Willard Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

2941 Dean Ave

Des Moines IA, 50317, Polk County

Phone: 515-242-8439

Ranking:

(637 out of 696, bottom 8%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Des Moines Independent Community 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:	36		35		36		36		34		33		31
Total Students:	465		454		470		496		464		460		428
Prekindergarten:	28	6.0%	28	6.2%	31	6.6%	64	12.9%	44	9.5%	43	9.3%	46	10.7%
Kindergarten:	80	17.2%	81	17.8%	82	17.4%	87	17.5%	74	15.9%	79	17.2%	64	15.0%
Grade 1:	82	17.6%	76	16.7%	86	18.3%	65	13.1%	80	17.2%	70	15.2%	74	17.3%
Grade 2:	72	15.5%	86	18.9%	62	13.2%	80	16.1%	62	13.4%	76	16.5%	67	15.7%
Grade 3:	78	16.8%	59	13.0%	78	16.6%	69	13.9%	72	15.5%	63	13.7%	71	16.6%
Grade 4:	60	12.9%	64	14.1%	58	12.3%	68	13.7%	66	14.2%	65	14.1%	54	12.6%
Grade 5:	65	14.0%	60	13.2%	73	15.5%	63	12.7%	66	14.2%	64	13.9%	52	12.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	245	52.7%	236	52.0%	251	53.4%	247	49.8%	240	51.7%	235	51.1%	229	53.5%
Female:	220	47.3%	218	48.0%	219	46.6%	249	50.2%	224	48.3%	217	47.2%	195	45.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.4%	3	0.7%	2	0.4%	4	0.8%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	2	0.5%
Asian:	15	3.2%	13	2.9%	15	3.2%	13	2.6%	18	3.9%	25	5.4%	21	4.9%
Hispanic:	151	32.5%	144	31.7%	162	34.5%	157	31.7%	137	29.5%	115	25.0%	123	28.7%
Black:	66	14.2%	69	15.2%	70	14.9%	80	16.1%	67	14.4%	67	14.6%	51	11.9%
White:	201	43.2%	201	44.3%	193	41.1%	218	44.0%	214	46.1%	251	54.6%	231	54.0%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	29	6.2%	24	5.3%	28	6.0%	24	4.8%	26	5.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	438	94.2%	425	93.6%	467	99.4%	370	74.6%	360	77.6%	338	73.5%	337	78.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	2	0.4%	6	1.3%	0	0.0%	37	7.5%	51	11.0%	48	10.4%	50	11.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.92		12.97		13.06		13.78		13.49		13.80		13.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
IA
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	57.33%	63.78%	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	57.69%	63.11%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	49.33%	60.41%	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	55.77%	61.59%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	61.54%	58.98%	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	59.68%	61.67%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	57.69%	58.31%	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	56.45%	61.31%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.95%	60.87%	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59.32%	62.05%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.08%	61.30%	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.63%	61.33%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	62.1%	56.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	37.9%	43.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	31.0%	23.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	69.0%	76.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$45,148.0	$44,102.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,033.0	$33,479.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$50,150.0	$47,335.0

* Willard Elementary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.