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Life Prep Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's Experience

930 Geranium Ave East

Saint Paul MN, 55106, Ramsey County

Phone: 651-793-6624

Ranking:

(1,068 out of 1,269, bottom 16%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

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:	26		28		16		23		25		21		18
Total Students:	417		360		306		299		271		237		228
Kindergarten:	79	18.9%	69	19.2%	54	17.6%	54	18.1%	48	17.7%	29	12.2%	46	20.2%
Grade 1:	75	18.0%	69	19.2%	52	17.0%	52	17.4%	36	13.3%	44	18.6%	30	13.2%
Grade 2:	55	13.2%	43	11.9%	38	12.4%	32	10.7%	40	14.8%	22	9.3%	29	12.7%
Grade 3:	48	11.5%	39	10.8%	34	11.1%	33	11.0%	28	10.3%	26	11.0%	27	11.8%
Grade 4:	44	10.6%	43	11.9%	38	12.4%	26	8.7%	29	10.7%	30	12.7%	24	10.5%
Grade 5:	39	9.4%	39	10.8%	20	6.5%	34	11.4%	29	10.7%	24	10.1%	17	7.5%
Grade 6:	36	8.6%	17	4.7%	27	8.8%	31	10.4%	26	9.6%	21	8.9%	23	10.1%
Grade 7:	20	4.8%	22	6.1%	24	7.8%	23	7.7%	18	6.6%	23	9.7%	20	8.8%
Grade 8:	21	5.0%	19	5.3%	19	6.2%	14	4.7%	17	6.3%	18	7.6%	12	5.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	189	45.3%	172	47.8%	147	48.0%	148	49.5%	139	51.3%	138	58.2%	132	57.9%
Female:	228	54.7%	188	52.2%	159	52.0%	151	50.5%	124	45.8%	91	38.4%	92	40.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	6	1.4%	2	0.6%	2	0.7%	2	0.7%	2	0.7%	3	1.3%	2	0.9%
Asian:	101	24.2%	74	20.6%	52	17.0%	27	9.0%	37	13.7%	27	11.4%	22	9.6%
Hispanic:	26	6.2%	33	9.2%	35	11.4%	31	10.4%	33	12.2%	30	12.7%	28	12.3%
Black:	161	38.6%	135	37.5%	124	40.5%	140	46.8%	117	43.2%	119	50.2%	113	49.6%
White:	86	20.6%	75	20.8%	64	20.9%	71	23.7%	82	30.3%	58	24.5%	63	27.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	36	8.6%	41	11.4%	29	9.5%	28	9.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	244	58.5%	200	55.6%	194	63.4%	226	75.6%	190	70.1%	202	85.2%	181	79.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	54	12.9%	60	16.7%	71	23.2%	34	11.4%	47	17.3%	27	11.4%	21	9.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.14		12.89		18.67		13.07		10.66		11.30		12.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	36.2%	36.2%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	17.5%	17.5%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	43.7%	43.7%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	41.6%	41.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	68.4%	68.4%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.7%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	100%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	33.2%	33.2%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	46.9%	46.9%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	24.9%	24.9%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	36.2%	36.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.6%	78.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	41.7%	41.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	100%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.4%	93.4%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.3%	81.3%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	7.6%	7.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	70%	70%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	65%	65%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	84.4%	84.4%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	38.3%	38.3%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80%	80%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.8%	81.8%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	95.5%	95.5%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.9%	83.9%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	33.2%	33.2%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	42.8%	42.8%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	33.2%	33.2%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	0%	0%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	15.8%	15.8%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	79.1%	79.1%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	53.7%	53.7%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	35.6%	35.6%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	24.9%	24.9%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	15.4%	15.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	21.1%	21.1%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	95.9%	95.9%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.6%	86.6%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	52.9%	52.9%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	12.5%	12.5%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	10%	10%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	38.3%	38.3%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	28.5%	28.5%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	36.1%	36.1%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	6.6%	6.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	0%	0%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	13.6%	13.6%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	36.3%	36.3%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	42.7%	42.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	27.2%	27.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	59.1%	59.1%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.1%	73.1%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.2%	68.2%	76.2%
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	27.3%	27.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	10.5%	10.5%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	40%	40%	64.4%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	15.8%	15.8%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.7%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	47.1%	47.1%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	52.6%	52.6%	71.4%
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	0%	0%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	43.8%	43.8%	58.5%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	15.4%	15.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	37.5%	37.5%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.6%	66.6%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	62.6%	62.6%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	12.5%	12.5%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	16.7%	16.7%	44.4%
MCA-III
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	90%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	59.4%	59.4%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	60.5%	60.5%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	39.5%	39.5%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.6%	82.6%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.9%	83.9%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	65%	65%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	37.5%	37.5%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63.3%	63.3%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	35.3%	35.3%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	30.3%	30.3%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	47.1%	47.1%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	27%	27%	59.7%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	34.6%	34.6%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	72.7%	72.7%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	7.1%	7.1%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	28.6%	28.6%	59.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	52.9%	52.9%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	52.7%	52.7%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	31.8%	31.8%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	13%	13%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	30.8%	30.8%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	50.1%	50.1%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	46.7%	46.7%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	47%	47%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	35.3%	35.3%	43.8%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	91.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	NA

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	6.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	58.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	41.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$34,283.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,984.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$34,700.0

* Life Prep 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.