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Sylvester Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

1 Sylvester Ave

Berrien Springs MI, 49103, Berrien County

Phone: 269-471-7198

Ranking:

(1,110 out of 2,213, bottom 50%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 3 to Grade 5

School District: Berrien Springs Public 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:	23		24		22		20		25		25		26
Total Students:	381		409		401		403		419		375		348
Grade 3:	115	30.2%	141	34.5%	136	33.9%	115	28.5%	137	32.7%	121	32.3%	115	33.0%
Grade 4:	139	36.5%	132	32.3%	126	31.4%	143	35.5%	145	34.6%	127	33.9%	114	32.8%
Grade 5:	124	32.5%	132	32.3%	139	34.7%	145	36.0%	137	32.7%	122	32.5%	111	31.9%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	3	0.8%	6	1.7%
Student By Gender:
Male:	201	52.8%	215	52.6%	211	52.6%	223	55.3%	236	56.3%	209	55.7%	188	54.0%
Female:	180	47.2%	194	47.4%	190	47.4%	180	44.7%	175	41.8%	158	42.1%	156	44.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.5%	1	0.2%	2	0.5%	2	0.5%	2	0.5%	0	0.0%	2	0.6%
Asian:	33	8.7%	43	10.5%	48	12.0%	35	8.7%	41	9.8%	29	7.7%	22	6.3%
Hispanic:	58	15.2%	60	14.7%	58	14.5%	52	12.9%	50	11.9%	49	13.1%	49	14.1%
Black:	85	22.3%	83	20.3%	77	19.2%	104	25.8%	111	26.5%	103	27.5%	100	28.7%
White:	189	49.6%	199	48.7%	197	49.1%	195	48.4%	215	51.3%	194	51.7%	175	50.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.3%	6	1.5%	5	1.2%	5	1.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	13	3.4%	17	4.2%	14	3.5%	10	2.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	216	56.7%	238	58.2%	233	58.1%	231	57.3%	246	58.7%	193	51.5%	163	46.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	36	9.4%	28	6.8%	31	7.7%	25	6.2%	34	8.1%	47	12.5%	49	14.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.52		17.39		18.63		19.73		16.44		15.30		13.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MEAP
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.3%	89.3%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.6%	94.6%	87.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97.4%	97.4%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	90%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	91%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	98.3%	98.3%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	51.2%	51.2%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	43%	42.6%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.2%	84.2%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	92%	87.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.5%	89.5%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.2%	83.2%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.2%	86.2%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.6%	90.6%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	65.6%	65.6%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.9%	69.2%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	57.4%	57.4%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	72.1%	72.1%	51.8%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	62.3%	62.3%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	64.4%	64.4%	61.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.8%	84.8%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.6%	92.6%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.8%	88.8%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.6%	93.6%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.6%	93.6%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	60.5%	60.5%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	52.7%	52.7%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.8%	78.8%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.5%	86.5%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.9%	89.9%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.7%	83.7%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.1%	82.1%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.3%	83.3%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.2%	74.2%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76%	76%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	51.3%	51.3%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	49%	49%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	53.2%	53.2%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	48%	48%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	50.7%	50.7%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	55%	55%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	63.6%	63.6%	46.7%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.1%	77.1%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.9%	80.9%	75.9%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.1%	79.1%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.4%	88.4%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.8%	82.8%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.6%	82.6%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	54.8%	54.8%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.1%	60.6%	45.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.5%	83.5%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.8%	86.8%	84.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.2%	79.2%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.5%	87.5%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.4%	74.4%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.3%	78.7%	70.4%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	78.9%	78.9%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	85.2%	85.2%	82.8%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	72.7%	72.7%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	83.5%	83.5%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	79.6%	79.6%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	75.7%	75.7%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	14.5%	14.5%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	17.8%	17.7%	13.1%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	60.6%	60.6%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	67.5%	67.5%	57.4%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	57.5%	57.5%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	75.6%	75.6%	63.4%

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