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Watson Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

1579 Mary Lou Retton Dr

Fairmont WV, 26554, Marion County

Phone: 304-367-2156

Ranking:

(403 out of 558, bottom 28%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 4

School District: Marion County 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:	29		27		29		30		31		29		30
Total Students:	429		436		400		450		455		435		393
Prekindergarten:	75	17.5%	84	19.3%	62	15.5%	64	14.2%	77	16.9%	98	22.5%	55	14.0%
Kindergarten:	90	21.0%	79	18.1%	77	19.3%	99	22.0%	87	19.1%	80	18.4%	72	18.3%
Grade 1:	67	15.6%	74	17.0%	74	18.5%	82	18.2%	72	15.8%	60	13.8%	62	15.8%
Grade 2:	66	15.4%	69	15.8%	63	15.8%	75	16.7%	68	14.9%	63	14.5%	82	20.9%
Grade 3:	69	16.1%	69	15.8%	60	15.0%	63	14.0%	68	14.9%	85	19.5%	58	14.8%
Grade 4:	62	14.5%	61	14.0%	64	16.0%	67	14.9%	83	18.2%	49	11.3%	64	16.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	229	53.4%	232	53.2%	209	52.3%	231	51.3%	239	52.5%	214	49.2%	190	48.3%
Female:	200	46.6%	204	46.8%	191	47.8%	219	48.7%	216	47.5%	213	49.0%	199	50.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.3%	1	0.2%	3	0.7%	4	0.9%	5	1.3%
Asian:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	2	0.5%	4	0.9%	5	1.1%	3	0.7%	1	0.3%
Hispanic:	5	1.2%	7	1.6%	6	1.5%	9	2.0%	7	1.5%	8	1.8%	9	2.3%
Black:	55	12.8%	61	14.0%	67	16.8%	85	18.9%	93	20.4%	88	20.2%	82	20.9%
White:	310	72.3%	313	71.8%	292	73.0%	325	72.2%	330	72.5%	332	76.3%	296	75.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	58	13.5%	52	11.9%	32	8.0%	26	5.8%	17	3.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	NA	NA	271	62.2%	260	65.0%	268	59.6%	263	57.8%	255	58.6%	222	56.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	NA	NA	0	0.0%	20	5.0%	19	4.2%	32	7.0%	32	7.4%	26	6.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.79		16.15		13.79		15.10		14.68		15.00		13.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
WESTEST 2
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	72.28	76.45	66
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	27.94	52.57	44
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	26.47	51.62	41
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	64.51	60.27	49
2009	RLA	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	65.06	72.96	65
2010	RLA	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	42.64	51.54	45
2011	RLA	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	50	55.91	46
2012	RLA	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	50	56.53	49
2009	Science	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	59.75	68.38	56
2010	Science	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	44.77	54.52	40
2011	Science	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	29.85	52.34	41
2012	Science	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	40.32	52.74	43
2009	Social Studies	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	46.34	54.57	49
2010	Social Studies	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	28.35	42.6	36
2011	Social Studies	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	22.38	43.13	36
2012	Social Studies	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	29.03	41.27	37
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	59.61	66.32	65
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	26.19	51.83	42
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	38.8	51.29	46
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	32.39	49.23	47
2009	RLA	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	63.46	66.66	64
2010	RLA	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	29.76	42.66	40
2011	RLA	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	49.25	54.04	48
2012	RLA	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	26.76	47.78	44
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	55.76	57.04	49
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	29.76	47	35
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	29.85	51.63	38
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	22.53	44.19	35
2009	Social Studies	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	56	62.93	55
2010	Social Studies	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	30.12	41.38	36
2011	Social Studies	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	28.35	41.01	35
2012	Social Studies	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	18.57	36.04	35

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* Watson Elementary School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.