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Joseph M. Simas Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

1875 Fitzgerald

Hanford CA, 93230, Kings County

Phone: 559-585-3790

Ranking:

(1,721 out of 6,930, top 25%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Hanford Elementary 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:	24		33		33		NA	NA	29		30		29
Total Students:	617		805		748		705		653		612		563
Kindergarten:	83	13.5%	139	17.3%	119	15.9%	121	17.2%	97	14.9%	79	12.9%	79	14.0%
Grade 1:	81	13.1%	119	14.8%	127	17.0%	106	15.0%	88	13.5%	91	14.9%	95	16.9%
Grade 2:	69	11.2%	118	14.7%	114	15.2%	89	12.6%	92	14.1%	101	16.5%	79	14.0%
Grade 3:	73	11.8%	120	14.9%	98	13.1%	95	13.5%	114	17.5%	79	12.9%	77	13.7%
Grade 4:	117	19.0%	99	12.3%	94	12.6%	121	17.2%	89	13.6%	88	14.4%	82	14.6%
Grade 5:	101	16.4%	96	11.9%	112	15.0%	91	12.9%	86	13.2%	89	14.5%	83	14.7%
Grade 6:	93	15.1%	114	14.2%	84	11.2%	82	11.6%	87	13.3%	85	13.9%	68	12.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	322	52.2%	406	50.4%	377	50.4%	349	49.5%	333	51.0%	295	48.2%	262	46.5%
Female:	295	47.8%	399	49.6%	371	49.6%	356	50.5%	320	49.0%	317	51.8%	297	52.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	2	0.2%	2	0.3%	1	0.1%	2	0.3%	3	0.5%	4	0.7%
Asian:	33	5.3%	40	5.0%	39	5.2%	36	5.1%	37	5.7%	36	5.9%	48	8.5%
Hispanic:	349	56.6%	478	59.4%	454	60.7%	415	58.9%	363	55.6%	348	56.9%	294	52.2%
Black:	24	3.9%	33	4.1%	33	4.4%	41	5.8%	42	6.4%	35	5.7%	34	6.0%
White:	192	31.1%	243	30.2%	211	28.2%	212	30.1%	204	31.2%	189	30.9%	183	32.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	18	2.9%	9	1.1%	9	1.2%	0	0.0%	4	0.6%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	251	40.7%	333	41.4%	385	51.5%	275	39.0%	230	35.2%	281	45.9%	157	27.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	57	9.2%	87	10.8%	0	0.0%	75	10.6%	85	13.0%	3	0.5%	89	15.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	25.71		24.39		22.67		NA	NA	22.52		19.10		19.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAR
2007	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	367.2	322.8	345
2008	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	355.2	322.2	348
2009	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	330.4	331.9	352.8
2010	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	354.7	351.1	356.6
2011	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	364.8	352.4	359.5
2012	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	366.5	354.3	361.5
2013	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	374.7	358.6	357.3
2007	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	423.4	347.8	369.2
2008	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	415.5	346.1	372.4
2009	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	380.6	356.6	376.7
2010	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	389.1	374.7	381.6
2011	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	413.8	380.8	382.2
2012	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	401.3	376.1	382.7
2013	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	408.0	389.8	379.9
2007	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	335.6	303.9	330
2008	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	364.4	314.2	332.8
2009	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	368.7	320	340.3
2010	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	348.1	325.4	342.2
2011	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	355.8	341.6	345.3
2012	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	362.6	326.8	347.1
2013	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	354.2	334.2	345.7
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	385.4	337.3	370.9
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	428.1	342.7	379
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	426.6	355.7	387.7
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	401.2	367.4	395.4
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	407.8	392.9	400.6
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	420.9	375.9	399.2
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	396.9	376.4	399.0
2007	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	358.4	326.3	353.2
2008	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	356.4	331.4	357.8
2009	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	395.2	345.7	366.8
2010	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	384.4	355.2	369.9
2011	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	368.7	355.5	371.6
2012	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	380.3	363.2	375.2
2013	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	376.6	356.4	374.2
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	374.6	330.5	366.1
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	376.7	340.3	373.9
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	414.1	361.5	382.5
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	433.9	381.6	389.9
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	405.5	389	392.2
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	428.2	393.7	395.2
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	404.9	381.3	394.9
2007	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	355.4	323.5	342.8
2008	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	349.3	329	347.6
2009	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	355.4	338.5	356.2
2010	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	375.6	351.4	359.4
2011	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	373.9	356.4	362
2012	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	371.1	357.3	366.1
2013	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	362.8	354.6	365.2
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	379.7	324.1	356.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	367.8	340.7	364.6
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	386.3	362.1	375.8
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	422.4	391.5	383.4
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	418.3	412.9	392.6
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	432.6	405.2	395.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	415.0	395.2	393.2
2007	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	334.1	308.1	334.3
2008	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	334.6	316	345.2
2009	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	342.9	322.2	354.1
2010	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	369	338.2	362.2
2011	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	359.1	347.7	367.2
2012	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	358.3	349.7	367.4
2013	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	358.1	355.8	366.9
2007	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	355.1	327.5	339.5
2008	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	365.9	336.8	345.5
2009	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	365.7	341.9	352.5
2010	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	369.6	350	356.8
2011	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	393.1	357.5	358.4
2012	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	385.1	356.4	364.2
2013	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	365.0	361.2	363.0
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	353.6	327.5	343.2
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	377.9	337.3	347.9
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	386.7	346	354.5
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	374.1	358.1	360.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	418.4	379.2	364.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	411.9	373.3	366.8
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	385.0	380.7	366.5

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* Joseph M. Simas 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.