Shaw Visual/perf. Arts Ctr. Primary School
5329 Columbia Ave
Saint Louis MO, 63139, Saint Louis City County
Phone: 314-776-5091
Ranking: 
(1,542 out of 1,698, bottom 9%)*
(1,542 out of 1,698, bottom 9%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5
School District: St. Louis City School District
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 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 31 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 30 | 27 | 23 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 392 | 465 | 374 | 337 | 341 | 340 | 312 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 20 | 5.1% | 23 | 4.9% | 25 | 6.7% | 19 | 5.6% | 18 | 5.3% | 15 | 4.4% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Kindergarten: | 46 | 11.7% | 53 | 11.4% | 52 | 13.9% | 35 | 10.4% | 33 | 9.7% | 41 | 12.1% | 36 | 11.5% |
| Grade 1: | 61 | 15.6% | 65 | 14.0% | 46 | 12.3% | 44 | 13.1% | 46 | 13.5% | 43 | 12.6% | 35 | 11.2% |
| Grade 2: | 54 | 13.8% | 67 | 14.4% | 47 | 12.6% | 45 | 13.4% | 42 | 12.3% | 42 | 12.4% | 44 | 14.1% |
| Grade 3: | 64 | 16.3% | 76 | 16.3% | 66 | 17.6% | 62 | 18.4% | 66 | 19.4% | 69 | 20.3% | 62 | 19.9% |
| Grade 4: | 70 | 17.9% | 86 | 18.5% | 73 | 19.5% | 65 | 19.3% | 63 | 18.5% | 65 | 19.1% | 69 | 22.1% |
| Grade 5: | 77 | 19.6% | 95 | 20.4% | 65 | 17.4% | 67 | 19.9% | 73 | 21.4% | 65 | 19.1% | 66 | 21.2% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 195 | 49.7% | 219 | 47.1% | 164 | 43.9% | 152 | 45.1% | 136 | 39.9% | 137 | 40.3% | 127 | 40.7% |
| Female: | 197 | 50.3% | 246 | 52.9% | 210 | 56.1% | 185 | 54.9% | 197 | 57.8% | 195 | 57.4% | 181 | 58.0% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 2 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.5% | 3 | 0.9% | 4 | 1.2% | 5 | 1.5% | 3 | 1.0% |
| Asian: | 3 | 0.8% | 5 | 1.1% | 4 | 1.1% | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.6% | 2 | 0.6% |
| Hispanic: | 13 | 3.3% | 17 | 3.7% | 15 | 4.0% | 18 | 5.3% | 20 | 5.9% | 13 | 3.8% | 12 | 3.8% |
| Black: | 321 | 81.9% | 381 | 81.9% | 284 | 75.9% | 235 | 69.7% | 231 | 67.7% | 223 | 65.6% | 199 | 63.8% |
| White: | 53 | 13.5% | 60 | 12.9% | 69 | 18.4% | 80 | 23.7% | 85 | 24.9% | 97 | 28.5% | 96 | 30.8% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 326 | 83.2% | 324 | 69.7% | 285 | 76.2% | 249 | 73.9% | 227 | 66.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 221 | 70.8% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 23 | 5.9% | 11 | 2.4% | 21 | 5.6% | 24 | 7.1% | 36 | 10.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 12.73 | 16.85 | 13.54 | 13.11 | 11.37 | 12.60 | 13.60 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| MAP | ||||||
| 2006 | Communication Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 65.8% | 25.8% | 43.3% |
| 2007 | Communication Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 52.3% | 24.7% | 43.6% |
| 2008 | Communication Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 33.8% | 23.6% | 40.9% |
| 2009 | Communication Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 26.9% | 24.9% | 41% |
| 2010 | Communication Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 21.6% | 24.4% | 43.9% |
| 2011 | Communication Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 34.4% | 26.8% | 44.5% |
| 2012 | Communication Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 39.1% | 23.2% | 46% |
| 2013 | Communication Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 34.9% | 22.1% | 48.5% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 58.7% | 24.3% | 44% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 22.7% | 19.7% | 45.6% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 21% | 19.8% | 44.3% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 16.4% | 21.4% | 45% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 15.4% | 25.8% | 47.8% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 43.8% | 27.3% | 50.2% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 34.4% | 23.7% | 52.5% |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 30.1% | 21.5% | 51.4% |
| 2006 | Communication Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 30.7% | 23% | 44.7% |
| 2007 | Communication Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 28.8% | 20.9% | 46% |
| 2008 | Communication Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 19.1% | 22.2% | 45.6% |
| 2009 | Communication Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 34.9% | 24.6% | 47% |
| 2010 | Communication Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 36% | 27.7% | 51.7% |
| 2011 | Communication Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 27.7% | 29.9% | 52.7% |
| 2012 | Communication Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 35.7% | 27.6% | 52.8% |
| 2013 | Communication Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 37.4% | 27.3% | 53.5% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 21.9% | 20.3% | 44.1% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 16.6% | 15.1% | 45.2% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 8.8% | 16.5% | 44.7% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 18.2% | 18.6% | 44.9% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 16.4% | 24% | 49.1% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 16.9% | 26.7% | 51.2% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 21.4% | 22.8% | 51.2% |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 26.7% | 20.2% | 50.7% |
| 2006 | Communication Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 51.3% | 21.4% | 46% |
| 2007 | Communication Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 22.7% | 22% | 48.6% |
| 2008 | Communication Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 31.8% | 25.2% | 48.6% |
| 2009 | Communication Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 20.9% | 24.3% | 49.4% |
| 2010 | Communication Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 32.9% | 30.6% | 51.8% |
| 2011 | Communication Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 34.4% | 32% | 52.1% |
| 2012 | Communication Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 26.6% | 28.4% | 52.6% |
| 2013 | Communication Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 34.2% | 27.8% | 53% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 54.8% | 21.5% | 44% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 12.1% | 19% | 47.3% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 12.1% | 18.7% | 46.2% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 11.3% | 16.8% | 47.8% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 27.4% | 27.9% | 52.4% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 23.9% | 27.8% | 53.4% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 23.5% | 25.8% | 55% |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 23.7% | 25.2% | 54.5% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 11.3% | 15.3% | 45% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 26% | 18.1% | 49.3% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 20.9% | 15.7% | 50.9% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 9.5% | 13.5% | 51.6% |
| 2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 18.4% | 15.2% | 51.9% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
Teacher's Experience and Compensation
| 2007 | 2006 | |
| Teachers with Bachelor Degree: | 57.7% | 57.1% |
| Teachers with Master or PhD Degree: | 42.3% | 42.9% |
| Mean Number of Years of Teaching: | 16.0 years | 18.0 years |
| Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | 26.9% | 25.0% |
| Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | 73.1% | 75.0% |
| Mean Base Salary: | $47,778.0 | $46,814.0 |
| Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | $39,879.0 | $37,589.0 |
| Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | $50,688.0 | $49,890.0 |
* Shaw Visual/perf. Arts Ctr. 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.