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West Jones Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

5652 Hwy 84 West

Laurel MS, 39443, Jones County

Phone: 601-763-4850

Ranking:

(211 out of 672, top 31%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Jones 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:	57		59		59		56		55		53		52
Total Students:	1,067		1,058		1,068		1,030		1,007		970		998
Kindergarten:	166	15.6%	167	15.8%	179	16.8%	164	15.9%	154	15.3%	123	12.7%	145	14.5%
Grade 1:	153	14.3%	159	15.0%	160	15.0%	142	13.8%	121	12.0%	153	15.8%	161	16.1%
Grade 2:	163	15.3%	144	13.6%	146	13.7%	126	12.2%	154	15.3%	154	15.9%	139	13.9%
Grade 3:	134	12.6%	147	13.9%	122	11.4%	146	14.2%	148	14.7%	128	13.2%	129	12.9%
Grade 4:	147	13.8%	120	11.3%	159	14.9%	152	14.8%	148	14.7%	131	13.5%	137	13.7%
Grade 5:	118	11.1%	162	15.3%	145	13.6%	153	14.9%	135	13.4%	135	13.9%	135	13.5%
Grade 6:	160	15.0%	139	13.1%	146	13.7%	136	13.2%	133	13.2%	136	14.0%	137	13.7%
Ungraded:	26	2.4%	20	1.9%	11	1.0%	11	1.1%	14	1.4%	10	1.0%	15	1.5%
Student By Gender:
Male:	544	51.0%	540	51.0%	548	51.3%	533	51.7%	532	52.8%	519	53.5%	535	53.6%
Female:	523	49.0%	518	49.0%	520	48.7%	497	48.3%	475	47.2%	451	46.5%	459	46.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	4	0.4%	6	0.6%	7	0.7%	6	0.6%	9	0.9%	9	0.9%	1	0.1%
Hispanic:	140	13.1%	150	14.2%	134	12.5%	87	8.4%	86	8.5%	64	6.6%	57	5.7%
Black:	192	18.0%	182	17.2%	184	17.2%	189	18.3%	184	18.3%	172	17.7%	194	19.4%
White:	695	65.1%	704	66.5%	731	68.4%	748	72.6%	727	72.2%	725	74.7%	746	74.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	35	3.3%	16	1.5%	11	1.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	741	69.4%	635	60.0%	619	58.0%	582	56.5%	543	53.9%	489	50.4%	485	48.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	21	2.0%	106	10.0%	110	10.3%	98	9.5%	149	14.8%	143	14.7%	132	13.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.58		17.93		18.14		18.35		18.32		18.30		19.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCT2
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.5	150.3	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.4	150	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.9	148.9	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.9	150.4	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.6	149.5	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.2	150.3	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.3	152.6	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.7	152.7	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.7	152	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.1	153.3	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.1	152.9	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.9	152.5	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.3	149.3	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	149.5	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152	149.2	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.3	148.9	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	151.3	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.7	152.3	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.7	150.6	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151	150.6	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.6	150.1	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.7	149	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.1	151.9	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155	152.7	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.7	149.1	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.1	149.4	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149	149.4	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	149.3	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150	150.1	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.5	151.4	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.3	149.5	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	149.8	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.1	151.7	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.5	151.9	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.2	152.4	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.5	153.4	153.2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.1	149	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.6	150.6	148.8
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.9	150.9	149.4
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	152.7	149.8
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.3	152.3	150.3
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.2	153.1	150.7
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.4	150.6	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.7	150.4	149.9
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.6	151.5	150.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.1	153.9	150.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153	153.9	151.3
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153	153.6	152.4
MST
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	62.1%	49.5%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	51.1%	52.9%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	58%	53%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	50.4%	48.4%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	62.0%	59.1%	63.1%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	55.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	42.9%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	15.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	25.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	75.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$40,852.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,267.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$43,714.0

* West Jones 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.