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Central Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

829 West Turner St

Allentown PA, 18102, Lehigh County

Phone: 484-765-4801

Ranking:

(2,258 out of 2,311, bottom 2%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Allentown City 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:	39		43		27		54		45		49		45
Total Students:	819		617		659		701		730		812		757
Kindergarten:	156	19.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 1:	151	18.4%	141	22.9%	130	19.7%	139	19.8%	168	23.0%	169	20.8%	179	23.6%
Grade 2:	141	17.2%	131	21.2%	124	18.8%	143	20.4%	143	19.6%	184	22.7%	140	18.5%
Grade 3:	130	15.9%	114	18.5%	133	20.2%	133	19.0%	159	21.8%	137	16.9%	155	20.5%
Grade 4:	115	14.0%	122	19.8%	121	18.4%	148	21.1%	127	17.4%	151	18.6%	159	21.0%
Grade 5:	126	15.4%	109	17.7%	151	22.9%	138	19.7%	133	18.2%	171	21.1%	124	16.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	432	52.7%	329	53.3%	357	54.2%	374	53.4%	395	54.1%	431	53.1%	378	49.9%
Female:	387	47.3%	288	46.7%	302	45.8%	327	46.6%	327	44.8%	373	45.9%	375	49.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.1%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	0.5%	4	0.5%
Asian:	4	0.5%	5	0.8%	4	0.6%	6	0.9%	6	0.8%	6	0.7%	6	0.8%
Hispanic:	547	66.8%	431	69.9%	472	71.6%	502	71.6%	525	71.9%	579	71.3%	512	67.6%
Black:	123	15.0%	108	17.5%	125	19.0%	135	19.3%	147	20.1%	179	22.0%	179	23.6%
White:	52	6.3%	38	6.2%	44	6.7%	57	8.1%	52	7.1%	44	5.4%	56	7.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.1%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	91	11.1%	32	5.2%	14	2.1%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	645	78.8%	563	91.2%	550	83.5%	638	91.0%	624	85.5%	742	91.4%	696	91.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	21	2.6%	20	3.2%	27	4.1%	28	4.0%	37	5.1%	55	6.8%	30	4.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	21.27		14.52		24.63		13.06		16.20		16.60		16.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	46%	71%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	40%	73%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	63.8%	66.5%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	56.3%	68.1%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	53.5%	71%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	43.1%	68.8%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	51%	70.1%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	62.3%	65%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	32%	44%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	26%	51%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	55.9%	57%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	54.5%	58.9%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	43%	62%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	27.1%	54%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	42.3%	59.2%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	45.6%	52.7%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	43.7%	64%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	36.4%	62.4%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	55%	67.4%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	51.2%	71.9%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	53.2%	73.1%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	69.2%	73.1%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	39.2%	66.7%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	29.4%	45.2%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	24%	47.6%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	34.7%	49.5%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	33.1%	54.3%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	39.5%	53.4%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	46.6%	54.8%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	30%	50.7%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	34.5%	57.4%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	40%	61.2%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	42.8%	58.2%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	42.8%	59.1%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	43.7%	58.6%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	17.8%	48.3%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	18.1%	53%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	24.1%	60.9%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	24.2%	56.9%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	38.7%	62.7%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	28.6%	58.6%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	37.2%	59.6%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	46.6%	60.4%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	51.4%	66.3%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	44.3%	54.9%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	15.8%	41.3%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	18.8%	46%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	8.3%	41.2%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	25.9%	42.5%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	17.3%	39.4%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	17.6%	39.6%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	24.8%	45.7%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	36.1%	43.9%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	24.8%	47.7%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	36.3%	42.9%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	19.8%	38.9%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	20.8%	36.1%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	10.5%	27.2%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	21.3%	34.1%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	41.8%	35.3%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	49.5%	50.8%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	34.6%	42%	64.2%

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* Central Elementary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.