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December 6, 2009

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Cynthia Cunningham

From the school

"Cunningham Elementary School provides meaningful communication to parents in several ways:

- Informational newsletters are distributed to parents several times a year.

- Teachers provide academic progress reports to students every two weeks. while report cards are distributed three times a year.

- Student progress is shared with parents during parent teacher conferences and during both pizza and progress and literacy nights.

- Teachers and administrators frequently share information with parents through the use of phone calls, conferences, letters, and our Web site.":

School details

  • Principal: Stacey S. Scott-Cherry
  • Classes: 9:00 a.m.-3:21 p.m.
  • All year: Yes
  • Safe Key: Yes (SafeKey is offered Monday through Friday starting at 7 a.m., as well as after school from 3:11 until 6 p.m.)
  • Full-day kindergarten: Yes
  • Block schedule: No
  • Level(s): Elementary
  • Dress code: No
  • Mascot: Colts
  • Made AYP: Unknown
  • Homework help centers: No
  • ESL offered: Unknown
  • Edison school: No
  • Class-size reduction: Yes
  • District: D
  • Region: East
  • Alternative education summer school: No
  • Magnet school: No

Annual Data

  • 2007
  • 2008

Demographics

  • Enrollment: 1002
  • Female students: 47.9 %
  • Male students: 52 %
  • American Indian/Alaskan Native: 11 (1.1 %)
  • Asian/Pacific Islanders: 115 (11.5 %)
  • Black/African American: 204 (20.4 %)
  • Hispanic: 395 (39.4 %)
  • White: 277 (27.6 %)
  • Free/Reduced Lunch students: 531
  • Students with disabilities: 121
  • Limited English Proficiency students: 251

Fiscal Information

  • Total Expenditures/Pupil: $7156
  • Remedial Funding SB 404: $50315

Student Information

  • Average daily attendance: 94.5 %
  • Teacher/Student ratio: 24:1
  • Transiency: 50.3 %

Technology

  • Classrooms: 43
  • Portable classrooms used: 10
  • Classrooms with Internet access: 43
  • Instructional computers: 147
  • Instructional computers with Internet access: 147
  • Labs/Libraries/Media Centers: 2
  • Labs/Libraries/Media Centers with Internet access: 2

Assessments

  • AYP classification: Did Not Make Adequate Yearly Progress
  • AYP designation: In Need of Improvement (Year 4)
  • AYP detail: Click here
  • NAWE info: Click here

Retention

  • 1st grade: 4 (2.2 %)
  • 2nd grade: 1 (0.6 %)
  • 4th grade: 2 (1.1 %)

Scoring

  • Math K8 AS: 38 %
  • Math K8 ED: 13 %
  • Math K8 ES: 18 %
  • Math K8 MS: 31 %
  • Reading K8 AS: 39 %
  • Reading K8 ED: 13 %
  • Reading K8 ES: 10 %
  • Reading K8 MS: 38 %
  • Science K8 AS: 44 %
  • Science K8 ED: 11 %
  • Science K8 ES: 14 %
  • Science K8 MS: 30 %
  • Writing K8 AS: 44 %
  • Writing K8 ED: 11 %
  • Writing K8 ES: 5 %
  • Writing K8 MS: 40 %
  • Key: AS = Approaches Standards; ED = Emergent/Developing; ES = Exceeds Standards; MS = Meets Standards; HS = High School; K8 = Kindergarten-8th grade

Student/Teacher Ratios

  • Kindergarten: 25:1
  • 1st grade: 23:1
  • 2nd grade: 18:1
  • 3rd grade: 20:1
  • 4th grade: 33:1
  • 5th grade: 29:1

Additional Information

Demographics

  • Enrollment: 832
  • Female students: 48.2 %
  • Male students: 52 %
  • American Indian/Alaskan Native: 7 (0.8 %)
  • Asian/Pacific Islanders: 123 (14.8 %)
  • Black/African American: 168 (20.2 %)
  • Hispanic: 307 (36.9 %)
  • White: 227 (27.3 %)
  • Free/Reduced Lunch students: 505
  • Students with disabilities: 102
  • Limited English Proficiency students: 211

Fiscal Information

  • Total Expenditures/Pupil: $6903
  • Remedial Funding Reading First: $174502

Student Information

  • Average daily attendance: 93.3 %
  • Teacher/Student ratio: 22:1
  • Transiency: 63.0 %

Technology

  • Classrooms: 39
  • Classrooms with Internet access: 39
  • Instructional computers: 120
  • Instructional computers with Internet access: 120
  • Labs/Libraries/Media Centers: 2
  • Labs/Libraries/Media Centers with Internet access: 2

Assessments

  • AYP classification: Did Not Make Adequate Yearly Progress
  • AYP designation: In Need of Improvement (Year 5)
  • AYP detail: Click here
  • CRT info: Click here

Retention

  • Kindergarten: 4 (2.4 %)
  • 1st grade: 4 (2.7 %)
  • 2nd grade: 5 (4.2 %)
  • 3rd grade: 1 (0.7 %)
  • 4th grade: 1 (0.9 %)

Scoring

  • Math K8 AS: 26 %
  • Math K8 ED: 7 %
  • Math K8 ES: 20 %
  • Math K8 MS: 47 %
  • Reading K8 AS: 37 %
  • Reading K8 ED: 8 %
  • Reading K8 ES: 18 %
  • Reading K8 MS: 37 %
  • Science K8 AS: 45 %
  • Science K8 ED: 9 %
  • Science K8 ES: 16 %
  • Science K8 MS: 30 %
  • Writing K8 AS: 48 %
  • Writing K8 ED: 10 %
  • Writing K8 ES: 4 %
  • Writing K8 MS: 38 %
  • Key: AS = Approaches Standards; ED = Emergent/Developing; ES = Exceeds Standards; MS = Meets Standards; HS = High School; K8 = Kindergarten-8th grade

Student/Teacher Ratios

  • Kindergarten: 28:1
  • 1st grade: 17:1
  • 2nd grade: 15:1
  • 3rd grade: 20:1
  • 4th grade: 30:1
  • 5th grade: 31:1

Additional Information

  • Parent/Teacher conference attendance: 95.0 %
  • Complete report card: Click here

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