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James A. Whitaker Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

8401 Montana St

Buena Park CA, 90621, Orange County

Phone: 714-521-9770

Ranking:

(4,484 out of 6,930, bottom 35%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Buena Park Elementary 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		24		25		NA	NA	26		34		37
Total Students:	616		659		663		656		668		731		719
Kindergarten:	93	15.1%	95	14.4%	104	15.7%	79	12.0%	79	11.8%	81	11.1%	93	12.9%
Grade 1:	80	13.0%	102	15.5%	90	13.6%	92	14.0%	87	13.0%	107	14.6%	97	13.5%
Grade 2:	97	15.7%	83	12.6%	91	13.7%	84	12.8%	91	13.6%	101	13.8%	107	14.9%
Grade 3:	71	11.5%	88	13.4%	92	13.9%	92	14.0%	93	13.9%	106	14.5%	110	15.3%
Grade 4:	87	14.1%	99	15.0%	101	15.2%	95	14.5%	109	16.3%	121	16.6%	98	13.6%
Grade 5:	95	15.4%	93	14.1%	91	13.7%	98	14.9%	114	17.1%	111	15.2%	99	13.8%
Grade 6:	93	15.1%	99	15.0%	94	14.2%	116	17.7%	95	14.2%	104	14.2%	115	16.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	336	54.5%	368	55.8%	367	55.4%	345	52.6%	352	52.7%	386	52.8%	395	54.9%
Female:	280	45.5%	291	44.2%	296	44.6%	311	47.4%	316	47.3%	345	47.2%	320	44.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	3	0.5%	3	0.5%	3	0.5%	5	0.7%	4	0.5%	2	0.3%
Asian:	43	7.0%	56	8.5%	63	9.5%	61	9.3%	57	8.5%	58	7.9%	77	10.7%
Hispanic:	483	78.4%	497	75.4%	507	76.5%	492	75.0%	482	72.2%	510	69.8%	526	73.2%
Black:	21	3.4%	28	4.2%	28	4.2%	39	5.9%	48	7.2%	44	6.0%	47	6.5%
White:	55	8.9%	65	9.9%	50	7.5%	44	6.7%	56	8.4%	63	8.6%	67	9.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	3	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	0.5%	4	0.6%	6	0.8%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	10	1.6%	10	1.5%	12	1.8%	14	2.1%	16	2.4%	46	6.3%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	495	80.4%	545	82.7%	NA	NA	509	77.6%	491	73.5%	452	61.8%	439	61.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	74	12.0%	49	7.4%	NA	NA	62	9.5%	86	12.9%	111	15.2%	121	16.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	28.00		27.46		26.52		NA	NA	25.69		19.80		19.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAR
2004	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314.8	328.1	330.5
2005	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309	331.9	336.5
2006	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	326.7	346.8	344.3
2007	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319.7	341.3	345
2008	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	328	346.9	348
2009	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	335.9	351.8	352.8
2010	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	326.4	356.1	356.6
2011	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	331.8	354.4	359.5
2012	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	326.2	356.3	361.5
2013	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	340.7	349.5	357.3
2004	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	342.2	356.7	358
2005	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	325.3	358.3	366
2006	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	356.4	377.6	372.5
2007	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	334.6	370.7	369.2
2008	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	334.4	370.4	372.4
2009	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	347.6	376.3	376.7
2010	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	324.7	376.2	381.6
2011	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	336.9	373.9	382.2
2012	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	313.8	376.9	382.7
2013	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	345.9	362.0	379.9
2004	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	320.5	318.8	321.5
2005	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	312.9	322.1	324.1
2006	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	307.9	325.2	330.8
2007	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309.9	327.7	330
2008	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	300.9	328.2	332.8
2009	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	321.2	337.4	340.3
2010	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	324.7	337.6	342.2
2011	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	312.9	334.8	345.3
2012	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	329.2	342.7	347.1
2013	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	316.1	337.5	345.7
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	357.7	349.3	353.1
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	360.2	365.2	362.1
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	359.9	373.6	368.9
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	353.7	378	370.9
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	340.5	386.5	379
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	353.8	393.1	387.7
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	351.6	383.9	395.4
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	342.3	378.4	400.6
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	356.3	386.3	399.2
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	339.7	382.4	399.0
2004	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	337.8	339.8	338.5
2005	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	348.7	347.3	346.2
2006	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	339.1	348.4	351.1
2007	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	343	352	353.2
2008	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	333.9	360.4	357.8
2009	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	353.8	373	366.8
2010	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	358.3	372	369.9
2011	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	352.7	368.8	371.6
2012	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	357.6	372.6	375.2
2013	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	347.2	371.5	374.2
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	357.2	352.9	343.2
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	388.4	363.6	354
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	368.8	366.9	361.6
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	370	375.4	366.1
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	359.5	387.3	373.9
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	379.7	400.2	382.5
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	370.7	399.2	389.9
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	369.3	394.9	392.2
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	369.6	394	395.2
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	360.1	397.0	394.9
2004	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	335.4	339.6	337.7
2005	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	331.7	337.8	340.5
2006	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	332.5	335.7	342.6
2007	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	328.2	340.7	342.8
2008	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	336.6	345.8	347.6
2009	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	348.6	361	356.2
2010	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	352.6	359.5	359.4
2011	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	355.6	363.6	362
2012	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	355.6	362.9	366.1
2013	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	345.6	360.1	365.2
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	322	334.7	335.8
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	347	351.1	349.6
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	352.9	351.6	356.6
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	337.5	359.7	356.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	360.9	365.4	364.6
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	370.7	392.9	375.8
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	376	393.5	383.4
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	385.5	395.2	392.6
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	386	392.7	395.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	362.3	373.8	393.2
2004	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	306.8	312.8	318.5
2005	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	311.1	318	324.6
2006	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	315.9	322	328.7
2007	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	315.2	327.7	334.3
2008	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	330.8	335.2	345.2
2009	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	333.2	356.5	354.1
2010	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	348.8	361.6	362.2
2011	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	337.7	365.6	367.2
2012	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	342.2	361.4	367.4
2013	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	333.4	356.2	366.9
2004	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	330.9	335.3	332.8
2005	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	334.4	337.2	335.4
2006	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	337.9	338.5	337.4
2007	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	345.4	338.1	339.5
2008	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	341.8	348.2	345.5
2009	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	356.1	361.5	352.5
2010	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	355.5	365	356.8
2011	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	370.5	365.6	358.4
2012	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	368.3	369.4	364.2
2013	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	368.9	370.6	363.0
2004	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	343.6	345.5	334.7
2005	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	357.6	347.9	339.5
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	347.6	351.2	341
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	366.8	347.7	343.2
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	356.5	359.4	347.9
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	364.9	370.2	354.5
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	365.3	376	360.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	380.7	380.3	364.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	384	376	366.8
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	381.1	377.8	366.5

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* James A. Whitaker Elementary Primary School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.