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 2009-2010 |
5,000
|
| Keysor Elementary School, Grades K-5 |
429 |
| North Glendale Elementary School, Grades 1-5 |
344
|
| Robinson Elementary School, Grades K-5 |
411
|
| Tillman Elementary School, Grades K-5 |
552
|
| Westchester Elementary School, Grades K-5 |
446
|
| Nipher Middle School, Grades 6-8 |
599
|
| North Kirkwood Middle School, Grades 6-8 |
589
|
| Kirkwood High School, Grades 9-12 |
1,630 |
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, 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-2009: $4.082 per $100 assessed valuation
- Assessed Valuation as of August 2009: $1,223,831,000
- Operating Budget for 2009-10: $64.5 million
Staff Statistics
- 2009-10 Staff: 735 + 121 SSD* (as of Oct. 2008)
- 393 Teachers and 25 Administrators
- 316 Support Personnel
- 121 Special School District Staff*
*SSD St. Louis County employees who teach in Kirkwood District. - Teacher Salary Average: $62,052
- Teacher Salary Range: $41,200 - $89,900
- Teachers average 14.4 years teaching experience
- Administrators average 21 years experience
- 86% of teachers hold master's degrees or higher
- 42% of administrators hold doctorates
Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) — Spring 2009
Missouri Assessment Program (MAP)-Spring 2009
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 |
68.8% |
41% |
31.1% |
59% |
| Grade 4 |
77.3
|
47% |
22.6% |
53% |
| Grade 5 |
72.2% |
49.4% |
27.8% |
50.6% |
| Grade 6 |
64.1% |
48.1% |
35.9% |
51.9% |
| Grade 7 |
73.8% |
51.1% |
26.3% |
48.9% |
| Grade 8 |
76.8% |
50.2% |
23.2% |
49.8% |
Mathematics |
| Grade |
Advanced & Proficient |
Basic & Below Basic |
|
KSD |
MO |
KSD
|
MO |
| Grade 3 |
72.6% |
45% |
27.4% |
55% |
| Grade 4 |
73.9% |
44.9% |
26.2% |
55.1% |
| Grade 5 |
72.6% |
47.8% |
27.5% |
52.2% |
| Grade 6 |
69.3% |
50.7% |
30.7% |
49.3% |
| Grade 7 |
75% |
52.4% |
25% |
47.6% |
| Grade 8 |
71.4% |
47.1% |
25% |
47.6% |
Science |
| Grade |
Advanced & Proficient |
Basic & Below Basic |
|
KSD |
MO |
KSD
|
MO |
Grade 5
| 69.4%
| 45.2%
| 30.6%
| 54.8%
|
Grade 8
| 66.6%
| 45.2
| 33.4
| 54.8
|
End of Course ExamsIn the spring of 2009 students in Algebra I, English 10 and Biology were given the End of Course (EOC) exam.
|
| Grade |
Advanced & Proficient |
Basic & Below Basic |
|
KSD |
MO |
KSD
|
MO |
English II
| 83.1%
| 72.5%
| 17%
| 49.8%
|
Algebra I
| 65.6%
| 52.6%
| 34.4%
| 47.4%
|
Biology I
| 76.1%
| 55.1%
| 23.9%
| 45%
|
| 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/ |
