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General Information
	District: Amherst (17)	SAU: Amherst SAU Office (39)
	Address: PO Box 849, Amherst, NH 03031-0849	Telephone: 603-673-2690
	NCES District ID: 3301470	Fax:
	Superintendent: Michael Berry	Web Site:
	Federal Accountability Status Met: No

District Report Card 2011-12

Enrollment

	October 1 Enrollment		Average Class Size
Grade(s)	District	State	District	State
PreSchool	18	3,165
Kindergarten	97	11,904
Readiness	0	78
Grade 1	107	13,595	15	18
Grade 2	127	13,845	18	18
Grade 3	139	13,876	20	19
Grade 4	138	14,167	20	20
Grade 5	152	14,200	19	20
Grade 6	185	14,568	23	21
Grade 7	223	14,811	20	21
Grade 8	202	15,102	18	22
Grade 9	0	16,465
Grade 10	0	15,350
Grade 11	0	14,985
Grade 12	0	14,673
Total Enrollment	1388	190,805

School Safety

	District	State
School Safety Incidences	11	1,505
Total Number of Incidents	41	23,633
No. of Incidents/1,000 students	30	124

Attendance/Four-Year Graduation Rate

	District	State
PreSchool Attendance Rate		92
Elem/Middle Attendance Rate (Target: 90%)	96.2	95.5
High School Four-Year Graduation Rate (Target: 85%)		86.6

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Teacher Quality

	District		State
	N	%	N	%
Core Classes Taught by non-HQT	31	8.9	3276	5.9
Core Classes Taught by non-HQT in High-Poverty Schools		N/A		1.2
Core Classes Taught by non-HQT in Low-Poverty Schools		8.9		1.5
Employed Under Emergency Credentials	N/A	N/A	5	0.04
Bachelor's Degree		21.7		39.5
Master's Degree		62.9		47.7
Degree beyond Master's Degree		0.0		0.8

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School Staff

	District	State
Teachers	105	15,049
Instructional Support	52	6,964
Librarians	2	313
Specialists	29	2,550
Admin Support	9	1,245
All Other Support	27	3,598

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Improvement Status

Status for 2011-2012 School Year	Content Area	Met AYP Requirements	Status for 2012-2013 School Year
Acceptable	Reading	No	DINI Year 1
DINI Year2	Math	No	Corrective Action/Level 3
Acceptable	Other	Yes	Acceptable

Statewide NCLB Accountability Status
	READING				MATHEMATICS
	Schools		Districts		Schools		Districts
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Acceptable	279	60.5	105	65.6	241	52.3	82	51.6
SINI/DINI Year 1	41	8.9	24	15.0	67	14.5	26	16.4
SINI/DINI Year2	57	12.4	13	8.1	71	15.4	26	16.4
Corrective Action/Level 3	37	8.0	13	8.1	34	7.4	11	6.9
Restructure Planning/Level 4	23	5.0	3	1.9	27	5.9	9	5.7
Restructuring/Level 5&6	24	5.2	2	1.3	21	4.6	5	3.1
State Total	461	100.0	160	100.0	461	100	159	100.0

More information on school/district improvement:		[DINI / SINI]
More accountability information:		Elementary and Middle - Performance Indicator Report High School - Performance Indicator Report [NH Performance Based Accountability System]

Assessment Rankings

Ranking School Type	Subject	Nbr. of Students	Index Score and Std Error	Index Score Ranking	No. of Students Prior Year	Prior Year Index Score and Std Error	Index Score Improvement	Index Score Improvement Ranking
Elem/Middle	Math	955	92.6 (+/-0.6)	42 of 156	1005	92.2 (+/-0.6)	0.4	59 of 155
Elem/Middle	Read	955	97 (+/-0.4)	16 of 156	1005	96.8 (+/-0.3)	0.2	85 of 155
Elem/Middle	Write	341	90.9 (+/-0.9)	33 of 143	385	92.5 (+/-0.7)	-1.6	83 of 140

Student Assessment
* indicates total number of test takers is 10 or less.
Blank indicates no science assessment test administered.

Achievement Level (%)	Reading		Mathematics		Writing		Science
Achievement Level (%)	District	State	District	State	District	State	District	State
Substantially Below Proficient (%)	2	7	7	16	3	8	7	17
Partially Proficient (%)	7	15	12	17	29	37	35	43
Proficient (%)	50	54	47	43	52	45	54	37
Proficient with Distinction (%)	41	24	34	23	16	8	3	1
Testing Participation (%)	100	99	100	99	99	99	99	99
For assessment rankings click on this link:				[Ranking Reports]

NECAP Longitudinal Reports
1) NECAP Teaching Year District Tested at Grade Comparison	Reading and Math
2) NECAP Teaching Year District "Cohort" History Comparison	Reading and Math
3) NECAP Teaching Year District vs. State by Tested at Grade	Math	Reading
4) NECAP Teaching Year District vs. State by "Cohort" History	Math	Reading
5) NECAP Teaching Year District GAP Analysis by Tested at Grade	Math	Reading
6) NECAP and NH ALPs Teaching Year Average Index Score and GAP analysis	Math	Reading	Science	Writing
7) NECAP and NH ALPs Teaching Year Percent of students at each index level	Math	Reading	Science	Writing
8) NECAP and NH ALPs Teaching Year Median Student Growth Percentile (SGP) and GAP analysis	Math	Reading
9) NECAP and NH ALPs Teaching Year Percent of students at each Student Growth Percentile (SGP) Grouping	Math	Reading

Student Achievement Trends
N is the number of students participating.
% is the percent of students scoring proficient or above.
Click on a grade to show the achievement trend for that grade.

Grade	Content Area	2009-2010		2010-2011		2011-2012		2012-2013		2013-2014
Grade	Content Area	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
3	Reading	153	93	138	88	139	92	135	89	121	83
3	Mathematics	153	88	138	82	139	83	135	87	121	70
4	Reading	184	85	155	86	138	83	139	91	139	88
4	Mathematics	184	88	155	83	138	83	139	86	139	85
5	Reading	189	89	184	89	152	86	139	87	148	91
	Mathematics	189	76	185	83	152	83	140	81	148	85
	Writing	0		184	70	152	59	139	72	148	80
6	Reading	166	93	188	93	185	94	149	91	142	85
6	Mathematics	166	79	189	77	185	85	149	89	142	79
7	Reading	216	91	209	89	222	92	221	89	170	89
7	Mathematics	216	81	209	77	223	78	221	74	170	78
8	Reading	224	92	214	94	204	95	216	92	221	87
	Mathematics	225	83	215	81	204	76	216	80	221	71
	Writing	0		214	77	204	75	216	79	221	65

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Student Achievement Data-Percent of NH Students At or Above Each Achievement Level (Based on the Winter 2011 NAEP Assessment)
NAEP achievement levels are indicated as follows: B+ for Basic or above, P+ for Proficient or above, and A for Advanced
Reading
Grade	B+	P+	A
4	78	43	10
8	84	40	4
Math
Grade	B+	P+	A
4	92	57	11
8	82	44	11

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Telephone: (603) 271-3494 | TDD Access: Relay NH 711