Thompson Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

236 Goldenrod Ave

Gadsden AL, 35901, Etowah County

Phone: 256-546-7011

Ranking:

(1,024 out of 1,064, bottom 4%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Gadsden City 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:	16		18		16		16		13		14		14
Total Students:	216		214		231		215		196		201		187
Prekindergarten:	0	0.0%	15	7.0%	19	8.2%	17	7.9%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Kindergarten:	39	18.1%	36	16.8%	45	19.5%	40	18.6%	34	17.3%	31	15.4%	37	19.8%
Grade 1:	42	19.4%	43	20.1%	39	16.9%	35	16.3%	27	13.8%	37	18.4%	32	17.1%
Grade 2:	40	18.5%	36	16.8%	35	15.2%	31	14.4%	39	19.9%	33	16.4%	35	18.7%
Grade 3:	38	17.6%	25	11.7%	34	14.7%	29	13.5%	33	16.8%	34	16.9%	29	15.5%
Grade 4:	27	12.5%	34	15.9%	27	11.7%	30	14.0%	35	17.9%	33	16.4%	29	15.5%
Grade 5:	30	13.9%	25	11.7%	32	13.9%	33	15.3%	28	14.3%	33	16.4%	25	13.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	106	49.1%	106	49.5%	127	55.0%	114	53.0%	98	50.0%	101	50.2%	95	50.8%
Female:	110	50.9%	108	50.5%	104	45.0%	101	47.0%	90	45.9%	92	45.8%	88	47.1%
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:	13	6.0%	14	6.5%	11	4.8%	11	5.1%	12	6.1%	15	7.5%	7	3.7%
Black:	156	72.2%	156	72.9%	174	75.3%	170	79.1%	148	75.5%	158	78.6%	150	80.2%
White:	42	19.4%	40	18.7%	46	19.9%	32	14.9%	36	18.4%	28	13.9%	30	16.0%
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:	5	2.3%	4	1.9%	0	0.0%	2	0.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	203	94.0%	175	81.8%	193	83.5%	172	80.0%	186	94.9%	163	81.1%	165	88.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	5	2.3%	4	1.9%	1	0.4%	6	2.8%	3	1.5%	6	3.0%	6	3.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.75		11.81		14.66		13.66		14.75		14.50		13.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ADAW
2004	Grammar and Usage	5th Grade	% met std	47%	52.2%	N/A
2005	Grammar and Usage	5th Grade	% met std	10.7%	36.5%	N/A
2006	Grammar and Usage	5th Grade	% met std	10.5%	39.7%	N/A
2008	Grammar and Usage	5th Grade	% met std	8.7%	27.58%	N/A
2009	Grammar and Usage	5th Grade	% met std	15.63%	34.49%	N/A
2004	Holistic Composition	5th Grade	% met std	47%	58.8%	N/A
2005	Holistic Composition	5th Grade	% met std	44.8%	58.8%	N/A
2006	Holistic Composition	5th Grade	% met std	47.3%	69.1%	N/A
2008	Holistic Composition	5th Grade	% met std	33.33%	64.71%	N/A
2009	Holistic Composition	5th Grade	% met std	63.64%	61.24%	N/A
2004	Sentence Formation	5th Grade	% met std	73.5%	51.5%	N/A
2005	Sentence Formation	5th Grade	% met std	10.7%	39.5%	N/A
2006	Sentence Formation	5th Grade	% met std	10.5%	40.9%	N/A
2008	Sentence Formation	5th Grade	% met std	17.39%	26.03%	N/A
2009	Sentence Formation	5th Grade	% met std	28.13%	42.43%	N/A
2004	Writing Mechanics	5th Grade	% met std	64.7%	50.8%	N/A
2005	Writing Mechanics	5th Grade	% met std	14.2%	40.8%	N/A
2006	Writing Mechanics	5th Grade	% met std	26.3%	39.5%	N/A
2008	Writing Mechanics	5th Grade	% met std	21.74%	30.93%	N/A
2009	Writing Mechanics	5th Grade	% met std	31.25%	38.96%	N/A
ARMT
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	52.9%	72.4%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	38.7%	73%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	67.86%	72.9%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	43.33%	73.91%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	67.65%	79.77%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	43.33%	70.66%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	55.55%	74.37%	N/A
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	68.57%	82.28%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	61.7%	81.2%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67.7%	78.8%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.14%	79.51%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	65.52%	80.63%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.35%	84.47%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66.66%	83.3%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.43%	81.19%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.14%	85.95%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	52%	72.3%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	39.2%	73.5%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	56.6%	73.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	91.3%	76.96%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	57.69%	71.78%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	15.63%	70.05%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	25.71%	74.23%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	46.15%	67.33%	N/A
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	56%	77.96%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	54.1%	75.9%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.5%	84.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80%	83.7%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.61%	82.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.61%	83.13%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.63%	82.57%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.72%	83.45%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.61%	82.88%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80%	85.31%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	41.3%	71.7%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	42.1%	70.1%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	50%	70.46%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	42.31%	74.81%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	47.05%	76.51%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	37.93%	75.71%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	60%	84.94%	N/A
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	74.19%	85.51%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.6%	80.3%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.8%	76%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.34%	81.12%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68%	79.75%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.73%	82.44%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.62%	81.61%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.72%	88.02%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.42%	85.78%	N/A
ASA
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	38.46%	67.61%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	43.75%	61.56%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	62.96%	70%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	76.47%	74.21%	N/A
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	58.07%	71.09%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Thompson 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.