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West Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

4051 15th St

Gulfport MS, 39501, Harrison County

Phone: 228-870-1025

Ranking:

(153 out of 672, top 23%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Gulfport 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:	19		20		22		20		27		25		26
Total Students:	409		351		348		331		384		377		393
Kindergarten:	97	23.7%	62	17.7%	59	17.0%	49	14.8%	62	16.1%	64	17.0%	64	16.3%
Grade 1:	64	15.6%	64	18.2%	56	16.1%	53	16.0%	58	15.1%	66	17.5%	61	15.5%
Grade 2:	64	15.6%	49	14.0%	53	15.2%	47	14.2%	71	18.5%	54	14.3%	74	18.8%
Grade 3:	65	15.9%	56	16.0%	58	16.7%	63	19.0%	57	14.8%	69	18.3%	71	18.1%
Grade 4:	59	14.4%	52	14.8%	62	17.8%	47	14.2%	67	17.4%	66	17.5%	51	13.0%
Grade 5:	50	12.2%	57	16.2%	51	14.7%	61	18.4%	57	14.8%	49	13.0%	60	15.3%
Ungraded:	10	2.4%	11	3.1%	9	2.6%	11	3.3%	12	3.1%	9	2.4%	12	3.1%
Student By Gender:
Male:	223	54.5%	195	55.6%	178	51.1%	177	53.5%	218	56.8%	209	55.4%	209	53.2%
Female:	186	45.5%	156	44.4%	170	48.9%	154	46.5%	166	43.2%	168	44.6%	180	45.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	3	0.7%	5	1.4%	8	2.3%	8	2.4%	9	2.3%	8	2.1%	8	2.0%
Hispanic:	17	4.2%	9	2.6%	7	2.0%	14	4.2%	10	2.6%	6	1.6%	7	1.8%
Black:	292	71.4%	243	69.2%	253	72.7%	238	71.9%	285	74.2%	284	75.3%	284	72.3%
White:	85	20.8%	89	25.4%	78	22.4%	69	20.8%	78	20.3%	79	21.0%	94	23.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	12	2.9%	4	1.1%	2	0.6%	2	0.6%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	376	91.9%	306	87.2%	296	85.1%	278	84.0%	297	77.3%	278	73.7%	293	74.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	18	4.4%	23	6.6%	19	5.5%	28	8.5%	44	11.5%	40	10.6%	50	12.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	21.98		17.15		15.88		16.93		14.37		15.40		15.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCT2
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.8	152.3	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.7	151.8	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.8	152.3	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151	152.5	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.2	150.9	150.2
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	158.7	155.9	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.6	156	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.1	155.1	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.6	156.6	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.2	153.7	154.1
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.9	152.9	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.7	152.9	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.2	154.3	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.6	155.7	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.5	154.3	151
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.4	156.7	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.9	155.9	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.7	157	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.4	158.6	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157.6	154.7	152.8
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.3	150.4	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	153	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.1	153.2	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.1	152.5	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.1	152.2	149.9
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.2	154.5	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155	156.3	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.9	155.9	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.9	156.6	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150	154.1	152.3
MST
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	56.2%	54.1%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	58.3%	59.4%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	47.4%	59.8%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	61.7%	68.4%	53.6%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

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

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	15.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	25.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	75.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$45,766.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$36,954.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$48,703.0

* West Elementary Primary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.