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Southern Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

198 Enterprise Dr

Somerset KY, 42501, Pulaski County

Phone: 606-678-5229

Ranking:

(288 out of 943, top 31%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Pulaski County 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:	41		43		44		42		35		40		42
Total Students:	701		716		732		704		654		630		645
Kindergarten:	112	16.0%	106	14.8%	114	15.6%	136	19.3%	91	13.9%	101	16.0%	112	17.4%
Grade 1:	108	15.4%	131	18.3%	137	18.7%	100	14.2%	117	17.9%	115	18.3%	114	17.7%
Grade 2:	126	18.0%	138	19.3%	109	14.9%	96	13.6%	118	18.0%	113	17.9%	116	18.0%
Grade 3:	133	19.0%	108	15.1%	113	15.4%	123	17.5%	121	18.5%	117	18.6%	117	18.1%
Grade 4:	102	14.6%	118	16.5%	129	17.6%	122	17.3%	113	17.3%	88	14.0%	95	14.7%
Grade 5:	120	17.1%	115	16.1%	130	17.8%	127	18.0%	94	14.4%	96	15.2%	91	14.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	361	51.5%	372	52.0%	362	49.5%	368	52.3%	326	49.8%	308	48.9%	319	49.5%
Female:	340	48.5%	344	48.0%	370	50.5%	336	47.7%	310	47.4%	312	49.5%	322	49.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%
Asian:	5	0.7%	5	0.7%	6	0.8%	10	1.4%	3	0.5%	2	0.3%	3	0.5%
Hispanic:	52	7.4%	56	7.8%	48	6.6%	51	7.2%	44	6.7%	32	5.1%	29	4.5%
Black:	14	2.0%	15	2.1%	13	1.8%	13	1.8%	7	1.1%	6	1.0%	9	1.4%
White:	623	88.9%	628	87.7%	659	90.0%	627	89.1%	589	90.1%	587	93.2%	604	93.6%
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:	7	1.0%	11	1.5%	6	0.8%	3	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	468	66.8%	469	65.5%	468	63.9%	474	67.3%	433	66.2%	287	45.6%	345	53.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	75	10.7%	73	10.2%	81	11.1%	67	9.5%	73	11.2%	49	7.8%	60	9.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.94		16.51		16.64		16.96		18.69		15.80		15.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
K-PREP
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	48.6%	51.1%	42.8%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	32.7%	47.0%	43.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	54.1%	55.6%	49.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	47.1%	49.3%	47.6%
2012	Language Mechanics	4th Grade	% met std	71.3%	60.9%	49.1%
2013	Language Mechanics	4th Grade	% met std	65.8%	60.5%	53.7%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	54.1%	54.4%	39.6%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	59.0%	53.8%	43.9%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	59.8%	55.4%	47%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	53.0%	56.0%	48.8%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	89.3%	83.7%	68.8%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82.1%	80.3%	68.5%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	57.3%	53.2%	38.9%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	64.5%	54.4%	44.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.3%	54%	47.5%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.3%	55.8%	47.1%
2012	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	74%	73.7%	59.8%
2013	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	72.7%	72.3%	59.3%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	31.3%	44%	31.7%
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	40.9%	46.8%	35.7%
KCCT
2007	Mathematics	All grades (EL)	% proficient	64.81%	64.74%	61.71%
2008	Mathematics	All grades (EL)	% proficient	72.56%	76.88%	69.52%
2009	Mathematics	All grades (EL)	% proficient	73.57%	79.47%	70.27%
2010	Mathematics	All grades (EL)	% proficient	75.16%	82.13%	72.95%
2011	Mathematics	All grades (EL)	% proficient	74.93%	80.76%	72.76%
2007	Reading	All grades (EL)	% proficient	70.38%	75.14%	72.72%
2008	Reading	All grades (EL)	% proficient	71.8%	76.82%	72.65%
2009	Reading	All grades (EL)	% proficient	76.07%	79.71%	73.54%
2010	Reading	All grades (EL)	% proficient	79.94%	81.34%	76.81%
2011	Reading	All grades (EL)	% proficient	77.46%	80.15%	76%
2007	Science	All grades (EL)	% proficient	62.11%	69.48%	66.15%
2008	Science	All grades (EL)	% proficient	60.44%	69.65%	68.94%
2009	Science	All grades (EL)	% proficient	83.91%	79.79%	69.98%
2010	Science	All grades (EL)	% proficient	83.49%	81.32%	70.41%
2011	Science	All grades (EL)	% proficient	87.39%	82.94%	70.53%
2007	Social Studies	All grades (EL)	% proficient	63%	66.42%	61.6%
2008	Social Studies	All grades (EL)	% proficient	54.65%	66.25%	59.68%
2009	Social Studies	All grades (EL)	% proficient	68.54%	67.96%	61.11%
2010	Social Studies	All grades (EL)	% proficient	76.67%	69.45%	55.58%
2011	Social Studies	All grades (EL)	% proficient	61.67%	72.41%	59.75%
2007	Writing	All grades (EL)	% proficient	76%	66.23%	53.37%
2008	Writing	All grades (EL)	% proficient	73.26%	61.31%	52.62%
2009	Writing	All grades (EL)	% proficient	69.66%	60.74%	55.37%
2010	Writing	All grades (EL)	% proficient	81.11%	71.33%	59.07%
2011	Writing	All grades (EL)	% proficient	58.33%	62.73%	59.74%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	28.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	71.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	35.9%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	64.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$40,493.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,097.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$45,195.0

* Southern 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.