Pentucket Regional School Disctrict NCLB

Pentucket Regional School District

District Report Card*
2002-2003

John D. MacLean, Jr. Ed.D., Superintendent of Schools
Mailing Address: 22 Main Street, West Newbury, MA 01985
Phone: (978) 363-2280 / Fax: (978) 363-1165
Website: http://www.prsd.org

Mission / Vision Statement:

In the Pentucket Regional School community, everyone works together in an environment founded upon trust, integrity, fairness, and open communication with the belief that every individual can discover and develop talents and abilities, and pursue unlimited potential. The hallmarks of this community are educational excellence, respect for self and others, and responsible, ethical citizenship.

Enrollment – 2003 – PK - 12
	District	State
Race/Ethnicity
White	97.6 %	75.1 %
African-American	0.6 %	8.8 %
Hispanic	0.8 %	11.2 %
Asian	1.0 %	4.6 %
Native American	0.0 %	0.3 %
Gender
Male	51 %	51.5 %
Female	49 %	48.6 %
Selected Population Enrollment
Limited English Proficiency	0.0 %	5.3 %
Low-income	3.4 %	26.2 %
Special Education	12.2 %	15.2 %
Migrant	0.0 %	0.2 %
TOTAL COUNT	3,445	982,152

*Report Card:
This report includes information on the school's performance on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) by content area, grade level, and for particular student populations. Comparison data from the district, the state, and from 2001 are also provided. In addition, this report includes other information as required by the federal No Child Left Behind act.

Pentucket School Committee & School District Goals:

Develop methodology for determining academic consistency among the three towns’ elementary schools (District Goal).

Evaluate K-12 Math integration with special emphasis on elementary to middle school and middle school to high school transitions (District Goal).

Stabilize district administration through selection of permanent superintendent (School Committee Goal).

Commence revision of Bylaws/Policies (School Committee Goal).

Establish a plan for assessing Pentucket Regional Agreement and reviewing areas for possible amendment and/or clarification (School Committee Goal).

Determine short-term solution(s) to space issues at district schools (School Committee Goal).

Hire NESDEC to revise 10-year projections for district and review options recommended by Space Needs Subcommittee in light of new projections (School Committee Goal).

To enhance the Pentucket District’s ability to retain, attract, induct, and mentor quality staff members (School Committee/School District Goal).

Enhance communications in the following areas: website, annual report, others (as identified by Communications Subcommittee) (School Committee Goal).

Establish a flexible forecasting model to be used to communicate multi-year projections of enrollment-driven expenses, capital outlay, out of district placements, revenues projections, including state reimbursements and town assessments. Programmatic additions and changes will also be included (School Committee/School District Goal).

School Committee Members 2002-2003:

Sally W. Cookman, Chairman

Anthony L. Castiglione, Vice Chairman

Carol A. Grazio, Secretary

Margaret J. Muench, Assistant Treasurer

Marla S. Andrews

Doreen Blades

Guillaume O. Buell

Caitlyn Burns, Student Representative

Peter Cronin

George W. Mavroides

Janice M. Nelson

Robert O’Keefe

Brian L. Young

Faculty Licensure Information:

Student success is linked to the quality of a school’s instructional staff. The information below is divided into two parts: (1) the percentage of teachers who are certified or licensed to teach in Massachusetts and (2) the percentage of classes taught by teachers who are highly qualified in core academic areas such as mathematics, science, reading, history, English language arts, etc. Both pieces of information are intended to help you understand the backgrounds and preparation of the teachers who are working with your child. As you will see, most if not all teachers in the school are certified, and most, if not all, are highly qualified. Those who are not are either working on a waiver granted by the Massachusetts Department of Education, or are long-term or permanent substitutes. While qualified to teach within Massachusetts, certain teachers are now in the process of demonstrating subject matter competency through additional coursework. No Child Left Behind requires that all teachers be highly qualified by the end of the 2005-2006 school year, and thus what you will see in the percentages are indications of how far our school has to go in order to comply with this deadline.

Percent of elementary (K-6) teachers licensed:    93%

Percent of secondary (7-12) teachers licensed:   92%

Percent of district’s (K-12) teachers licensed:    93%

Percent of core academic classes taught by highly qualified elementary (K-6) teachers: 93%

Percent of core academic classes taught by highly qualified secondary (7-12) teachers: 94%

Percent of core academic classes taught by highly qualified (K-12) teachers: 94%

District Report Card - Pentucket
Grade 03 - Reading

	Participation		% Students at Each Performance Level
	#	%	A	P	NI	W/F
STUDENT STATUS
Regular	222	100	NA	91	9	0
Disabled	38	100	NA	53	39	8
Limited English Proficient			NA	0	0	0
GENDER
Female	126	100	NA	88	11	1
Male	134	99	NA	84	15	1
RACE/ETHNICITY
African American/Black	1	100
Asian or Pacific Islander	2	100
Hispanic	3	75
Mixed or Other	1	100
White	253	100	NA	87	12	1
FREE LUNCH	14	93	NA	64	36	0
ALL STUDENTS
2002	260	100	NA	86	13	1
2001	261	100	NA	80	20	0
STATE
2002	74143	98	0	67	27	6
NOTE: MCAS results for groups with fewer than 10 students are not shown to protect student confidentiality

District Report Card - Pentucket
Grade 04 - English Language Arts

	Participation		% Students at Each Performance Level
	#	%	A	P	NI	W/F
STUDENT STATUS
Regular	207	99	20	67	13	0
Disabled	53	98	9	26	51	13
GENDER
Female	131	99	21	59	18	2
Male	129	98	16	59	22	3
RACE/ETHNICITY
African American/Black	1	100
Asian or Pacific Islander	1	100
Hispanic	6	100
Mixed or Other	6	100
Native American	1	100
White	244	99	18	60	19	2
FREE LUNCH	13	100	8	31	54	8
ALL STUDENTS
2002	260	99	18	59	20	3
2001	286	99	12	57	27	4
STATE
2002	75008	97	8	46	37	10
NOTE: MCAS results for groups with fewer than 10 students are not shown to protect student confidentiality

District Report Card - Pentucket
Grade 04 - Mathematics

	Participation		% Students at Each Performance Level
	#	%	A	P	NI	W/F
STUDENT STATUS
Regular	209	100	27	39	31	3
Disabled	54	100	11	19	44	26
GENDER
Female	132	100	20	36	37	6
Male	131	100	27	34	30	9
RACE/ETHNICITY
African American/Black	1	100
Asian or Pacific Islander	1	100
Hispanic	6	100
Mixed or Other	6	100
Native American	1	100
White	247	100	24	35	33	8
FREE LUNCH	13	100	8	23	46	23
ALL STUDENTS
2002	263	100	24	35	33	8
2001	288	100	16	34	41	10
STATE
2002	75682	98	12	27	42	19
NOTE: MCAS results for groups with fewer than 10 students are not shown to protect student confidentiality

District Report Card - Pentucket
Grade 06 - Mathematics

	Participation		% Students at Each Performance Level
	#	%	A	P	NI	W/F
STUDENT STATUS
Regular	243	100	20	41	28	12
Disabled	57	98	5	26	33	35
Limited English Proficient			0	0	0	0
GENDER
Female	147	99	16	43	29	12
Male	153	99	18	34	28	20
RACE/ETHNICITY
African American/Black	2	100
Asian or Pacific Islander	1	100
Hispanic	1	100
Mixed or Other	6	100
White	290	99	18	37	29	17
FREE LUNCH	12	100	0	25	50	25
ALL STUDENTS
2002	300	99	17	38	29	16
2001	272	100	23	35	31	11
STATE
2002	78561	99	13	28	29	29
NOTE: MCAS results for groups with fewer than 10 students are not shown to protect student confidentiality

District Report Card - Pentucket
Grade 07 - English Language Arts

	Participation		% Students at Each Performance Level
	#	%	A	P	NI	W/F
STUDENT STATUS
Regular	272	99	9	69	21	1
Disabled	2	100
GENDER
Female	131	99	14	70	16	0
Male	143	100	4	67	26	3
RACE/ETHNICITY
African American/Black	1	100
Asian or Pacific Islander	2	100
Hispanic	3	100
Mixed or Other	11	100	9	36	55	0
White	257	100	9	71	19	2
FREE LUNCH	1	100
ALL STUDENTS
2002	274	99	9	69	21	1
2001	270	96	4	58	31	7
STATE
2002	76710	97	9	55	28	8
NOTE: MCAS results for groups with fewer than 10 students are not shown to protect student confidentiality

District Report Card - Pentucket
Grade 08 - Mathematics

	Participation		% Students at Each Performance Level
	#	%	A	P	NI	W/F
STUDENT STATUS
Regular	260	100	18	33	33	16
Disabled	19	100	5	5	26	63
GENDER
Female	140	100	15	36	31	19
Male	139	100	19	27	34	19
RACE/ETHNICITY
Asian or Pacific Islander	5	100
Hispanic	3	100
Mixed or Other	21	100	10	14	43	33
White	250	100	17	33	32	18
ALL STUDENTS
2002	279	100	17	32	32	19
2001	262	97	16	32	37	14
STATE
2002	74890	98	11	23	33	33
NOTE: MCAS results for groups with fewer than 10 students are not shown to protect student confidentiality

District Report Card - Pentucket
Grade 10 - English Language Arts

	Participation		% Students at Each Performance Level
	#	%	A	P	NI	W/F
STUDENT STATUS
Regular	219	99	49	46	4	0
Disabled	25	100	8	36	48	8
GENDER
Female	128	98	48	45	5	2
Male	115	100	42	45	13	0
RACE/ETHNICITY
Asian or Pacific Islander	2	100
Hispanic	1	100
Mixed or Other	6	100
Native American	1	100
White	233	99	45	45	9	1
FREE LUNCH	11	100	9	73	18	0
ALL STUDENTS
2002	244	99	45	45	9	1
2001	224	100	31	47	19	2
STATE
2002	65669	96	20	40	27	13
NOTE: MCAS results for groups with fewer than 10 students are not shown to protect student confidentiality

District Report Card - Pentucket
Grade 10 - Mathematics

	Participation		% Students at Each Performance Level
	#	%	A	P	NI	W/F
STUDENT STATUS
Regular	219	99	37	39	21	3
Disabled	25	100	0	16	48	36
GENDER
Female	128	98	30	38	26	7
Male	115	100	37	37	22	4
RACE/ETHNICITY
Asian or Pacific Islander	2	100
Hispanic	1	100
Mixed or Other	6	100
Native American	1	100
White	233	99	33	37	24	6
FREE LUNCH	11	100	9	36	36	18
ALL STUDENTS
2002	244	99	33	37	24	6
2001	224	100	30	47	16	7
STATE
2002	66674	97	20	24	31	25
NOTE: MCAS results for groups with fewer than 10 students are not shown to protect student confidentiality

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