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Sunflower Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1401 East 303rd St

Paola KS, 66071, Miami County

Phone: 913-294-8040

Ranking:

(574 out of 973, bottom 41%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 3 to Grade 5

School District: Paola Unified School District 368

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:	30		30		34		25		26		24		24
Total Students:	444		461		465		384		377		365		351
Grade 3:	137	30.9%	154	33.4%	144	31.0%	138	35.9%	137	36.3%	118	32.3%	128	36.5%
Grade 4:	156	35.1%	151	32.8%	167	35.9%	135	35.2%	117	31.0%	129	35.3%	117	33.3%
Grade 5:	151	34.0%	156	33.8%	154	33.1%	111	28.9%	123	32.6%	118	32.3%	106	30.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	208	46.8%	223	48.4%	236	50.8%	201	52.3%	193	51.2%	179	49.0%	175	49.9%
Female:	236	53.2%	238	51.6%	229	49.2%	183	47.7%	184	48.8%	178	48.8%	172	49.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	0.9%	4	0.9%	2	0.4%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	2	0.6%
Asian:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	2	0.5%	1	0.3%	2	0.5%	2	0.6%
Hispanic:	13	2.9%	11	2.4%	13	2.8%	13	3.4%	10	2.7%	2	0.5%	4	1.1%
Black:	10	2.3%	16	3.5%	17	3.7%	15	3.9%	10	2.7%	7	1.9%	2	0.6%
White:	403	90.8%	416	90.2%	418	89.9%	336	87.5%	341	90.5%	354	97.0%	341	97.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	14	3.2%	13	2.8%	14	3.0%	16	4.2%	13	3.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	150	33.8%	152	33.0%	167	35.9%	129	33.6%	108	28.6%	79	21.6%	73	20.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	32	7.2%	49	10.6%	36	7.7%	42	10.9%	51	13.5%	41	11.2%	28	8.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.80		15.63		13.72		15.42		14.50		15.10		14.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
KS State Assessment
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	73.58%	N/A	N/A
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.75%	N/A	N/A
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.5%	N/A	N/A
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.32%	N/A	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.51%	N/A	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.79%	N/A	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.1%	N/A	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.29%	N/A	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.5%	N/A	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.32%	N/A	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.78%	N/A	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.12%	N/A	N/A
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.51%	N/A	N/A
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.4%	N/A	N/A
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.6%	N/A	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.91%	N/A	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.53%	N/A	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.91%	N/A	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.13%	N/A	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92.92%	N/A	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.55%	N/A	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.47%	N/A	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.45%	N/A	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.33%	N/A	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94.74%	N/A	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95.8%	N/A	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	98.51%	N/A	N/A
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.67%	N/A	N/A
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.79%	N/A	N/A
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	94.55%	N/A	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	92.24%	N/A	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.98%	N/A	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	92.73%	N/A	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.55%	N/A	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.81%	N/A	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.27%	N/A	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.44%	N/A	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.43%	N/A	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90%	N/A	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	65.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	35.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	10.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	35.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	65.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$38,303.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,438.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$40,923.0

* Sunflower Elementary Primary School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.