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Aspire Charter Academy Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

4900 West 15th Ave

Gary IN, 46406, Lake County

Phone: 219-944-7400

Ranking:

(1,414 out of 1,449, bottom 2%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

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
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	36		37		32		30		22		20
Total Students:	697		657		667		598		494		413
Kindergarten:	88	12.6%	89	13.5%	85	12.7%	87	14.5%	82	16.6%	82	19.9%
Grade 1:	79	11.3%	82	12.5%	81	12.1%	81	13.5%	79	16.0%	74	17.9%
Grade 2:	82	11.8%	81	12.3%	81	12.1%	80	13.4%	74	15.0%	78	18.9%
Grade 3:	81	11.6%	82	12.5%	81	12.1%	81	13.5%	77	15.6%	73	17.7%
Grade 4:	78	11.2%	62	9.4%	80	12.0%	80	13.4%	77	15.6%	52	12.6%
Grade 5:	71	10.2%	79	12.0%	76	11.4%	81	13.5%	52	10.5%	54	13.1%
Grade 6:	81	11.6%	74	11.3%	81	12.1%	54	9.0%	53	10.7%	NA	NA
Grade 7:	74	10.6%	67	10.2%	51	7.6%	54	9.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 8:	63	9.0%	41	6.2%	51	7.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	373	53.5%	367	55.9%	355	53.2%	314	52.5%	263	53.2%	223	54.0%
Female:	324	46.5%	290	44.1%	312	46.8%	284	47.5%	222	44.9%	182	44.1%
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%
Asian:	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	29	4.2%	32	4.9%	30	4.5%	7	1.2%	7	1.4%	3	0.7%
Black:	655	94.0%	609	92.7%	620	93.0%	579	96.8%	478	96.8%	404	97.8%
White:	0	0.0%	4	0.6%	7	1.0%	12	2.0%	8	1.6%	6	1.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	12	1.7%	12	1.8%	10	1.5%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	610	87.5%	563	85.7%	548	82.2%	486	81.3%	389	78.7%	311	75.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	41	5.9%	40	6.1%	50	7.5%	50	8.4%	56	11.3%	56	13.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.36		17.76		20.84		19.93		22.45		20.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ECA
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	5.6%	N/A	N/A
ISTEP+
2011	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	60.3%	N/A	83%
2012	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	65.8%	N/A	85%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	N/A	78%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	48.7%	N/A	79%
2011	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	67.1%	N/A	82%
2012	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	68.1%	N/A	82%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	43.8%	N/A	70%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	63%	N/A	79%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	39.7%	N/A	76%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	48.6%	N/A	78%
2011	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	36.2%	N/A	75%
2012	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	63.8%	N/A	78%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	55.1%	N/A	86%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.4%	N/A	86%
2011	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	31.9%	N/A	67%
2012	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	30%	N/A	67%
2011	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	41.9%	N/A	76%
2012	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	55.7%	N/A	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	56.8%	N/A	80%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	58%	N/A	82%
2011	Science	6th Grade	% met std	16.3%	N/A	62%
2012	Science	6th Grade	% met std	11.4%	N/A	64%
2011	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	57.1%	N/A	77%
2012	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	33.3%	N/A	75%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	60.4%	N/A	75%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	47.6%	N/A	78%
2011	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	26.5%	N/A	68%
2012	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	21.4%	N/A	71%
2012	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	52.9%	N/A	73%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51%	N/A	80%

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* Aspire Charter Academy Primary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.