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PS 97 The Highlawn Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

1855 Stillwell Ave

Brooklyn NY, 11223, Kings County

Phone: 718-372-7393

Ranking:

(1,052 out of 3,424, top 31%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

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:	59		63		56		58		56		50		54
Total Students:	821		816		805		794		796		767		788
Prekindergarten:	54	6.6%	54	6.6%	54	6.7%	54	6.8%	54	6.8%	54	7.0%	72	9.1%
Kindergarten:	131	16.0%	124	15.2%	129	16.0%	119	15.0%	115	14.4%	118	15.4%	102	12.9%
Grade 1:	119	14.5%	141	17.3%	129	16.0%	126	15.9%	115	14.4%	97	12.6%	104	13.2%
Grade 2:	142	17.3%	125	15.3%	129	16.0%	120	15.1%	92	11.6%	107	14.0%	124	15.7%
Grade 3:	126	15.3%	133	16.3%	123	15.3%	105	13.2%	109	13.7%	125	16.3%	113	14.3%
Grade 4:	125	15.2%	127	15.6%	108	13.4%	126	15.9%	123	15.5%	125	16.3%	111	14.1%
Grade 5:	124	15.1%	112	13.7%	131	16.3%	140	17.6%	118	14.8%	111	14.5%	130	16.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	0	0.0%	2	0.2%	4	0.5%	70	8.8%	30	3.9%	32	4.1%
Student By Gender:
Male:	401	48.8%	392	48.0%	384	47.7%	383	48.2%	378	47.5%	365	47.6%	386	49.0%
Female:	420	51.2%	424	52.0%	421	52.3%	411	51.8%	410	51.5%	394	51.4%	398	50.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	3	0.4%	4	0.5%	5	0.7%	5	0.6%
Asian:	397	48.4%	399	48.9%	414	51.4%	443	55.8%	446	56.0%	398	51.9%	417	52.9%
Hispanic:	171	20.8%	156	19.1%	147	18.3%	138	17.4%	134	16.8%	127	16.6%	116	14.7%
Black:	5	0.6%	11	1.3%	7	0.9%	7	0.9%	9	1.1%	8	1.0%	10	1.3%
White:	245	29.8%	248	30.4%	236	29.3%	203	25.6%	203	25.5%	229	29.9%	240	30.5%
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:	3	0.4%	2	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	766	93.3%	362	44.4%	505	62.7%	542	68.3%	NA	NA	523	68.2%	0	0.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	19	2.3%	102	12.7%	107	13.5%	NA	NA	103	13.4%	0	0.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.91		12.95		14.37		13.77		14.21		15.30		14.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	69%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	60%	67%
2008	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	64%	70%
2009	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	77%	76%
2010	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	56%	52%	55%
2011	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	57%	55%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	63%	53%	56%
2013	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	42.5%	30.7%	31.1%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	80%	80%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	85%	85%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	90%	90%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	93%	93%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	62%	59%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	63%	59%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	65%	61%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	54.2%	37.6%	34.2%
2006	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	70%	65%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	77%	60%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	81%	66%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	81%	73%	77%
2010	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	61%	54%	57%
2011	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	72%	56%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	68%	61%	60%
2013	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	36.5%	33.9%	30.3%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90%	81%	78%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92%	79%	81%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90%	82%	83%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	98%	89%	87%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	69%	65%	64%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82%	70%	67%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84%	76%	69%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	53.9%	44.3%	36.3%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80%	81%	86%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84%	78%	85%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	87%	79%	86%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94%	84%	88%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94%	85%	89%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	97%	88%	88%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94%	90%	89%
2006	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	75%	64%	67%
2007	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	72%	64%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	86%	75%	78%
2009	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	87%	77%	83%
2010	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	64%	54%	53%
2011	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	66%	55%	53%
2012	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	72%	58%	58%
2013	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	46.8%	35.3%	30.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86%	73%	68%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91%	82%	76%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	94%	84%	83%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	94%	90%	88%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81%	69%	65%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79%	71%	66%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88%	73%	66%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	56.7%	41.1%	29.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	84%	72%	82%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	82%	68%	78%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	91%	77%	85%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	86%	78%	86%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	87%	81%	86%

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* PS 97 The Highlawn Primary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.