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James Hurst Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

18 Dahlgren Ave

Portsmouth VA, 23702, Portsmouth City County

Phone: 757-558-2811

Ranking:

(770 out of 1,459, bottom 47%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Portsmouth City Public Schools

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		38		35		30		33		34		38
Total Students:	703		778		760		623		693		704		824
Kindergarten:	110	15.6%	122	15.7%	114	15.0%	95	15.2%	91	13.1%	108	15.3%	103	12.5%
Grade 1:	113	16.1%	99	12.7%	123	16.2%	108	17.3%	106	15.3%	91	12.9%	125	15.2%
Grade 2:	101	14.4%	111	14.3%	117	15.4%	102	16.4%	94	13.6%	103	14.6%	101	12.3%
Grade 3:	93	13.2%	92	11.8%	134	17.6%	84	13.5%	93	13.4%	74	10.5%	115	14.0%
Grade 4:	90	12.8%	115	14.8%	91	12.0%	80	12.8%	78	11.3%	109	15.5%	115	14.0%
Grade 5:	102	14.5%	94	12.1%	96	12.6%	70	11.2%	91	13.1%	94	13.4%	99	12.0%
Grade 6:	94	13.4%	84	10.8%	85	11.2%	84	13.5%	83	12.0%	80	11.4%	98	11.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	352	50.1%	399	51.3%	383	50.4%	339	54.4%	365	52.7%	384	54.5%	431	52.3%
Female:	351	49.9%	379	48.7%	377	49.6%	284	45.6%	320	46.2%	312	44.3%	389	47.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.4%	4	0.5%	4	0.5%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	3	0.4%	3	0.4%
Asian:	4	0.6%	3	0.4%	7	0.9%	6	1.0%	10	1.4%	9	1.3%	11	1.3%
Hispanic:	22	3.1%	23	3.0%	26	3.4%	19	3.0%	18	2.6%	14	2.0%	23	2.8%
Black:	508	72.3%	525	67.5%	497	65.4%	381	61.2%	465	67.1%	483	68.6%	550	66.7%
White:	141	20.1%	196	25.2%	189	24.9%	178	28.6%	200	28.9%	195	27.7%	237	28.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.3%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	23	3.3%	26	3.3%	36	4.7%	36	5.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	524	74.5%	490	63.0%	570	75.0%	457	73.4%	467	67.4%	415	58.9%	435	52.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	54	7.7%	45	5.8%	64	8.4%	51	8.2%	46	6.6%	58	8.2%	90	10.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.53		20.47		21.71		20.77		21.00		20.70		21.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
SOL
2005	English Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	74%	77%
2006	English Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	78%	84%
2007	English Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	78%	81%
2008	English Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	79%	84%
2009	English Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	86%	86%
2010	English Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	75%	84%
2011	English Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	82%	83%
2012	English Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	82%	86%
2013	English Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.8%	66.9%	72.5%
2005	History	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	84%	90%
2006	History	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	87%	91%
2007	History	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	91%	93%
2008	History	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	89%	93%
2009	History	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	90%	93%
2010	History	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	90%	93%
2011	History	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	87%	85%
2012	History	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	84%	87%
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	82%	88%
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	85%	90%
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	84%	89%
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	83%	89%
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	87%	89%
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	90%	91%
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	91%	91%
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	51%	56%	64%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	62.4%	59.1%	65.3%
2005	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	83%	89%
2006	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	84%	90%
2007	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	83%	88%
2008	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	83%	88%
2009	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	88%	88%
2010	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	87%	91%
2011	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	86%	89%
2012	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	84%	89%
2013	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	84.1%	76%	83.6%
2006	English Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85%	76%	87%
2007	English Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90%	82%	87%
2008	English Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82%	86%	88%
2009	English Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91%	83%	88%
2010	English Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86%	85%	88%
2011	English Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82%	78%	87%
2012	English Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81%	81%	88%
2013	English Reading	4th Grade	% met std	57.9%	64.1%	70.1%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	78%	65%	78%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	80%	75%	81%
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	82%	78%	84%
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	89%	82%	87%
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	87%	84%	88%
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	86%	84%	89%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	59%	61%	70%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	67.6%	67.8%	74.7%
2005	English Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68%	77%	85%
2006	English Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78%	83%	87%
2007	English Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84%	83%	87%
2008	English Reading	5th Grade	% met std	96%	85%	89%
2009	English Reading	5th Grade	% met std	93%	90%	92%
2010	English Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92%	86%	91%
2011	English Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89%	87%	89%
2012	English Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83%	80%	89%
2013	English Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.9%	66.9%	73.3%
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	71%	74%	80%
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	84%	78%	83%
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	92%	84%	86%
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	93%	87%	88%
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	95%	91%	90%
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	99%	90%	91%
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	94%	89%	89%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	65%	61%	67%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	64.8%	65%	69.5%
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	68%	66%	81%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	76%	77%	85%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	87%	84%	88%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	86%	85%	88%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	86%	85%	88%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	86%	82%	88%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	85%	87%	87%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	88%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	73.7%	74.4%	75.6%
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	85%	88%	91%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	90%	86%	89%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	93%	85%	89%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	88%	82%	87%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	87%	81%	86%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	95%	85%	88%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	87%	85%	87%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	80%	83%	87%
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	51.7%	56.3%	70.6%
2006	English Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88%	81%	83%
2007	English Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89%	84%	84%
2008	English Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87%	83%	85%
2009	English Reading	6th Grade	% met std	99%	85%	87%
2010	English Reading	6th Grade	% met std	94%	88%	88%
2011	English Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89%	87%	87%
2012	English Reading	6th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	89%
2013	English Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74%	66%	73.6%
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	72%	49%	52%
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	64%	60%	60%
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	75%	71%	68%
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	98%	78%	73%
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	89%	81%	77%
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	67%	74%	73%
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	69%	73%	74%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	90.9%	76.1%	78%

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* James Hurst Elementary Primary School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.