Test score statistics show difference between Roosevelt and Silver Beach Elementary

Roosevelt Elementary School has recently instituted educational programs to address the school’s relatively low MSP scores and high poverty rates. The Alabama Hill neighborhood feeds into this school according to district boundaries, although Silver Beach Elementary School is also close by in the Silver Beach neighborhood.
 
According to the Washington StateOffice of Superintendent of Public Instruction, these nearby elementary school have significantly different statistical MSP scores and poverty rates as of last school year: 

• Students receiving free or reduced-priced lunch:
• Roosevelt: 60.7 percent
• Silver Beach: 25.8 percent
• District average: 37.9 percent
• Students meeting state standard on MSP Reading exam:
• Roosevelt: third-grade – 66.2 percent; forth-grade – 72.4 percent; fifth-grade – 63.1 percent
• Silver Beach: third-grade – 87.7 percent; forth-grade – 83.1 percent; fifth-grade – 91.9 percent
• District average: third-grade – 78.9 percent; forth-grade – 76.4 percent; fifth-grade – 82.5 percent
• Students meeting state standard on MSP Math exam:
• Roosevelt: third-grade – 64.8 percent; forth-grade – 43.4 percent; fifth-grade – 50.8 percent
• Silver Beach: third-grade – 75.4 percent; forth-grade – 78.3 percent; fifth-grade – 71 percent
• District average: third-grade – 67.7 percent; forth-grade – 63.6 percent; fifth-grade – 69.5 percent
• Students meeting state standard on MSP Writing exam:
• Roosevelt: forth-grade – 50 percent
• Silver Beach: forth-grade – 65.9 percent
• District average: forth-grade – 67.8 percent
• Students meeting state standard on MSP Science exam:
• Roosevelt: fifth-grade – 56.9 percent
• Silver Beach: fifth-grade – 83.9 percent
• District average: fifth-grade – 77.1 percent

In almost all cases, Silver Beach exceeds district averages for MSP scores while Roosevelt falls behind. Roosevelt has added educational programs in an attempt to raise test scores and also qualifies for federal Title I funding do to its poverty rate. Both of these schools house Head Start pre-kindergarten programs for children of low-income families.