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Walnut Grove Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

2920 Ave J

Council Bluffs IA, 51501, Pottawattamie County

Phone: 712-328-6525

Ranking:

(648 out of 696, bottom 7%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Council Bluffs Community 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:	26		21		23		26		24		25		30
Total Students:	320		339		345		369		362		392		407
Prekindergarten:	54	16.9%	55	16.2%	53	15.4%	70	19.0%	56	15.5%	48	12.2%	51	12.5%
Kindergarten:	54	16.9%	64	18.9%	59	17.1%	54	14.6%	61	16.9%	60	15.3%	62	15.2%
Grade 1:	48	15.0%	48	14.2%	45	13.0%	63	17.1%	55	15.2%	47	12.0%	52	12.8%
Grade 2:	44	13.8%	36	10.6%	57	16.5%	54	14.6%	46	12.7%	47	12.0%	60	14.7%
Grade 3:	33	10.3%	50	14.7%	48	13.9%	41	11.1%	49	13.5%	55	14.0%	48	11.8%
Grade 4:	43	13.4%	45	13.3%	45	13.0%	40	10.8%	48	13.3%	47	12.0%	51	12.5%
Grade 5:	44	13.8%	41	12.1%	38	11.0%	47	12.7%	47	13.0%	43	11.0%	42	10.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	166	51.9%	172	50.7%	182	52.8%	185	50.1%	180	49.7%	193	49.2%	204	50.1%
Female:	154	48.1%	167	49.3%	163	47.2%	184	49.9%	182	50.3%	191	48.7%	199	48.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	7	2.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	2	0.5%	2	0.6%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	2	0.5%	2	0.5%
Hispanic:	45	14.1%	43	12.7%	46	13.3%	50	13.6%	49	13.5%	49	12.5%	60	14.7%
Black:	31	9.7%	38	11.2%	31	9.0%	27	7.3%	25	6.9%	35	8.9%	36	8.8%
White:	220	68.8%	243	71.7%	247	71.6%	271	73.4%	268	74.0%	306	78.1%	308	75.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.6%	3	0.9%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	15	4.7%	12	3.5%	19	5.5%	18	4.9%	17	4.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	153	47.8%	238	70.2%	255	73.9%	245	66.4%	212	58.6%	202	51.5%	247	60.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	14	4.4%	24	7.1%	26	7.5%	25	6.8%	52	14.4%	56	14.3%	40	9.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.39		16.14		15.33		14.47		15.32		15.80		13.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
IA
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	61.36%	74.23%	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	59.57%	63.24%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	59.09%	73.21%	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.09%	70.14%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	60.53%	65.03%	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	30.95%	65.03%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	57.89%	67.01%	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	38.10%	65.88%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	50.00%	65.55%	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.11%	67.64%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.82%	69.50%	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.89%	70.72%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	67.9%	70.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	32.1%	30.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	19.0 years	18.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	21.4%	23.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	78.6%	76.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$47,218.0	$45,451.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,182.0	$33,717.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$50,501.0	$49,022.0

* Walnut Grove 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.