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Accreditation

  • Missouri School Improvement Program: Accredited
  • Distinction in Performance Award-state's highest recognition-earned each year since award's inception

Enrollment

(*Official enrollment is recorded last Wednesday of September.)
Official Enrollment for 2008-2009 5,026
Keysor Elementary School, Grades K-5    427
North Glendale Elementary School, Grades 1-5    360
Robinson Elementary School, Grades K-5    388
Tillman Elementary School, Grades K-5    543
Westchester Elementary School, Grades K-5    456
Nipher Middle School, Grades 6-8    581
North Kirkwood Middle School, Grades 6-8    590
Kirkwood High School, Grades 9-12 1,681

Average Class Size

Elementary, Kindergarten 18-20
Elementary, Grades 1-2 20-22
Elementary, Grades 3-5 23-25
Middle Schools 25
High School 25

Early Childhood Education

  • Kirkwood Early Childhood Center serves the needs of children ages birth through 10 years with preschool programs, extended kindergarten, school-age summer camp, early childhood special education and a Parents as Teachers program that provides parent education and child development screenings.

Financial Information

  • Residential Tax Rate-2008: $3.9219 per $100 assessed valuation
  • Assessed Valuation as of August 2008: $1,278,634,770
  • Operating Budget for 2008-09: $60 million

Staff Statistics

  • 2008-09 Staff: 732 + 138 SSD* (as of Oct. 2008)
  • 389 Teachers and 25 Administrators
  • 318 Support Personnel
  • 138 Special School District Staff**SSD St. Louis County employees who teach in Kirkwood District.
  • Teacher Salary Average: $61,281
  • Teacher Salary Range: $39,500 - $87,652
  • Teachers average 14 years teaching experience
  • Administrators average 18 years experience
  • 86% of teachers hold master's degrees or higher
  • 40% of administrators hold doctorates

Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) — Spring 2008

Missouri Assessment Program (MAP)-Spring 2008

The Missouri Assessment Program (MAP), mandated by the Outstanding Schools Act of 1993, is designed to set a higher standard for student achievement. Four achievement levels are used for MAP tests: Advanced (highest), Proficient, Basic, and Below Basic (lowest). A comparison of MAP scores for Kirkwood students compared to those throughout the state are shown below.

Subject

Communications Arts

Grade Advanced & Proficient Basic & Below Basic

KSD MO KSD MO
Grade 3 64.1% 40.9% 35.9% 59.2%
Grade 4 68.9 45.60% 31.1% 54.4%
Grade 5 69.9% 48.6% 30.1% 51.4%
Grade 6 67.9% 47.6% 32.0% 52.4%
Grade 7 71.0% 49.3% 29.0% 50.7%
Grade 8 68.4% 48.4% 31.7% 51.7%
Grade 11 48.2% 39.2% 51.8% 60.8%

Mathematics

Grade Advanced & Proficient Basic & Below Basic

KSD MO KSD
MO
Grade 3 66.2% 44.3% 33.7% 55.7%
Grade 4 66.3% 44.7% 33.7% 55.3%
Grade 5 64.9% 46.2% 35.1% 53.8%
Grade 6 72.1% 51.1% 28.0% 48.9%
Grade 7 75.1% 49.8% 24.9% 50.1%
Grade 8 58.6% 44.3% 41.5% 55.8%
Grade 10 64.5% 46.2% 35.4% 53.9%
College Placement Tests-Spring 2008 Kirkwood Missouri U.S. ACT 23.5 21.6 21.1 SAT Reading 583 594 502 SAT Math 573 597 515 SAT Writing 567 584 494 Annual report information for KSD is posted by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education at www.dese.mo.gov/schooldata/profile/

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