Learning Community Assessment by Jana Phelan

School Data

• Mansfield Elementary has three hundred and one students enrolled with one hundred forty females and one hundred sixty-one males.
• K- Fourth Grade
• 72% Free/Reduced Lunches
• Rural farming community
• District Size is about 834 students spread between three campuses.

School Data cont.

• Mansfield Elementary School has seven students of Asian decent, three of African American decent, five students of Latino decent, 13 students of Native American decent, one student of two or more races and two hundred seventy-two of Caucasian decent.
• Most families have a dynamic of only one parent working or it is a single parent home. Some families will have jobs within the community, which are entry-level positions
• Parental involvement is fair at the elementary level. The elementary have fall festivals, literacy nights, and many more opportunities for parents to help.
• Parents don't always find the importance of education and don't help students with homework.

Mansfield Population Data

Socio-economics

• Most community members are living in a house they own.
• In those homes fifty-two percent are married, ten percent are non-married female homes, thirty –four percent are non-family homes, and thirty one percent are single. The average home value is about $97,360.
• The median household income is 36,249. The population growth rates are in the negatives.

Business

• The Mansfield community is mainly supported by the local lumber yard and farming.
• Local businesses include Dollar General, Walmart, Subway, CV's, Simple Simons and several locally owned businesses downtown.

Medical Care

• Mercy Health Clinic
• They offer health care, mental health, dental and vision. This clinic was added on to the Mansfield Elementary School with the use of a five hundred thousand dollar grant. Before the clinic the community had twenty percent of students that had no access to health care.

Religion

• The community also has ample churches for community members to attend. Mansfield has Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, new Life Tabernacle, and many more.
• In fact there are around fifteen different churches that community members can attend. The highest percentage of attendees is Baptist.

References

• Child National Educational Association (2014) Meeting the Needs of the Whole Child retrieved from: http://educationvotes.nea.org
• Mansfield Arkansas (n.d.) Retrieved Feb.10, 2015 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MansfieldArkansas
• 3. Bishop, Kay (2013) The Collection Program in Schools: Concepts and Practices (5th ed.). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
• Kerby, Mona (2006) The Collection Development for the School Library Media Program: A Beginner’s Guide. American Association of School Librarians
• 5. American Association of School Librarians.(2009) Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library programs. American Association of School Libraries