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Whitson Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1725 Sw Arnold Ave

Topeka KS, 66604, Shawnee County

Phone: 785-438-4570

Ranking:

(811 out of 973, bottom 17%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Topeka Public Schools Unified School District 501

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:	37		35		38		31		35		35		33
Total Students:	538		516		534		481		460		461		414
Prekindergarten:	17	3.2%	5	1.0%	21	3.9%	19	4.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	96	17.8%	95	18.4%	97	18.2%	81	16.8%	92	20.0%	85	18.4%	78	18.8%
Grade 1:	94	17.5%	97	18.8%	85	15.9%	85	17.7%	75	16.3%	82	17.8%	79	19.1%
Grade 2:	92	17.1%	87	16.9%	97	18.2%	77	16.0%	72	15.7%	91	19.7%	61	14.7%
Grade 3:	75	13.9%	91	17.6%	80	15.0%	76	15.8%	81	17.6%	67	14.5%	80	19.3%
Grade 4:	96	17.8%	71	13.8%	71	13.3%	79	16.4%	63	13.7%	80	17.4%	56	13.5%
Grade 5:	68	12.6%	70	13.6%	83	15.5%	64	13.3%	77	16.7%	56	12.1%	60	14.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	285	53.0%	255	49.4%	285	53.4%	248	51.6%	235	51.1%	229	49.7%	214	51.7%
Female:	253	47.0%	261	50.6%	249	46.6%	233	48.4%	225	48.9%	208	45.1%	183	44.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.4%	3	0.6%	7	1.3%	32	6.7%	7	1.5%	10	2.2%	7	1.7%
Asian:	3	0.6%	0	0.0%	3	0.6%	6	1.2%	2	0.4%	8	1.7%	2	0.5%
Hispanic:	132	24.5%	136	26.4%	131	24.5%	52	10.8%	111	24.1%	90	19.5%	90	21.7%
Black:	58	10.8%	58	11.2%	67	12.5%	50	10.4%	55	12.0%	53	11.5%	44	10.6%
White:	304	56.5%	284	55.0%	293	54.9%	313	65.1%	260	56.5%	284	61.6%	258	62.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	39	7.2%	34	6.6%	33	6.2%	28	5.8%	24	5.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	291	54.1%	280	54.3%	274	51.3%	225	46.8%	205	44.6%	180	39.0%	164	39.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	52	9.7%	48	9.3%	58	10.9%	55	11.4%	50	10.9%	40	8.7%	33	8.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.66		14.66		13.94		15.37		13.14		13.20		12.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
KS State Assessment
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.54%	N/A	N/A
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.62%	N/A	N/A
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.01%	N/A	N/A
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76.27%	N/A	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.89%	N/A	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.51%	N/A	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.02%	N/A	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.69%	N/A	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.15%	N/A	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.44%	N/A	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	N/A	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.46%	N/A	N/A
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.75%	N/A	N/A
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77.59%	N/A	N/A
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.79%	N/A	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.46%	N/A	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.26%	N/A	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.38%	N/A	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.27%	N/A	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.86%	N/A	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.63%	N/A	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.61%	N/A	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.03%	N/A	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.19%	N/A	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93.51%	N/A	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88.71%	N/A	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	97.3%	N/A	N/A
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.47%	N/A	N/A
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	92.86%	N/A	N/A
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.21%	N/A	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.45%	N/A	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.16%	N/A	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.95%	N/A	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.69%	N/A	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.57%	N/A	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.44%	N/A	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.36%	N/A	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.95%	N/A	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.19%	N/A	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	71.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	28.6%

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:	$40,786.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,147.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$43,332.0

* Whitson Elementary 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.