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Ursa Major Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

454 Dyea St

Jber AK, 99505, Anchorage County

Phone: 907-742-1600

Ranking:

(75 out of 305, top 25%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Anchorage 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:	28		24		27		27		26		27		25
Total Students:	452		457		446		477		474		378		369
Prekindergarten:	35	7.7%	10	2.2%	22	4.9%	36	7.5%	23	4.9%	17	4.5%	18	4.9%
Kindergarten:	70	15.5%	79	17.3%	99	22.2%	80	16.8%	80	16.9%	70	18.5%	54	14.6%
Grade 1:	70	15.5%	85	18.6%	74	16.6%	74	15.5%	63	13.3%	59	15.6%	60	16.3%
Grade 2:	67	14.8%	78	17.1%	57	12.8%	51	10.7%	68	14.3%	59	15.6%	62	16.8%
Grade 3:	62	13.7%	60	13.1%	47	10.5%	66	13.8%	66	13.9%	54	14.3%	38	10.3%
Grade 4:	57	12.6%	48	10.5%	50	11.2%	64	13.4%	71	15.0%	38	10.1%	51	13.8%
Grade 5:	46	10.2%	52	11.4%	53	11.9%	52	10.9%	56	11.8%	43	11.4%	43	11.7%
Grade 6:	45	10.0%	45	9.8%	44	9.9%	54	11.3%	47	9.9%	38	10.1%	43	11.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	240	53.1%	240	52.5%	234	52.5%	256	53.7%	232	48.9%	191	50.5%	176	47.7%
Female:	212	46.9%	217	47.5%	212	47.5%	221	46.3%	242	51.1%	187	49.5%	164	44.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.4%	12	2.6%	16	3.6%	20	4.2%	12	2.5%	4	1.1%	13	3.5%
Asian:	7	1.5%	3	0.7%	5	1.1%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	4	1.1%	9	2.4%
Hispanic:	99	21.9%	80	17.5%	63	14.1%	74	15.5%	79	16.7%	58	15.3%	61	16.5%
Black:	83	18.4%	92	20.1%	96	21.5%	92	19.3%	94	19.8%	81	21.4%	86	23.3%
White:	222	49.1%	227	49.7%	233	52.2%	255	53.5%	260	54.9%	211	55.8%	175	47.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	7	1.5%	4	0.9%	6	1.3%	7	1.5%	6	1.3%	3	0.8%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	32	7.1%	39	8.5%	27	6.1%	27	5.7%	22	4.6%	17	4.5%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	168	37.2%	137	30.0%	144	32.3%	125	26.2%	141	29.7%	113	29.9%	117	31.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	101	22.3%	136	29.8%	136	30.5%	119	24.9%	131	27.6%	123	32.5%	102	27.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.97		18.91		16.23		17.54		18.16		14.10		14.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
SBA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79.6%	79.2%	78.7%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.5%	78.4%	76.7%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.5%	81.5%	78.7%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75.6%	78.9%	77.7%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.7%	77%	74.9%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.3%	81%	77.2%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.7%	76.9%	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.71%	79.21%	74.50%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.03%	79.22%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.7%	80.4%	79%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.5%	80.8%	78.8%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.6%	83.1%	79.9%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	80.9%	79.7%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.7%	80.7%	78.3%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.9%	82.7%	79.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.8%	84.3%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.86%	84.63%	80.10%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.03%	85.21%	N/A
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	91.8%	77.7%	74.7%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	87.7%	78.4%	75.2%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	92.7%	80.7%	76.7%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	75.6%	77.9%	74.8%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	78.2%	74.8%
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	82.5%	78.6%	74.4%
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	86.4%	78.8%	N/A
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	83.33%	81.55%	75.10%
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	84.48%	80.52%	N/A
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71.7%	73.2%	68.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	73.3%	76.6%	73.1%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	72.7%	77.4%	75.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.4%	76.9%	74.3%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71.8%	75%	73.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.8%	77.3%	75.7%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.7%	78.4%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	66.67%	77.24%	73.90%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	73.58%	78.22%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.9%	82%	78.1%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.7%	82%	79.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.5%	83.8%	81.7%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.3%	84%	81%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.6%	78.5%	78%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.4%	81.2%	80.4%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.1%	75.8%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.42%	79.50%	77.10%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.47%	78.14%	N/A
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	37.3%	49.2%	46.8%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	51.3%	45.4%	46.3%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	59.1%	50.9%	49.2%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	64.4%	50.8%	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	49.12%	53.51%	49.90%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	53.70%	53.16%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	86.8%	79.9%	76.3%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	86.7%	83.9%	79.6%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	84.1%	81.8%	78.8%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	94.1%	81.9%	78.1%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	92.3%	79.5%	78.6%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	84.8%	81%	79.2%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	88.1%	79.6%	N/A
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	77.19%	81.06%	76.60%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	79.25%	79.97%	N/A
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.6%	72.5%	66.8%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.6%	73.4%	69.7%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.5%	80.2%	76.8%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.6%	77.5%	75.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.8%	73.5%	70.4%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89.7%	77.7%	76%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.5%	73.6%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.85%	74.61%	70.20%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.81%	75.29%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.7%	82.1%	77.5%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	93.5%	82.6%	78.9%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.8%	86.4%	83.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.3%	85.1%	83.2%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.5%	81.6%	79.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83%	81%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.98%	83.73%	80.40%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.54%	81.69%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	87.8%	80.6%	75.4%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	91.3%	80.9%	77.3%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	73.5%	79.8%	74.5%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	89.1%	79%	74.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	83.3%	81%	77.3%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	91.4%	78.3%	75.2%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	83%	78.8%	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	82.98%	79.65%	75.50%
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	86.54%	78.51%	N/A
2005	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73.1%	70.5%	64.9%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.7%	72.7%	67%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.3%	78.7%	74.4%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.4%	77.3%	74.1%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81%	71.8%	69.3%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	70.5%	76.8%	74.6%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	69.4%	71.4%	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.78%	72.60%	69.50%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87.18%	74.09%	N/A
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.6%	79.2%	75.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	93.3%	81.1%	76.1%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	90.2%	84.5%	80.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88.1%	79.2%	77.4%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.1%	81%	79.6%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79.6%	76.8%	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.44%	79.89%	77.70%
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	86.5%	77.5%	71.5%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	93.3%	78.6%	72.1%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	92.2%	78.6%	72.9%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	82.4%	77.7%	72.3%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	85.7%	76.7%	73.6%
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	79.5%	75.6%	72.2%
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	71.4%	74.2%	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	84.44%	74.04%	N/A

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* Ursa Major Elementary 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.