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Sunflower Intermediate School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

310 West Pine

Liberal KS, 67901, Seward County

Phone: 620-604-2800

Ranking:

(960 out of 973, bottom 1%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 4 to Grade 6

School District: Liberal Unified School District 480

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:	38		34		33		34		34		35		35
Total Students:	558		524		479		490		479		490		473
Grade 4:	221	39.6%	200	38.2%	154	32.2%	164	33.5%	160	33.4%	170	34.7%	149	31.5%
Grade 5:	184	33.0%	157	30.0%	164	34.2%	161	32.9%	172	35.9%	153	31.2%	165	34.9%
Grade 6:	153	27.4%	167	31.9%	161	33.6%	165	33.7%	147	30.7%	167	34.1%	159	33.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	281	50.4%	250	47.7%	235	49.1%	245	50.0%	254	53.0%	246	50.2%	242	51.2%
Female:	277	49.6%	274	52.3%	244	50.9%	245	50.0%	225	47.0%	235	48.0%	223	47.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	6	1.1%	6	1.1%	8	1.7%	13	2.7%	13	2.7%	2	0.4%	3	0.6%
Asian:	6	1.1%	4	0.8%	3	0.6%	8	1.6%	8	1.7%	9	1.8%	12	2.5%
Hispanic:	466	83.5%	442	84.4%	396	82.7%	403	82.2%	390	81.4%	398	81.2%	371	78.4%
Black:	12	2.2%	7	1.3%	8	1.7%	8	1.6%	9	1.9%	16	3.3%	18	3.8%
White:	62	11.1%	54	10.3%	54	11.3%	50	10.2%	51	10.6%	64	13.1%	65	13.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	6	1.1%	11	2.1%	10	2.1%	8	1.6%	8	1.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	438	78.5%	417	79.6%	387	80.8%	399	81.4%	370	77.2%	345	70.4%	307	64.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	66	11.8%	63	12.0%	48	10.0%	45	9.2%	51	10.6%	74	15.1%	73	15.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.88		15.41		14.42		14.54		14.30		14.20		13.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
KS State Assessment
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	49.33%	N/A	N/A
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	58.82%	N/A	N/A
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	62.84%	N/A	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	58.68%	N/A	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	74.52%	N/A	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	58.93%	N/A	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	44.67%	N/A	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	54.71%	N/A	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	56.38%	N/A	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	53.94%	N/A	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66.67%	N/A	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.66%	N/A	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	67.88%	N/A	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	73.2%	N/A	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	70.48%	N/A	N/A
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	52.02%	N/A	N/A
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.94%	N/A	N/A
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	64.46%	N/A	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.15%	N/A	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.02%	N/A	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.43%	N/A	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	40.46%	N/A	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.79%	N/A	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	50.6%	N/A	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.27%	N/A	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.06%	N/A	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.13%	N/A	N/A
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	33.13%	N/A	N/A
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	44.13%	N/A	N/A
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	72.19%	N/A	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	48.77%	N/A	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	59.48%	N/A	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	71.01%	N/A	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	42.33%	N/A	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	45.25%	N/A	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	56.49%	N/A	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	54.66%	N/A	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.15%	N/A	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.71%	N/A	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	58.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	41.2%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	32.4%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	67.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$42,944.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,139.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$46,677.0

* Sunflower Intermediate School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.