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West Side Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

111 Kirkwood St

Picayune MS, 39466, Pearl River County

Phone: 601-798-3625

Ranking:

(302 out of 672, top 45%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Picayune 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:	22		20		23		23		27		26		24
Total Students:	423		427		491		469		441		446		470
Kindergarten:	81	19.1%	53	12.4%	68	13.8%	55	11.7%	57	12.9%	50	11.2%	67	14.3%
Grade 1:	53	12.5%	72	16.9%	62	12.6%	53	11.3%	51	11.6%	72	16.1%	59	12.6%
Grade 2:	62	14.7%	54	12.6%	74	15.1%	59	12.6%	70	15.9%	60	13.5%	74	15.7%
Grade 3:	54	12.8%	54	12.6%	63	12.8%	69	14.7%	57	12.9%	71	15.9%	81	17.2%
Grade 4:	45	10.6%	54	12.6%	79	16.1%	56	11.9%	73	16.6%	81	18.2%	62	13.2%
Grade 5:	50	11.8%	82	19.2%	60	12.2%	84	17.9%	68	15.4%	59	13.2%	61	13.0%
Grade 6:	71	16.8%	53	12.4%	80	16.3%	87	18.6%	61	13.8%	53	11.9%	66	14.0%
Ungraded:	7	1.7%	5	1.2%	5	1.0%	6	1.3%	4	0.9%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Student By Gender:
Male:	205	48.5%	223	52.2%	256	52.1%	252	53.7%	213	48.3%	224	50.2%	235	50.0%
Female:	218	51.5%	204	47.8%	235	47.9%	217	46.3%	228	51.7%	222	49.8%	231	49.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	3	0.7%	4	0.9%	1	0.2%
Asian:	2	0.5%	4	0.9%	5	1.0%	2	0.4%	3	0.7%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%
Hispanic:	8	1.9%	8	1.9%	12	2.4%	14	3.0%	9	2.0%	8	1.8%	8	1.7%
Black:	147	34.8%	140	32.8%	158	32.2%	138	29.4%	99	22.4%	112	25.1%	125	26.6%
White:	260	61.5%	270	63.2%	307	62.5%	309	65.9%	320	72.6%	321	72.0%	334	71.1%
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:	6	1.4%	5	1.2%	9	1.8%	5	1.1%	7	1.6%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	298	70.4%	295	69.1%	348	70.9%	307	65.5%	261	59.2%	248	55.6%	255	54.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	40	9.5%	43	10.1%	28	5.7%	32	6.8%	32	7.3%	38	8.5%	43	9.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.44		21.19		21.14		20.18		16.19		17.40		19.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCT2
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.8	149.1	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.9	148.3	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.7	150	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	147.9	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.9	148.6	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.4	147.4	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.9	149.6	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.2	148.7	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	151.8	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	148.6	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.7	150.6	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.4	151.5	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.1	147.3	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	148	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.1	149.7	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145	149.2	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.6	148.4	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.1	149.3	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.9	149.5	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.2	148.1	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151	148.5	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.1	149.2	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.5	149	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151	152	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.8	148.8	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.3	148.8	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.7	149.5	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	147.7	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149	149	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.5	148.9	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.1	149.6	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.2	148.6	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157.3	152.2	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.8	149.9	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.9	151.4	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	150	153.2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.3	146.3	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	148.9	148.8
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.9	149.7	149.4
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.7	151.5	149.8
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.8	150.4	150.3
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.1	149.7	150.7
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.1	148.5	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.2	150.7	149.9
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.8	150.7	150.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.5	150.5	150.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.5	151.3	151.3
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.5	151.3	152.4
MST
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	38.6%	44.3%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	33.9%	48.9%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	39.7%	49.8%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	43.8%	52.5%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	62.5%	67.2%	63.1%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	62.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	20.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	11.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	45.8%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	54.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$37,839.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,082.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$41,864.0

* West Side 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.