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Blue Bell Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

801 Symphony Ln

Blue Bell PA, 19422, Montgomery County

Phone: 215-619-8102

Ranking:

(323 out of 2,311, top 14%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Wissahickon School District

Title I Eligible School: No

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		32		31		32		31
Total Students:	420		423		419		416		409		430		419
Kindergarten:	63	15.0%	73	17.3%	72	17.2%	70	16.8%	62	15.2%	62	14.4%	54	12.9%
Grade 1:	79	18.8%	72	17.0%	67	16.0%	76	18.3%	71	17.4%	66	15.3%	63	15.0%
Grade 2:	70	16.7%	68	16.1%	74	17.7%	69	16.6%	60	14.7%	67	15.6%	75	17.9%
Grade 3:	69	16.4%	68	16.1%	73	17.4%	65	15.6%	62	15.2%	78	18.1%	78	18.6%
Grade 4:	66	15.7%	73	17.3%	66	15.8%	63	15.1%	73	17.8%	83	19.3%	73	17.4%
Grade 5:	73	17.4%	69	16.3%	67	16.0%	73	17.5%	81	19.8%	74	17.2%	76	18.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	222	52.9%	230	54.4%	214	51.1%	218	52.4%	205	50.1%	214	49.8%	207	49.4%
Female:	198	47.1%	193	45.6%	205	48.9%	198	47.6%	186	45.5%	204	47.4%	208	49.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.5%	3	0.7%	3	0.7%	3	0.7%
Asian:	68	16.2%	59	13.9%	68	16.2%	63	15.1%	66	16.1%	62	14.4%	54	12.9%
Hispanic:	14	3.3%	10	2.4%	15	3.6%	13	3.1%	12	2.9%	20	4.7%	21	5.0%
Black:	42	10.0%	38	9.0%	42	10.0%	32	7.7%	38	9.3%	49	11.4%	49	11.7%
White:	259	61.7%	279	66.0%	260	62.1%	269	64.7%	280	68.5%	292	67.9%	292	69.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	2	0.5%	2	0.5%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	36	8.6%	35	8.3%	32	7.6%	36	8.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	59	14.0%	41	9.7%	40	9.5%	39	9.4%	28	6.8%	26	6.0%	22	5.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	6	1.4%	13	3.1%	15	3.6%	13	3.1%	11	2.7%	7	1.6%	9	2.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.49		14.22		13.78		13.04		13.11		13.70		13.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	93%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	88%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.6%	89.9%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.3%	86.8%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.3%	91.8%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.6%	94.7%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.7%	94.5%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.6%	91.5%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	87%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	83%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.5%	86.3%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.5%	85.6%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.5%	88.3%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.8%	90.1%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	96.9%	91.2%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.6%	87.1%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.3%	89.3%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.4%	88%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.4%	93.3%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.2%	89.4%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	98.5%	95.5%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	100%	97%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.9%	96.5%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92.7%	86%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.7%	82.5%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.2%	86.4%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.6%	85.2%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.8%	89.6%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.7%	90.8%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	96.9%	92.8%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.4%	91.3%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88.3%	88.7%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.6%	94.9%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95.2%	92.6%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	98.5%	93%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.1%	75.8%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.7%	74.4%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.4%	76.1%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.4%	80.8%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.2%	88.1%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88%	86.3%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.9%	90.4%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.4%	86.1%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	94.4%	93.7%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	92.2%	93.1%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78%	73%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.3%	79.5%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.8%	79%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.3%	76.4%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.3%	78.1%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76%	77.3%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.5%	81.5%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.6%	79.6%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.7%	84.7%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.3%	83.4%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	74.6%	69.5%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	85.9%	80.8%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	85.4%	80.6%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	83.4%	76.6%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	80.3%	79%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	87.3%	83.4%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	92.2%	85.4%	64.2%

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* Blue Bell Elementary School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.