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Point Higgins School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

981 North Point Higgins Rd Ntg

Ketchikan AK, 99901, Ketchikan Gateway County

Phone: 907-247-1500

Ranking:

(55 out of 305, top 18%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Ketchikan Gateway Borough 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:	18		16		16		15		15		16		16
Total Students:	239		253		251		232		233		199		224
Prekindergarten:	23	9.6%	14	5.5%	17	6.8%	18	7.8%	31	13.3%	9	4.5%	14	6.3%
Kindergarten:	23	9.6%	36	14.2%	26	10.4%	36	15.5%	34	14.6%	27	13.6%	23	10.3%
Grade 1:	38	15.9%	28	11.1%	41	16.3%	36	15.5%	28	12.0%	22	11.1%	34	15.2%
Grade 2:	24	10.0%	39	15.4%	39	15.5%	30	12.9%	24	10.3%	34	17.1%	40	17.9%
Grade 3:	36	15.1%	41	16.2%	32	12.7%	25	10.8%	33	14.2%	34	17.1%	23	10.3%
Grade 4:	34	14.2%	33	13.0%	26	10.4%	34	14.7%	34	14.6%	20	10.1%	32	14.3%
Grade 5:	33	13.8%	27	10.7%	34	13.5%	32	13.8%	19	8.2%	33	16.6%	24	10.7%
Grade 6:	28	11.7%	35	13.8%	36	14.3%	21	9.1%	30	12.9%	20	10.1%	34	15.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	111	46.4%	122	48.2%	123	49.0%	114	49.1%	118	50.6%	104	52.3%	117	52.2%
Female:	128	53.6%	131	51.8%	128	51.0%	118	50.9%	115	49.4%	95	47.7%	99	44.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	51	21.3%	47	18.6%	47	18.7%	38	16.4%	45	19.3%	42	21.1%	42	18.8%
Asian:	3	1.3%	3	1.2%	3	1.2%	3	1.3%	2	0.9%	2	1.0%	4	1.8%
Hispanic:	5	2.1%	6	2.4%	7	2.8%	6	2.6%	8	3.4%	6	3.0%	4	1.8%
Black:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	1.5%	3	1.3%
White:	178	74.5%	194	76.7%	191	76.1%	181	78.0%	172	73.8%	141	70.9%	167	74.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	2	0.8%	3	1.2%	3	1.2%	4	1.7%	6	2.6%	5	2.5%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	73	30.5%	75	29.6%	74	29.5%	47	20.3%	33	14.2%	25	12.6%	25	11.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	9	3.8%	12	4.7%	13	5.2%	12	5.2%	11	4.7%	12	6.0%	11	4.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.28		15.81		15.69		15.47		15.53		12.80		14.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
SBA
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.6%	69.4%	76.7%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.6%	80.5%	74.9%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.8%	80.1%	77.2%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.5%	82.4%	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.88%	73.25%	74.50%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.08%	82.19%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.9%	84.1%	79.8%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.21%	88.97%	N/A
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	75.3%	74.7%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	84.6%	75.9%	75.2%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	84.4%	76.7%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	90.6%	77.9%	74.8%
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	78.8%	76.8%	74.4%
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	83.3%	78.2%	N/A
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	90.91%	74.52%	75.10%
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	70.27%	76.39%	N/A
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75%	69.7%	68.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.6%	77.6%	73.1%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.4%	72.5%	75.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.2%	75.4%	74.3%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85%	78.6%	73.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.8%	77.3%	75.7%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.89%	78.57%	73.90%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.24%	72.05%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.1%	79.5%	78.1%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.7%	83.8%	79.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90%	87.2%	81%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.9%	88.3%	80.4%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.1%	83.6%	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.18%	80.75%	N/A
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80%	52.2%	46.8%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80%	63.3%	46.3%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	57.6%	53.2%	49.2%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	73.3%	52.9%	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	62.96%	52.14%	49.90%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	61.76%	44.65%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	75%	72.7%	76.3%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	89.7%	83.2%	79.6%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	81.8%	75.6%	78.8%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	86.2%	82%	78.1%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	87.1%	75.7%	N/A
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	88.89%	79.29%	76.60%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	88.24%	75.78%	N/A
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	65.8%	66.8%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72.4%	68.1%	69.7%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.9%	76.8%	76.8%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.6%	72.8%	75.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.4%	73.2%	70.4%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85%	82.1%	76%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.6%	82.9%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.63%	69.44%	70.20%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.77%	75.18%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.6%	78.8%	77.5%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.9%	80.7%	78.9%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.46%	83.09%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	78.6%	73.9%	75.4%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	75.9%	77%	77.3%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	80.6%	77.3%	74.5%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.2%	74.7%	74.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	81.3%	81.7%	77.3%
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	73.08%	75.00%	N/A
2005	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76.7%	67.3%	64.9%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.4%	73%	67%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.8%	72.2%	74.4%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.7%	72.6%	74.1%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75%	65.4%	69.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.49%	87.97%	69.50%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87.88%	79.59%	N/A
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86%	83%	75.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.6%	81.9%	76.1%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.2%	78.9%	80.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91.4%	85.4%	80.8%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	90.91%	83.78%	N/A
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	78.6%	74.3%	71.5%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	76.1%	74.5%	72.1%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	72.4%	73.1%	72.9%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	82.9%	73.9%	72.3%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	65%	74.5%	73.6%
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	90.6%	84.4%	72.2%
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	83.78%	86.71%	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	84.85%	77.55%	N/A

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* Point Higgins School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.