Primrose+Hill+School

**Primrose Hill School**
District: Barrington Author: Claire Hilsinger



Introduction
The Primrose Hill School is located in Barrington, Rhode Island. Grade PreK- 3rd Grade are taught in this school. There are 347 students in this school. 95% are White, 4% are Asian, and 1% are African American. Four students receive English as a Second Language services. 5% of the students qualify for free and reduced price lunch and 14% receive special education services. There are different class styles to choose from at this school. You can do a three-year multi-age program or a 1-2 year looping program. There is also a K/1 program for students who are not yet ready for 1st grade.

Assessments
Only the 3rd grade students are tested a the Primrose Hill School. Starting in 2006-2007 Primrose Hill School had 11% of students who scored substantially below proficiency in Math, 7% were considered partially proficient, 40% who were proficient, and 42% who were considered proficient with distinction. The total Math proficiency for this year was 82%. In the 2007-2008 school year 7% of students were substantially below, 12% were partially proficient, 45% were proficient, and 36% were proficient with distinction. The total proficiency for this year was 81%. In 2008-2009 school year 18% of students were partially proficient, 54% were proficient, and 27% were proficient with distinction. The total proficiency for this year was also 81%.

The Reading score were better than the Math scores. In 2006-2007 4% were substantially below, 6% were partially proficient, 59% were proficient, and 31% were proficient with distinction. The total proficiency for this year was 89%. In the 2007-2008 school year 2% were substantially below, 10% were partially proficient, 59% were proficient, and 29% were proficient with distinction. The total proficiency for this year was 88%. Then for the 2008-2009 school year 8% were partially proficient, 55% were proficient, and 37% were proficient with distinction. The total proficiency for this year was 92%.

Accountability
This school is not diverse and therefore only accounts for the scores of white students. The average math score in 2008 was 92%, which was well above the state average of 74.5%. The average English score was 96.1% which was also higher than the state average of 84.1%. Their attendance rate is 95.9% which is better than the state average which is 90%.

In the 2005-2006 school year the average math scores were 97% and their English scores were 98%. Both of these scores were above the state averages which were 81% and 85% respectively. In 2006-2007 the Math score was 94% and the English score was 97%. These were also above the state averages which were 83&% and 86%. Finally in 2007-2008 the math scores were 92% and the English scores were 96%. And once again the schools scores were well above the state averages of 82% and 86%.

Recruiting Teachers
There are a total of 26 teachers in this school. In this school 13% of the teachers have worked in the field of education for more than 25 years. Also 13% of the teachers have 3 years or less of experience.

Between 2005 and 2006 less than 60% of the teachers in this school responded to the SALT survey compared to almost 80% in the entire state. In 2006-2007 only about 50% of the teachers in this school responded to the SALT survey and about 80% of teachers across the state responded. In 2008-2009 closer to 40% of the teachers in the school responded to the survey and close to 60% statewide responded.

Around 50% of the teachers in this school believe there is not enough time for adequate planning. About 30% said there was a lack of time for team planning. Close to 20% of the teachers in this school feel that teacher training is lacking. Just under 20% of the teachers in this school believe that the school is lacking developed curriculum. And about 10% said that they think the school is pretty disorganized.

Just over 60% of the teachers in this school feel they are encouraged to make their own decisions. Close to 90% of the teachers in this school said that their team or grade level share information with each other. 90% of the teachers in this school feel that the staff pushes themselves to do their best work. In this school 60% of the teachers believe that they are good at handeling student discipline or behavioral management. Just under 40% of the teachers in this school believe they accomplish school wide goals. Only about 50% of the teachers in this school feel they have the opportunity to take part in decisions.

Conclusion
Over all this is a very good school. They are not very diverse and all of the information I was able to collect only accounted for white students. They have pretty high test scores especially in English. Their teachers seem pretty satisfied with the way the school is run. Their teachers also seem pretty well experienced.