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West Lowndes Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1000 Gilmer Wilburn Rd

Columbus MS, 39701, Lowndes County

Phone: 662-244-5050

Ranking:

(328 out of 672, top 49%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Lowndes 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:	21		19		18		24		21		21		21
Total Students:	265		242		204		207		212		220		239
Prekindergarten:	10	3.8%	10	4.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	44	16.6%	47	19.4%	26	12.7%	47	22.7%	30	14.2%	35	15.9%	28	11.7%
Grade 1:	45	17.0%	38	15.7%	48	23.5%	31	15.0%	38	17.9%	25	11.4%	37	15.5%
Grade 2:	38	14.3%	47	19.4%	31	15.2%	32	15.5%	29	13.7%	35	15.9%	38	15.9%
Grade 3:	46	17.4%	33	13.6%	34	16.7%	28	13.5%	32	15.1%	43	19.5%	41	17.2%
Grade 4:	39	14.7%	38	15.7%	33	16.2%	29	14.0%	42	19.8%	38	17.3%	45	18.8%
Grade 5:	36	13.6%	27	11.2%	32	15.7%	40	19.3%	41	19.3%	44	20.0%	50	20.9%
Ungraded:	7	2.6%	2	0.8%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Student By Gender:
Male:	132	49.8%	113	46.7%	87	42.6%	94	45.4%	101	47.6%	108	49.1%	120	50.2%
Female:	133	50.2%	129	53.3%	117	57.4%	113	54.6%	111	52.4%	112	50.9%	115	48.1%
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%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	3	1.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.4%
Black:	251	94.7%	235	97.1%	193	94.6%	200	96.6%	207	97.6%	214	97.3%	229	95.8%
White:	10	3.8%	6	2.5%	11	5.4%	6	2.9%	5	2.4%	6	2.7%	9	3.8%
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:	1	0.4%	1	0.4%	0	0.0%	1	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	190	71.7%	157	64.9%	145	71.1%	161	77.8%	172	81.1%	217	98.6%	236	98.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	12	4.5%	13	5.4%	10	4.9%	8	3.9%	7	3.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.87		12.54		11.66		8.66		10.02		10.40		11.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCT2
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.8	151.3	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.3	149.8	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.1	151.6	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.8	154.4	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.5	153.3	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.2	152.3	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.6	154.6	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148	152.3	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.2	155.3	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	160.9	158.8	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.5	159	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	156.4	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.6	151.3	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.9	151.7	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.2	151.5	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.8	152	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.3	154.7	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.7	155.7	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.4	151.9	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.3	153.9	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.2	154.5	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.2	153.7	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.8	157.8	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.9	159.8	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.4	150.4	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.4	150.4	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.9	153.1	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.2	152.8	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	153.4	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.7	155.6	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.7	152.2	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149	153.3	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150	154.9	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	154.4	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.9	155.3	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156	158.4	153.2
MST
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	23.9%	52.8%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	20%	54.6%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	15.4%	60.1%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	55.1%	61.9%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	74.0%	80.6%	63.1%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	88.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	NA

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	44.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	56.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$37,035.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,477.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$40,616.0

* West Lowndes Elementary Primary School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.