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Thea Bowman Leadership Academy Other School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

975 West 6th Ave

Gary IN, 46402, Lake County

Phone: 219-883-4826

Ranking:

High School:

(256 out of 351, bottom 27%)
Elementary/Middle School:

(1,157 out of 1,449, bottom 20%)*

Type: Regular Other School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 12

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:	80		80		79		76		52		65		40
Total Students:	1,450		1,464		1,500		1,494		1,450		1,300		649
Kindergarten:	111	7.7%	111	7.6%	101	6.7%	106	7.1%	104	7.2%	96	7.4%	51	7.9%
Grade 1:	119	8.2%	103	7.0%	113	7.5%	108	7.2%	102	7.0%	96	7.4%	50	7.7%
Grade 2:	110	7.6%	115	7.9%	115	7.7%	104	7.0%	100	6.9%	100	7.7%	51	7.9%
Grade 3:	115	7.9%	113	7.7%	97	6.5%	106	7.1%	100	6.9%	98	7.5%	50	7.7%
Grade 4:	104	7.2%	102	7.0%	115	7.7%	103	6.9%	105	7.2%	104	8.0%	79	12.2%
Grade 5:	93	6.4%	106	7.2%	101	6.7%	107	7.2%	101	7.0%	102	7.8%	51	7.9%
Grade 6:	98	6.8%	100	6.8%	108	7.2%	101	6.8%	102	7.0%	101	7.8%	52	8.0%
Grade 7:	115	7.9%	113	7.7%	134	8.9%	134	9.0%	123	8.5%	130	10.0%	58	8.9%
Grade 8:	116	8.0%	133	9.1%	138	9.2%	127	8.5%	126	8.7%	128	9.8%	56	8.6%
Grade 9:	131	9.0%	130	8.9%	119	7.9%	136	9.1%	143	9.9%	127	9.8%	72	11.1%
Grade 10:	130	9.0%	111	7.6%	129	8.6%	139	9.3%	133	9.2%	111	8.5%	79	12.2%
Grade 11:	95	6.6%	114	7.8%	124	8.3%	126	8.4%	103	7.1%	107	8.2%	NA	NA
Grade 12:	113	7.8%	113	7.7%	106	7.1%	97	6.5%	108	7.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	674	46.5%	679	46.4%	689	45.9%	691	46.3%	673	46.4%	630	48.5%	304	46.8%
Female:	776	53.5%	785	53.6%	811	54.1%	803	53.7%	749	51.7%	654	50.3%	340	52.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	22	1.5%	17	1.2%	14	0.9%	19	1.3%	20	1.4%	16	1.2%	14	2.2%
Black:	1,407	97.0%	1,420	97.0%	1,457	97.1%	1,450	97.1%	1,407	97.0%	1,276	98.2%	634	97.7%
White:	1	0.1%	3	0.2%	7	0.5%	3	0.2%	3	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
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:	20	1.4%	23	1.6%	22	1.5%	22	1.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	1,056	72.8%	989	67.6%	932	62.1%	629	42.1%	736	50.8%	589	45.3%	312	48.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	89	6.1%	100	6.8%	74	4.9%	92	6.2%	101	7.0%	95	7.3%	47	7.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.13		18.30		18.99		19.66		27.88		20.00		16.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ECA
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	20%	20%	61%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	54.9%	N/A	72.4%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	59.3%	N/A	N/A
2010	Biology I	End of course	% met std	9%	9%	37%
2011	Biology I	End of course	% met std	14.7%	N/A	46.9%
2012	Biology I	End of course	% met std	8.2%	N/A	N/A
2010	English 10	End of course	% met std	38%	38%	63%
2011	English 10	End of course	% met std	47.1%	N/A	71.9%
2012	English 10	End of course	% met std	56.2%	N/A	N/A
ISTEP+
2008	English/Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	75%	75%	68%
2009	English/Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	67%	67%	67%
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	69%	69%	66%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	59%	59%	65%
2004	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	48%	48%	75%
2005	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	57%	57%	75%
2006	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	77%	74%
2007	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	61%	61%	73%
2008	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	66%	66%	76%
2009	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	56%	56%	74%
2010	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	73%	79%
2011	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	N/A	83%
2012	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	89.8%	N/A	85%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	22%	22%	72%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	45%	45%	73%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	61%	61%	73%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	61%	61%	72%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	88%	70%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	59%	59%	72%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	76%	76%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.1%	N/A	78%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.9%	N/A	79%
2005	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	37%	37%	73%
2006	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	50%	50%	74%
2007	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	41%	41%	75%
2008	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	68%	68%	74%
2009	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	53%	53%	73%
2010	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	71%	71%	77%
2011	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	75%	N/A	82%
2012	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	89.6%	N/A	82%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	35%	35%	73%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	54%	54%	75%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	26%	26%	74%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	64%	64%	75%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	48%	48%	70%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	68%	68%	75%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	62.4%	N/A	70%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.2%	N/A	79%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	49%	49%	71%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	62%	62%	75%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	49.5%	N/A	76%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	77.4%	N/A	78%
2005	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	58%	58%	72%
2006	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	53%	53%	73%
2007	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	53%	53%	75%
2008	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	65%	65%	74%
2009	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	52%	52%	71%
2010	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	68%	68%	71%
2011	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	64.6%	N/A	75%
2012	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	74.5%	N/A	78%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	33%	33%	72%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	40%	40%	76%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	41%	41%	76%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	51%	51%	77%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59%	59%	77%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70%	70%	81%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.8%	N/A	86%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.2%	N/A	86%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	51%	51%	60%
2011	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	46.9%	N/A	67%
2012	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	42.6%	N/A	67%
2004	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	46%	46%	69%
2005	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	59%	59%	70%
2006	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	71%	71%	71%
2007	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	68%	68%	71%
2008	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	67%	67%	71%
2009	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	50%	50%	69%
2010	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	70%	70%	72%
2011	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	60.4%	N/A	76%
2012	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	75.8%	N/A	78%
2004	Math	6th Grade	% met std	33%	33%	73%
2005	Math	6th Grade	% met std	50%	50%	74%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	78%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	74%	74%	80%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	72%	72%	80%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	49%	49%	72%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73%	73%	76%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	47.3%	N/A	80%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.1%	N/A	82%
2009	Science	6th Grade	% met std	23%	23%	54%
2010	Science	6th Grade	% met std	41%	41%	58%
2011	Science	6th Grade	% met std	27.8%	N/A	62%
2012	Science	6th Grade	% met std	53.7%	N/A	64%
2005	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	44%	44%	69%
2006	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	59%	59%	68%
2007	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	69%	69%	68%
2008	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	66%	66%	70%
2009	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	52%	52%	67%
2010	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	72%
2011	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	80.3%	N/A	77%
2012	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	69.4%	N/A	75%
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	39%	39%	73%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71%	71%	76%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	73%	73%	78%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	62%	62%	79%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	33%	33%	69%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78%	78%	73%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	41.7%	N/A	75%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	60.5%	N/A	78%
2009	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	42%	42%	57%
2011	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	64.9%	N/A	68%
2012	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	67.7%	N/A	71%
2006	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	58%	58%	68%
2007	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	69%	69%	67%
2008	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	71%	71%	69%
2009	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	42%	42%	65%
2010	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	78%	78%	69%
2011	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	54%	N/A	72%
2012	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	75.4%	N/A	73%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	42%	42%	72%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65%	65%	71%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61%	61%	74%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	29%	29%	66%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71%	71%	72%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	49.2%	N/A	77%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	59.7%	N/A	80%
2007	English/Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	61%	61%	68%
2008	English/Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	68%	68%	66%
2007	Math	9th Grade	% met std	46%	46%	67%
2008	Math	9th Grade	% met std	59%	59%	70%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Thea Bowman Leadership Academy Other School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.