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West Marion Elementary School

Public | PK-5 | 458 students

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Posted March 8, 2009

West Marion Elementary School leaves a lot to be desired. There is currently no way to tell where the school actually stands academically because the accountability tests have been negated through 'mandatory homework'. Mandatory homework is taught poorly at school in order to 'engage the parents' at home. Parents who send their kids to this school can expect an average of two hours of poorly taught homework every day in which you, the parent, is the teacher. Parents are coerced in to becoming the teachers without any consideration that they have to also earn a living. The accountability tests cannot measure this schools performance separately from its dependence on parents and would probably fail to do so. The accountability test scores for WMES are high and fraudulent. Parents are treated as a free resource on which the school depends.
—Submitted by a parent


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The Community Rating is the school’s average rating from its community members (e.g., parents, students, and school staff). The highest possible rating is five stars; the lowest is one star.

The test results by subgroup show how the designated group of students is performing in comparison to the general population.
Math

The state average for Math was 73% in 2011.

2011

 
 
84%

2010

 
 
79%

2009

 
 
79%
Reading

The state average for Reading was 76% in 2011.

2011

 
 
84%

2010

 
 
87%

2009

 
 
83%
Science

The state average for Science was 71% in 2011.

2011

 
 
86%

2010

 
 
85%

2009

 
 
78%
Social Studies

The state average for Social Studies was 60% in 2011.

2011

 
 
69%

2010

 
 
60%

2009

 
 
78%
Writing

The state average for Writing was 60% in 2011.

2011

 
 
65%

2010

 
 
80%

2009

 
 
65%
Scale: % proficient or distinguished

About the tests


In 2010-2011 Kentucky used the Kentucky Core Content Tests (KCCT) to assess students in grades 3 through 8 and 10 through 12 in reading, social studies, science, writing, and math. The Elementary School results displayed on GreatSchools profiles are for grades 3 through 5 combined for each subject. Middle School results are for grades 6 though 8 combined, and High School results are for grades 10 though 12 combined. The KCCT is a standards-based test, which means it measures how well students are mastering specific skills defined for each grade by the state of Kentucky.

See Kentucky's state standards

Source: Kentucky Department of Education

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Student ethnicity

Ethnicity This school State average
White 99% 83%
American Indian/Alaska Native N/A 0%
Asian/Pacific Islander N/A 1%
Black 0% 11%
Hispanic 0% 3%
Source: NCES, 2008-2009

Student subgroups

  This school District averageState average
Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch program 54%N/A52%
Source: NCES, 2008-2009

Student-teacher ratio

  This school District averageState average
Students per FTE teacher 17N/A16
Source: NCES, 2008-2009
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8175 Loretto Rd
Loretto, KY 40037
Phone: (270) 699-4320

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