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John Simatovich Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

424 West 500 North

Valparaiso IN, 46385, Porter County

Phone: 219-759-2508

Ranking:

(297 out of 1,449, top 20%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Union Township School Corporation

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:	16		16		19		19		22		19		20
Total Students:	269		272		317		320		343		354		323
Kindergarten:	42	15.6%	41	15.1%	46	14.5%	43	13.4%	52	15.2%	63	17.8%	40	12.4%
Grade 1:	40	14.9%	37	13.6%	48	15.1%	52	16.3%	65	19.0%	42	11.9%	76	23.5%
Grade 2:	36	13.4%	47	17.3%	48	15.1%	57	17.8%	39	11.4%	76	21.5%	44	13.6%
Grade 3:	47	17.5%	50	18.4%	60	18.9%	41	12.8%	77	22.4%	50	14.1%	58	18.0%
Grade 4:	48	17.8%	56	20.6%	40	12.6%	77	24.1%	49	14.3%	57	16.1%	61	18.9%
Grade 5:	56	20.8%	41	15.1%	75	23.7%	50	15.6%	61	17.8%	66	18.6%	44	13.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	145	53.9%	148	54.4%	173	54.6%	174	54.4%	167	48.7%	173	48.9%	162	50.2%
Female:	124	46.1%	124	45.6%	144	45.4%	146	45.6%	145	42.3%	146	41.2%	133	41.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	1.1%	3	1.1%	2	0.6%	2	0.6%	3	0.9%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%
Asian:	1	0.4%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	2	0.6%	3	0.8%	1	0.3%
Hispanic:	32	11.9%	32	11.8%	42	13.2%	40	12.5%	20	5.8%	23	6.5%	18	5.6%
Black:	2	0.7%	4	1.5%	4	1.3%	8	2.5%	2	0.6%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%
White:	227	84.4%	229	84.2%	264	83.3%	261	81.6%	293	85.4%	299	84.5%	279	86.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	4	1.5%	4	1.5%	4	1.3%	8	2.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	72	26.8%	70	25.7%	99	31.2%	85	26.6%	89	25.9%	63	17.8%	58	18.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	35	13.0%	29	10.7%	23	7.3%	14	4.4%	28	8.2%	32	9.0%	47	14.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.35		17.11		16.34		16.77		15.32		18.30		16.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ISTEP+
2004	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	89%	75%
2005	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	92%	75%
2006	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	86%	74%
2007	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	81%	73%
2008	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	91%	76%
2009	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	87%	74%
2010	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	89%	79%
2011	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	95.1%	95.1%	83%
2012	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	94.9%	94.6%	85%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	87%	72%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	81%	73%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	87%	73%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	85%	72%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	80%	70%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	90%	72%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	88%	76%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.2%	91.2%	78%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.8%	89.3%	79%
2005	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	91%	89%	73%
2006	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	83%	88%	74%
2007	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	82%	85%	75%
2008	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	86%	91%	74%
2009	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	78%	83%	73%
2010	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	80%	86%	77%
2011	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	86.7%	87.7%	82%
2012	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	89.7%	90.1%	82%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85%	90%	73%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87%	91%	75%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84%	87%	74%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84%	89%	75%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	70%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91%	92%	75%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.7%	89.6%	70%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.5%	80.2%	79%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85%	90%	71%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86%	91%	75%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82.7%	86.4%	76%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94.9%	97%	78%
2005	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	87%	91%	72%
2006	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	91%	89%	73%
2007	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	79%	85%	75%
2008	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	80%	86%	74%
2009	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	77%	83%	71%
2010	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	75%	82%	71%
2011	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	75.6%	87.4%	75%
2012	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	83.3%	86.1%	78%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91%	90%	72%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89%	91%	76%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83%	88%	76%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86%	89%	77%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84%	89%	77%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87%	92%	81%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.4%	93.7%	86%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.1%	90.7%	86%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	65%	73%	60%
2011	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	64.4%	78%	67%
2012	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	68.1%	80.1%	67%

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* John Simatovich Elementary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.