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Ursa Minor Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

336 Hoonah Ave

Jber AK, 99505, Anchorage County

Phone: 907-428-1311

Ranking:

(121 out of 305, top 40%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Anchorage 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		19		18		16		17		15		15
Total Students:	374		333		304		313		288		248		281
Prekindergarten:	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.4%	0	0.0%
Kindergarten:	69	18.4%	60	18.0%	62	20.4%	51	16.3%	44	15.3%	39	15.7%	46	16.4%
Grade 1:	63	16.8%	61	18.3%	44	14.5%	51	16.3%	45	15.6%	41	16.5%	56	19.9%
Grade 2:	64	17.1%	43	12.9%	50	16.4%	47	15.0%	41	14.2%	47	19.0%	37	13.2%
Grade 3:	53	14.2%	37	11.1%	41	13.5%	47	15.0%	51	17.7%	33	13.3%	47	16.7%
Grade 4:	41	11.0%	47	14.1%	35	11.5%	41	13.1%	38	13.2%	35	14.1%	39	13.9%
Grade 5:	43	11.5%	44	13.2%	40	13.2%	41	13.1%	37	12.8%	24	9.7%	30	10.7%
Grade 6:	41	11.0%	40	12.0%	32	10.5%	35	11.2%	31	10.8%	28	11.3%	26	9.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	186	49.7%	172	51.7%	144	47.4%	146	46.6%	141	49.0%	124	50.0%	130	46.3%
Female:	188	50.3%	161	48.3%	160	52.6%	167	53.4%	147	51.0%	124	50.0%	121	43.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.8%	1	0.3%	4	1.3%	5	1.6%	5	1.7%	4	1.6%	1	0.4%
Asian:	5	1.3%	4	1.2%	7	2.3%	7	2.2%	3	1.0%	2	0.8%	4	1.4%
Hispanic:	81	21.7%	58	17.4%	49	16.1%	36	11.5%	36	12.5%	31	12.5%	40	14.2%
Black:	65	17.4%	55	16.5%	58	19.1%	52	16.6%	48	16.7%	37	14.9%	46	16.4%
White:	199	53.2%	192	57.7%	161	53.0%	185	59.1%	170	59.0%	152	61.3%	164	58.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	7	1.9%	8	2.4%	6	2.0%	9	2.9%	9	3.1%	7	2.8%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	14	3.7%	15	4.5%	19	6.3%	19	6.1%	17	5.9%	15	6.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	115	30.7%	84	25.2%	98	32.2%	113	36.1%	110	38.2%	69	27.8%	60	21.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	101	27.0%	56	16.8%	66	21.7%	58	18.5%	49	17.0%	63	25.4%	72	25.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.60		17.90		16.78		19.11		17.35		16.10		18.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
SBA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.7%	79.2%	78.7%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	63.9%	78.4%	76.7%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74.4%	81.5%	78.7%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.5%	78.9%	77.7%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.8%	77%	74.9%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	81%	77.2%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	73.8%	76.9%	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75.00%	79.21%	74.50%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.82%	79.22%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.3%	80.4%	79%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.9%	80.8%	78.8%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.5%	83.1%	79.9%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.7%	80.9%	79.7%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.7%	80.7%	78.3%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.2%	82.7%	79.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.4%	84.3%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.50%	84.63%	80.10%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.88%	85.21%	N/A
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	82.9%	77.7%	74.7%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	77.8%	78.4%	75.2%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	84.6%	80.7%	76.7%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	91.7%	77.9%	74.8%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	84.6%	78.2%	74.8%
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	84.3%	78.6%	74.4%
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	78.8%	N/A
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	75.00%	81.55%	75.10%
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	81.82%	80.52%	N/A
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.4%	73.2%	68.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.1%	76.6%	73.1%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77.4%	77.4%	75.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	72.2%	76.9%	74.3%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.2%	75%	73.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81%	77.3%	75.7%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.4%	78.4%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	50.00%	77.24%	73.90%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.61%	78.22%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.9%	82%	78.1%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.3%	82%	79.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.7%	84%	81%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.4%	78.5%	78%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.7%	81.2%	80.4%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.5%	75.8%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	61.11%	79.50%	77.10%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.91%	78.14%	N/A
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	72.2%	49.2%	46.8%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	59.1%	45.4%	46.3%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	59.5%	50.9%	49.2%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	58.5%	50.8%	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	36.84%	53.51%	49.90%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	51.06%	53.16%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	87.9%	79.9%	76.3%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	87.1%	83.9%	79.6%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	87.1%	81.8%	78.8%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	86.1%	81.9%	78.1%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	91.1%	79.5%	78.6%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	88.4%	81%	79.2%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	78%	79.6%	N/A
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	58.33%	81.06%	76.60%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	78.26%	79.97%	N/A
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.9%	72.5%	66.8%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.8%	73.4%	69.7%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.7%	80.2%	76.8%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.9%	77.5%	75.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	57.1%	73.5%	70.4%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.3%	77.7%	76%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.6%	73.6%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.47%	74.61%	70.20%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.67%	75.29%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.2%	82.1%	77.5%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.6%	81.6%	79.1%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92.1%	84.5%	83.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.5%	81%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.24%	83.73%	80.40%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.49%	81.69%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	85.7%	80.6%	75.4%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	87.1%	80.9%	77.3%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	80.6%	79.8%	74.5%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	75%	79%	74.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	82.1%	81%	77.3%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	86.8%	78.3%	75.2%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	67.6%	78.8%	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	85.29%	79.65%	75.50%
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	69.23%	78.51%	N/A
2005	Math	6th Grade	% met std	57.6%	70.5%	64.9%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.3%	72.7%	67%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	68%	78.7%	74.4%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75%	77.3%	74.1%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	57.1%	71.8%	69.3%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.1%	76.8%	74.6%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	61.8%	71.4%	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	58.62%	72.60%	69.50%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.38%	74.09%	N/A
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75%	79.2%	75.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84%	84.8%	80.5%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.8%	79.2%	77.4%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.4%	81%	79.6%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.6%	76.8%	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.86%	79.89%	77.70%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.58%	78.73%	N/A
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	59.4%	77.5%	71.5%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	76%	78.6%	72.9%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	83.3%	77.7%	72.3%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	74.1%	76.7%	73.6%
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	71%	75.6%	72.2%
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	67.6%	74.2%	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	62.07%	74.04%	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	76.32%	75.45%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Ursa Minor Elementary Primary School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.