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Walker Charter Academy Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

1801 3 Mile Rd Nw

Grand Rapids MI, 49544, Kent County

Phone: 616-785-2700

Ranking:

(429 out of 2,213, top 19%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

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:	36		37		35		36		32		35		35
Total Students:	757		743		715		704		692		684		683
Kindergarten:	104	13.7%	93	12.5%	78	10.9%	80	11.4%	83	12.0%	84	12.3%	80	11.7%
Grade 1:	81	10.7%	84	11.3%	81	11.3%	80	11.4%	81	11.7%	81	11.8%	76	11.1%
Grade 2:	84	11.1%	84	11.3%	81	11.3%	81	11.5%	81	11.7%	76	11.1%	75	11.0%
Grade 3:	84	11.1%	84	11.3%	81	11.3%	81	11.5%	81	11.7%	80	11.7%	79	11.6%
Grade 4:	84	11.1%	84	11.3%	81	11.3%	81	11.5%	81	11.7%	81	11.8%	79	11.6%
Grade 5:	83	11.0%	81	10.9%	81	11.3%	81	11.5%	74	10.7%	73	10.7%	77	11.3%
Grade 6:	80	10.6%	78	10.5%	81	11.3%	80	11.4%	73	10.5%	79	11.5%	78	11.4%
Grade 7:	77	10.2%	76	10.2%	79	11.0%	74	10.5%	71	10.3%	69	10.1%	71	10.4%
Grade 8:	80	10.6%	79	10.6%	72	10.1%	66	9.4%	67	9.7%	61	8.9%	68	10.0%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	392	51.8%	371	49.9%	357	49.9%	355	50.4%	338	48.8%	340	49.7%	338	49.5%
Female:	365	48.2%	372	50.1%	358	50.1%	349	49.6%	346	50.0%	336	49.1%	341	49.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.1%	3	0.4%	4	0.6%	5	0.7%	4	0.6%	5	0.7%	5	0.7%
Asian:	18	2.4%	17	2.3%	9	1.3%	10	1.4%	14	2.0%	16	2.3%	16	2.3%
Hispanic:	93	12.3%	71	9.6%	57	8.0%	38	5.4%	33	4.8%	43	6.3%	51	7.5%
Black:	25	3.3%	28	3.8%	36	5.0%	30	4.3%	38	5.5%	32	4.7%	30	4.4%
White:	599	79.1%	606	81.6%	589	82.4%	599	85.1%	603	87.1%	588	86.0%	581	85.1%
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:	21	2.8%	18	2.4%	20	2.8%	22	3.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	181	23.9%	208	28.0%	206	28.8%	207	29.4%	179	25.9%	150	21.9%	146	21.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	92	12.2%	86	11.6%	67	9.4%	59	8.4%	77	11.1%	63	9.2%	54	7.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	21.06		20.14		20.49		19.59		21.92		19.80		19.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MEAP
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.8%	94.8%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.9%	90.9%	87.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	100%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	95%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97.5%	97.5%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	98.8%	98.8%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	60%	60%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	58.3%	58.3%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.5%	93.5%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94.7%	94.7%	87.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94.9%	94.9%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	90%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	97.5%	97.5%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95.1%	95.1%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	75%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	81%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	70.1%	70.1%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	63.6%	63.6%	51.8%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	81%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	75%	61.1%
2006	Listening	4th Grade	% met std	70.3%	70.3%	62.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.3%	93.3%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.1%	96.1%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.6%	93.6%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	97.5%	97.5%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.4%	92.4%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.3%	96.3%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	55.6%	55.6%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	58.3%	58.3%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.9%	91.9%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	93.5%	93.5%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.7%	89.7%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92.6%	92.6%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.6%	88.6%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.1%	90.1%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.5%	73.5%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	71.6%	71.6%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	59.7%	59.7%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	53.8%	53.8%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	55.6%	55.6%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	58%	58%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	51.9%	51.9%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	60.2%	60.2%	46.7%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.6%	84.6%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.3%	85.3%	75.9%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89.7%	89.7%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.3%	86.3%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.1%	83.1%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79%	79%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	27.2%	27.2%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	48.1%	48.1%	45.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	93.6%	93.6%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.7%	90.7%	84.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	93.6%	93.6%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.4%	90.4%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	95.7%	95.7%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92.6%	92.6%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.5%	81.5%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.5%	82.5%	70.4%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	94.9%	94.9%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	93.3%	93.3%	82.8%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	94.9%	94.9%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	93.2%	93.2%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	90.4%	90.4%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	82.7%	82.7%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	18.5%	18.5%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	17.3%	17.3%	13.1%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	79.5%	79.5%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	57.4%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	82.1%	82.1%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	75.3%	75.3%	63.4%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	68.4%	68.4%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.6%	84.6%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	92.4%	92.4%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.3%	83.3%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91.3%	91.3%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	38.3%	38.3%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	47.4%	47.4%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.9%	82.9%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	96.2%	96.2%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	94.9%	94.9%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	92.4%	92.4%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	90.3%	90.3%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88.8%	88.8%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.4%	70.4%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.8%	81.8%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	84.9%	84.9%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	86.3%	86.3%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	37%	37%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	46.2%	46.2%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	78.9%	78.9%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	87.2%	87.2%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	93.7%	93.7%	75.7%
2006	Listening	7th Grade	% met std	60%	60%	50%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.9%	76.9%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71.6%	71.6%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88.7%	88.7%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	92.8%	92.8%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	95.7%	95.7%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	93.2%	93.2%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	50%	50%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	42.1%	42.1%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.7%	87.7%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.2%	88.2%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.1%	83.1%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	95.7%	95.7%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	91.3%	91.3%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89%	89%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.8%	71.8%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.5%	64.5%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	64.6%	64.6%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	77.9%	77.9%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	91.5%	91.5%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	88.4%	88.4%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	56.2%	56.2%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	53.8%	53.8%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	40.8%	40.8%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85.5%	85.5%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.9%	80.9%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	89.6%	89.6%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	93.8%	93.8%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	43.1%	43.1%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	41.8%	41.8%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.5%	85.5%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.9%	80.9%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.8%	86.8%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.7%	91.7%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.8%	93.8%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.1%	61.1%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.9%	67.9%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	83.6%	83.6%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	97.1%	97.1%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	100%	100%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	95.5%	95.5%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	96.9%	96.9%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	22.2%	22.2%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	17.7%	17.7%	15.9%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80%	80%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	68.1%	68.1%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	79.4%	79.4%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	91.7%	91.7%	74.2%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Walker Charter Academy Primary 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.