School Report Card

This report provides information about how well our school is doing – where it is succeeding and where there is room for improvement. While it cannot tell everything about our performance, the report is a good starting point for discussions with our teachers, administrators, school board members and school council members. Unless noted, all data is from the 1999-2000 school year; contact information and narratives reflect the most recent school year's activity. For a more detailed examination of our school, please ask to see our Expanded Report Card, which contains a wealth of data and reports detailing school performance and procedures. Each school is required by law to provide this information upon request.

South Elementary is continually ranked in the top percentiles in state testing, placing in the rewards category several years in a row, with last year being one of the highest to date. We believe our school's purpose is to educate all children to achieve their level of success. We have a diverse population of students and staff and take pride in devoting ourselves to the highest quality education possible. Our students are actively involved in the learning process and parents are encouraged to visit and participate anytime. We are noted for our family atmosphere, caring, and concern, for all students.

Every child is unique in potential and ability. All children at South are treated with respect for individual differences in social, emotional, cultural or economic backgrounds. All students are given the opportunity to excel in all areas to their fullest potential.

Kentucky uses the Commonwealth Accountability Testing System (CATS) to hold schools accountable for student progress. CATS has three parts: The Kentucky Core Content Tests, the national Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS-5), and other information about the school’s performance, such as attendance and retention rates. Together, these three elements make up a school’s CATS Performance Score for every two-year period.

These tests measure the ability of our students to use knowledge in each subject. Kentucky's test rate student performance using four categories: Novice, Apprentice, Proficient, and Distinguished. These categories translate into a scale of 0-140, with 100 being considered proficient. The state goal for all schools is 100 by the year 2014. This chart compares our school's performance, including academic indices and the percent of our students scoring Novice, Apprentice, Proficient and Distinguished (P/D), with all the schools in our district and all the schools in Kentucky.

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Academic Index
	School	District	State
Reading (4th)	79.5	79.5	76.9
Science (4th)	56.1	56.1	56.9
Writing (4th)	58.3	58.3	54.2
Mathematics (5th)	69.9	69.9	67.1
Social Studies (5th)	61.3	61.3	57.9
Arts & Humanities (5th)	32.3	32.3	32.5
PL/VS (5th)	46.6	46.6	45

The national norm referenced test used in Kentucky, the CTBS-5, measures the basic skills of our students while allowing us to compare our performance to the performance with national benchmarks established in 1996. These scores are reported in percentiles. A percentile shows the percentage of students who fell below a particular score on the test. For example, a percentile of 60 would show that the average student in our school scored equal to or better than 60 percent of all the students who took the test. For data on student performance on the ACT, SAT, and advanced placement test ask to see our school's Expanded Report Card.

National Norm Referenced Test (CTBS/5)	School	District	State	Nation
End of Primary (EOP) Reading	%ile	75%ile	55%ile	50%ile
EOP Language Arts	%ile	66%ile	53%ile	50%ile
EOP Mathematics	%ile	72%ile	55%ile	50%ile

Other measures of school performance are the degree to which our school succeeds in getting students to come to school, and the degree to which our school is preparing students to be successful in the next grade the next year. Another measure is the retention rate, which reflects the percent of students who were not academically ready to go onto the next grade the next year and had to repeat the content of a grade for another year. These data reflect our performance during the 1998-1999 school year.

	Attendance Rate	Retention Rate
School	95.4 %	1.1 %
District	93.6 %	0.8 %
State	93.9 %	4 %

Starting in the year 2002, this space will contain a customized growth chart showing our school's academic improvement annually in relation to the goal of proficiency by the year 2014.	State Contest Results
	Five Honor's Choir students placed at the state level.

This chart shows the level of content preparation, continuing education, and classroom experience of our teachers. These numbers do not include our administration, guidance counselors, or library media specialists. The top row presents information on the certification of our teachers, while the second row presents additional information on the extent of their formal preparation to teach specific content. A teacher may be fully certified and yet not possess a formal major or minor in the subject they are teaching. The third row reflects the continuing efforts of our teachers to increase their mastery of the content areas they teach. The bottom two rows present further information about the extent of preparation and years of teacher experience.

The information on school safety is intended to illustrate the policies and procedures we have in place to make our school as safe as possible for our students and staff.

	Yes	No
Visitors are required to sign in	X
All parents received district discipline code	X
% of Classrooms with Telephone Access to Outside Lines	75%

Students and staff may be subjects to personal search of backpacks or personal belongings if there is reasonable suspicion.

Violation	Number of reported incidents	Number of students suspended or expelled for this	Number of students transferred to alternative placement for this
Aggravated assault (with intent to cause injury)	0	0	0
Drug Abuse Violations	0	0	0
Weapons Violations	0	0	0

	Spending per student	Student/Teacher Ratio	Student/Computer Ratio	Percentage of classrooms with at least one student workstation with Internet access
Our School	$ 4,210	14:1	3:1	100%
District	$ 5,934	17:1	7.6:1	100 %
State	$ 6,270	17:1	5.8:1	92 %

All classrooms have computer availability for testing, individualized instruction, assessment, and research. This used is all subjects and core content areas on a daily basis.

	# of students whose parent/guardian had at least one teacher conference	# of parents/ guardians voting in school council (SBDM) elections	# of parents/ guardians serving on school council (SBDM) or its committees	# of volunteer hours
Our School	178	89	78	550

South Elementary has many activities to offer our students. We have 4-H, Little League Football, Basketball, and Softball, Honor's Choir and Academic Team. We also have a 21st. Century Learning Center that offers many after school activities such as gymnastics, piano lessons and homework help.

South Elementary has consistently been in the awards category or maintaining category since the Kentucky testing program was implemented.

We at South Elementary are actively involved in continuing education through Professional Development and workshops with our staff. We involve each student in the learning process and evaluate their needs and abilities both formally and informally.

Call, e-mail, fax or write our principal at the number and address listed on the top of this School Report Card. You may contact your School Based Council Members at the numbers below. Visit our main office and ask for the Expanded School Report Card that contains a variety of information including Kentucky Core Content Test Data and CTBS/5 national norm referenced test data disaggregated by gender, ethnicity, disability, and other criteria. This disaggregated date is available to you at no cost. The remainder of the Expanded School Report Card may be free or provided at cost of copying.

Member’s Name	Phone
Vickie Bramlett, Teacher	(606)523-1369
Nerissa Calhoun, Teacher	(606)528-1651
David Gibbs, Parent	(606)528-5074
George Grove, Principal	(606)523-0448
Debbie Moore	(606)528-8555
Jenny Watkins, Teacher	(606)528-1011

Our school does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability in employment or provision of services.

Reading (4th)	1%	1%	3%	63%	63%	65%	35%	35%	32%
Science (4th)	10%	10%	12%	85%	85%	82%	4%	4%	6%
Writing (4th)	28%	28%	30%	48%	48%	50%	25%	25%	20%
Mathematics (5th)	21%	21%	21%	51%	51%	54%	28%	28%	25%
Social Studies (5th)	19%	19%	20%	65%	65%	67%	16%	16%	13%
Arts & Humanities (5th)	65%	65%	65%	31%	31%	31%	5%	5%	5%
PL/VS (5th)	35%	35%	38%	56%	56%	55%	8%	8%	6%

	School	District	State
% of Classes Taught by Teachers Certified for Subject and Grade Level	100%	100%	NA
% of Classes Taught by Teachers with a Major, Minor or the Equivalent in the Subject Being Taught	100%	90%	NA
% of Classes Taught by Teachers Who Participated in Content-Focused Professional Development	100%	100%	NA
% of Teachers with a Masters Degree or greater or the Equivalent	85%	85%	80%
Average Years of Teaching Experience	14	12	13