.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
iLEAP
2007	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	40%	71%	65%
2008	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	47%	69%	64%
2009	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	38%	64%	66%
2010	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	31%	67%	67%
2011	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	50%	69%	69%
2012	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	45%	63%	69%
2013	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	43%	64%	72%
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	31%	64%	65%
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	45%	66%	63%
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	40%	67%	68%
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	30%	65%	67%
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	29%	66%	69%
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	47%	69%	71%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	34%	64%	72%
2007	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	26%	57%	58%
2008	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	30%	57%	55%
2009	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	45%	61%	62%
2010	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	36%	63%	63%
2011	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	39%	61%	63%
2012	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	45%	66%	67%
2013	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	61%	68%
2007	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	29%	63%	63%
2008	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	49%	71%	64%
2009	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	46%	66%	67%
2010	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	37%	67%	66%
2011	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	41%	66%	64%
2012	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	49%	65%	65%
2013	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	57%	64%	65%
2007	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	60%	75%	69%
2008	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	38%	72%	69%
2009	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	52%	73%	72%
2012	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	67%	73%	75%
2013	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	59%	75%	77%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	37%	68%	64%
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	44%	69%	67%
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	56%	65%	65%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	36%	65%	73%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	34%	64%	71%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	49%	64%	62%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	36%	59%	60%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	47%	66%	65%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	31%	59%	68%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	27%	58%	67%
2007	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	49%	72%	68%
2008	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	28%	61%	62%
2009	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	53%	68%	66%
2012	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	34%	63%	68%
2013	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	35%	64%	70%
2007	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	36%	65%	60%
2008	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	72%	64%	65%
2009	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	58%	65%	66%
2010	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	39%	69%	68%
2011	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	36%	66%	68%
2012	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	37%	62%	70%
2013	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	63%	65%	72%
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	28%	55%	59%
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	47%	58%	65%
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	50%	60%	66%
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	57%	62%	70%
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	55%	55%	67%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	53%	55%	70%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	69%	58%	72%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	24%	53%	53%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	47%	51%	58%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	33%	53%	62%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	45%	59%	63%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	29%	54%	62%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	42%	52%	64%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	54%	54%	66%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	34%	61%	60%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	50%	59%	66%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	46%	59%	67%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	41%	60%	66%
2011	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	24%	59%	65%
2012	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	39%	57%	67%
2013	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	31%	54%	67%
2007	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	41%	68%	62%
2008	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	66%	70%	61%
2009	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	62%	68%	68%
2010	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	46%	74%	70%
2011	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	56%	72%	71%
2012	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	45%	72%	69%
2013	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	37%	72%	70%
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	27%	63%	62%
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	49%	66%	61%
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	73%	66%	70%
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	46%	63%	67%
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	51%	66%	70%
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	67%	64%	70%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	71%	66%	69%
2007	Science	6th Grade	% met std	14%	58%	55%
2008	Science	6th Grade	% met std	49%	65%	58%
2009	Science	6th Grade	% met std	53%	58%	61%
2010	Science	6th Grade	% met std	46%	60%	63%
2011	Science	6th Grade	% met std	57%	69%	69%
2012	Science	6th Grade	% met std	48%	63%	65%
2013	Science	6th Grade	% met std	57%	62%	65%
2007	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	27%	58%	57%
2008	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	34%	59%	57%
2009	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	39%	59%	63%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	42%	60%	66%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	33%	60%	67%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	26%	60%	65%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	42%	60%	68%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	65.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	34.6%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	30.8%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	69.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$37,994.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,122.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$40,159.0

* Southwest 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.