Bethel Elementary School
8390 Lancaster Ave
Bethel PA, 19507, Berks County
Phone: 717-933-4131
Ranking: (1,497 out of 2,311, bottom 35%)*
Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 6
School District: Tulpehocken Area School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
Total Teachers: | 29 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 33 | 33 | |||||||
Total Students: | 390 | 396 | 377 | 400 | 389 | 377 | 385 | |||||||
Kindergarten: | 51 | 13.1% | 59 | 14.9% | 45 | 11.9% | 55 | 13.8% | 51 | 13.1% | 62 | 16.4% | 54 | 14.0% |
Grade 1: | 62 | 15.9% | 48 | 12.1% | 57 | 15.1% | 53 | 13.3% | 63 | 16.2% | 53 | 14.1% | 49 | 12.7% |
Grade 2: | 52 | 13.3% | 62 | 15.7% | 51 | 13.5% | 64 | 16.0% | 55 | 14.1% | 51 | 13.5% | 53 | 13.8% |
Grade 3: | 62 | 15.9% | 53 | 13.4% | 58 | 15.4% | 58 | 14.5% | 50 | 12.9% | 53 | 14.1% | 53 | 13.8% |
Grade 4: | 52 | 13.3% | 60 | 15.2% | 54 | 14.3% | 57 | 14.3% | 56 | 14.4% | 54 | 14.3% | 62 | 16.1% |
Grade 5: | 61 | 15.6% | 57 | 14.4% | 57 | 15.1% | 57 | 14.3% | 53 | 13.6% | 59 | 15.6% | 53 | 13.8% |
Grade 6: | 50 | 12.8% | 57 | 14.4% | 55 | 14.6% | 56 | 14.0% | 61 | 15.7% | 45 | 11.9% | 61 | 15.8% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 206 | 52.8% | 205 | 51.8% | 190 | 50.4% | 205 | 51.3% | 205 | 52.7% | 192 | 50.9% | 197 | 51.2% |
Female: | 184 | 47.2% | 191 | 48.2% | 187 | 49.6% | 195 | 48.8% | 176 | 45.2% | 177 | 46.9% | 184 | 47.8% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% |
Asian: | 6 | 1.5% | 4 | 1.0% | 4 | 1.1% | 4 | 1.0% | 6 | 1.5% | 4 | 1.1% | 3 | 0.8% |
Hispanic: | 51 | 13.1% | 46 | 11.6% | 36 | 9.5% | 43 | 10.8% | 42 | 10.8% | 37 | 9.8% | 33 | 8.6% |
Black: | 5 | 1.3% | 6 | 1.5% | 7 | 1.9% | 8 | 2.0% | 7 | 1.8% | 3 | 0.8% | 3 | 0.8% |
White: | 322 | 82.6% | 337 | 85.1% | 329 | 87.3% | 345 | 86.3% | 334 | 85.9% | 333 | 88.3% | 345 | 89.6% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 5 | 1.3% | 3 | 0.8% | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 145 | 37.2% | 142 | 35.9% | 118 | 31.3% | 129 | 32.3% | 101 | 26.0% | 107 | 28.4% | 82 | 21.3% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 40 | 10.3% | 41 | 10.4% | 46 | 12.2% | 35 | 8.8% | 44 | 11.3% | 51 | 13.5% | 60 | 15.6% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 13.30 | 13.33 | 12.50 | 13.26 | 12.55 | 11.40 | 11.80 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
PSSA | ||||||
2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75% | 80% | 81% |
2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88% | 88% | 83% |
2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.4% | 83.5% | 78.5% |
2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.2% | 93.7% | 80.5% |
2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.4% | 87.9% | 81.7% |
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.8% | 94.6% | 84.5% |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.3% | 93.2% | 83.5% |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.7% | 89.1% | 80% |
2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 65% | 69% | 68% |
2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 64% | 66% | 69% |
2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.1% | 83.5% | 72.8% |
2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78.4% | 88.2% | 76.8% |
2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.4% | 81.8% | 77% |
2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.7% | 84.7% | 75.2% |
2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.2% | 81.8% | 77.2% |
2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74% | 75.3% | 74.1% |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.6% | 76.7% | 77.2% |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.4% | 68.5% | 78% |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.4% | 83.4% | 79.6% |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.1% | 97.2% | 81.8% |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 83% | 86.9% | 84.9% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.7% | 85% | 85.2% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.3% | 91% | 82.6% |
2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 66.1% | 67.8% | 68.1% |
2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 55.8% | 61.1% | 70.1% |
2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.4% | 76.3% | 70.1% |
2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 62.7% | 72.8% | 72.6% |
2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 66% | 72.9% | 72.9% |
2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.7% | 78.1% | 73.3% |
2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.4% | 80.2% | 72.1% |
2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.3% | 89.5% | 81.5% |
2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 96.1% | 95.4% | 83.4% |
2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.4% | 89.6% | 81.4% |
2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.5% | 89.7% | 82.9% |
2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.5% | 88.3% | 82.3% |
2003 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 51.4% | 59.8% | 56.3% |
2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.9% | 65.9% | 61.8% |
2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.2% | 78.1% | 69% |
2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.6% | 68.6% | 66.9% |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.6% | 79.1% | 71% |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.8% | 69.8% | 73.2% |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.2% | 87.1% | 73.5% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.7% | 88.3% | 74.4% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.1% | 81.6% | 76.3% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.6% | 85.6% | 73.3% |
2003 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.2% | 53% | 58% |
2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 57.7% | 62.1% | 62.7% |
2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.7% | 72% | 64.2% |
2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 39.4% | 46% | 60.6% |
2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 59.3% | 62.7% | 60% |
2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 39.2% | 50.9% | 61.6% |
2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.2% | 79.8% | 64.5% |
2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 57.7% | 72.6% | 64.1% |
2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 64.8% | 69.4% | 67.3% |
2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 68.5% | 74.7% | 65% |
2006 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 30.8% | 26.2% | 54.1% |
2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 57.6% | 55% | 57.3% |
2008 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 32% | 43.8% | 57.3% |
2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 45.7% | 67% | 58.1% |
2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.8% | 77.2% | 61.8% |
2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.4% | 76.1% | 67.1% |
2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 52.7% | 69.1% | 64.2% |
2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 62.2% | 67.7% | 68% |
2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 64.7% | 69.4% | 69.6% |
2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 75.4% | 80.4% | 72.3% |
2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 63.6% | 76.8% | 75.7% |
2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 86.7% | 86.9% | 78% |
2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 79.7% | 86.7% | 78.8% |
2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 80.8% | 83.1% | 77.2% |
2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 69.2% | 71.7% | 65.9% |
2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 55.8% | 60.3% | 63.5% |
2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 61.4% | 67% | 66.9% |
2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 61.4% | 70.7% | 67.6% |
2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 83.4% | 68.8% |
2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 61.1% | 76.2% | 69.9% |
2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 67.3% | 71% | 68.5% |
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* Bethel Elementary School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.