West Ward Elementary School
630 Vernon St
Allegan MI, 49010, Allegan County
Phone: 269-673-7000
Ranking: 
(621 out of 2,213, top 28%)*
(621 out of 2,213, top 28%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Allegan Public Schools
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: | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 311 | 304 | 303 | 313 | 310 | 282 | 268 | |||||||
| Kindergarten: | 50 | 16.1% | 46 | 15.1% | 43 | 14.2% | 48 | 15.3% | 50 | 16.1% | 46 | 16.3% | 45 | 16.8% |
| Grade 1: | 47 | 15.1% | 54 | 17.8% | 52 | 17.2% | 55 | 17.6% | 53 | 17.1% | 51 | 18.1% | 44 | 16.4% |
| Grade 2: | 55 | 17.7% | 47 | 15.5% | 53 | 17.5% | 49 | 15.7% | 53 | 17.1% | 49 | 17.4% | 51 | 19.0% |
| Grade 3: | 54 | 17.4% | 52 | 17.1% | 48 | 15.8% | 57 | 18.2% | 46 | 14.8% | 53 | 18.8% | 54 | 20.1% |
| Grade 4: | 56 | 18.0% | 48 | 15.8% | 56 | 18.5% | 52 | 16.6% | 57 | 18.4% | 54 | 19.1% | 45 | 16.8% |
| Grade 5: | 49 | 15.8% | 57 | 18.8% | 51 | 16.8% | 52 | 16.6% | 51 | 16.5% | 29 | 10.3% | 29 | 10.8% |
| Ungraded: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 162 | 52.1% | 164 | 53.9% | 158 | 52.1% | 173 | 55.3% | 159 | 51.3% | 140 | 49.6% | 129 | 48.1% |
| Female: | 149 | 47.9% | 140 | 46.1% | 145 | 47.9% | 140 | 44.7% | 130 | 41.9% | 124 | 44.0% | 128 | 47.8% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.4% |
| Asian: | 5 | 1.6% | 6 | 2.0% | 6 | 2.0% | 2 | 0.6% | 6 | 1.9% | 4 | 1.4% | 3 | 1.1% |
| Hispanic: | 10 | 3.2% | 12 | 3.9% | 9 | 3.0% | 12 | 3.8% | 5 | 1.6% | 8 | 2.8% | 4 | 1.5% |
| Black: | 2 | 0.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% | 3 | 1.0% | 2 | 0.6% | 3 | 1.1% | 4 | 1.5% |
| White: | 276 | 88.7% | 276 | 90.8% | 279 | 92.1% | 288 | 92.0% | 284 | 91.6% | 256 | 90.8% | 249 | 92.9% |
| 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: | 18 | 5.8% | 10 | 3.3% | 8 | 2.6% | 8 | 2.6% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 124 | 39.9% | 113 | 37.2% | 91 | 30.0% | 125 | 39.9% | 111 | 35.8% | 93 | 33.0% | 81 | 30.2% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 46 | 14.8% | 34 | 11.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 28 | 8.9% | 31 | 10.0% | 21 | 7.4% | 19 | 7.1% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 20.91 | 20.44 | 21.85 | 23.41 | 24.54 | 23.10 | 21.40 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| MEAP | ||||||
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.6% | 93.9% | 87% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 100% | 97.1% | 87.9% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 98.2% | 97.7% | 90.2% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 98% | 94.4% | 91.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 97.9% | 98.2% | 94.8% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 98.2% | 98.2% | 95.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 39.1% | 38.7% | 36.3% |
| 2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 34.6% | 38.9% | 40.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 88.3% | 86.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 97.6% | 91.1% | 87.4% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 98.1% | 92% | 86.4% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 96.1% | 91.4% | 86.4% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.4% | 91.8% | 89.8% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.6% | 88.9% | 86.8% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.9% | 69.8% | 62.4% |
| 2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68.6% | 66.1% | 66.5% |
| 2006 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 57.4% | 62.8% | 51.5% |
| 2007 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 69.2% | 51.8% |
| 2008 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 63% | 58.5% | 57.4% |
| 2009 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74.5% | 72.6% | 61.1% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.2% | 87.1% | 81.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.9% | 92.2% | 84.6% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 97.7% | 90.4% | 85.8% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.3% | 92.2% | 87.9% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 100% | 95.6% | 92.3% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 98.1% | 97.8% | 91.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.5% | 48.2% | 39.9% |
| 2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 41.7% | 38.1% | 44.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.3% | 83.3% | 83.2% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 90% | 85.6% | 84.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 93% | 88% | 84.5% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.6% | 84.9% | 82.8% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.9% | 85.8% | 84.1% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.4% | 86% | 84.1% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.8% | 65% | 67.7% |
| 2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 70.2% | 62.7% | 68.1% |
| 2006 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 61% | 54.8% |
| 2007 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 58% | 52.1% | 45.2% |
| 2008 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 60.5% | 50.6% | 44.5% |
| 2009 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 54.7% | 41% | 44.4% |
| 2011 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 42.3% | 47.8% | 47.2% |
| 2012 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 50% | 39.2% | 44.5% |
| 2013 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 40.4% | 37% | 46.7% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.6% | 80% | 73.4% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 79.4% | 75.9% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.1% | 82.4% | 74.2% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 80.5% | 76.8% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.3% | 83.3% | 79.5% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 86% | 85.4% | 79.9% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 37.5% | 39.8% | 39.6% |
| 2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 59.6% | 41.7% | 45.7% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.5% | 79.5% | 80% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.6% | 82.4% | 84.1% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.6% | 83% | 81.6% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.2% | 79.8% | 81.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 94% | 89.3% | 85.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 82% | 80.9% | 85.1% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.5% | 67.8% | 68.8% |
| 2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.8% | 69.6% | 70.4% |
| 2006 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.7% | 81.4% | 76.8% |
| 2007 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.8% | 86.8% | 82.8% |
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.6% | 87.8% | 81.7% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 100% | 84.6% | 83.1% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 82% | 83.1% | 81% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 96% | 87.9% | 78.1% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 13.7% | 14.5% | 15.3% |
| 2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 14.3% | 11.8% | 13.1% |
| 2006 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.2% | 62.9% | 62.9% |
| 2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 54.2% | 52.5% | 57.4% |
| 2008 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.4% | 61.3% | 58.8% |
| 2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 59.3% | 60.4% | 63.4% |
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* West Ward Elementary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.