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West Hills Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

4100 32nd St

Meridian MS, 39307, Lauderdale County

Phone: 601-484-4474

Ranking:

(576 out of 672, bottom 14%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Meridian Public 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		32		33		36		33		33		30
Total Students:	545		586		577		545		537		496		518
Prekindergarten:	22	4.0%	19	3.2%	20	3.5%	20	3.7%	17	3.2%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	76	13.9%	123	21.0%	96	16.6%	78	14.3%	90	16.8%	75	15.1%	94	18.1%
Grade 1:	108	19.8%	94	16.0%	90	15.6%	106	19.4%	85	15.8%	97	19.6%	92	17.8%
Grade 2:	93	17.1%	87	14.8%	104	18.0%	73	13.4%	88	16.4%	90	18.1%	66	12.7%
Grade 3:	82	15.0%	90	15.4%	83	14.4%	86	15.8%	84	15.6%	83	16.7%	106	20.5%
Grade 4:	90	16.5%	87	14.8%	84	14.6%	89	16.3%	90	16.8%	68	13.7%	80	15.4%
Grade 5:	73	13.4%	86	14.7%	100	17.3%	84	15.4%	83	15.5%	80	16.1%	70	13.5%
Ungraded:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	9	1.7%	0	0.0%	3	0.6%	10	1.9%
Student By Gender:
Male:	296	54.3%	312	53.2%	303	52.5%	279	51.2%	265	49.3%	250	50.4%	248	47.9%
Female:	249	45.7%	274	46.8%	274	47.5%	266	48.8%	272	50.7%	246	49.6%	266	51.4%
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%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%
Hispanic:	11	2.0%	5	0.9%	2	0.3%	6	1.1%	3	0.6%	5	1.0%	2	0.4%
Black:	509	93.4%	555	94.7%	548	95.0%	512	93.9%	505	94.0%	448	90.3%	469	90.5%
White:	22	4.0%	21	3.6%	27	4.7%	27	5.0%	29	5.4%	43	8.7%	46	8.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	3	0.6%	4	0.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	488	89.5%	501	85.5%	500	86.7%	459	84.2%	442	82.3%	384	77.4%	400	77.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	21	3.9%	38	6.5%	30	5.2%	31	5.7%	31	5.8%	39	7.9%	42	8.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.63		18.54		17.35		15.33		16.37		15.00		17.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCT2
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.3	147.2	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.5	144.3	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.2	144.4	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.3	145.9	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.7	146.8	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.4	145.6	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150	149.2	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.8	146	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.8	149.5	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150	152.5	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.8	153.4	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.6	151.5	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.4	146.7	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.7	146.5	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	141.9	144	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.5	145.6	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.7	147.9	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.2	147.1	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.5	148.3	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.8	149	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.1	148.1	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.1	149.5	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.7	150.8	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.3	152.2	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.9	145.7	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.4	145.3	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.4	146.1	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	141.1	145.1	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.4	147.6	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147	145.8	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142	147.8	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.3	146.9	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	148.5	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.2	148.6	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151	151.5	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	149.2	153.2
MST
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	20.5%	29.4%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	32.9%	30%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	25.3%	28.7%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	24.3%	33%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	45.8%	42.6%	63.1%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	64.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	26.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	9.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	50.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	50.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$38,171.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,695.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$41,648.0

* West Hills Primary School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.