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Dodson Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

80 Jones St

Wilkes Barre PA, 18702, Luzerne County

Phone: 570-826-7185

Ranking:

(1,986 out of 2,311, bottom 14%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Wilkes-Barre 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:	36		37		38		37		37		34		66
Total Students:	505		503		481		465		491		450		439
Kindergarten:	81	16.0%	79	15.7%	78	16.2%	60	12.9%	67	13.6%	72	16.0%	47	10.7%
Grade 1:	71	14.1%	83	16.5%	66	13.7%	64	13.8%	69	14.1%	56	12.4%	58	13.2%
Grade 2:	86	17.0%	69	13.7%	58	12.1%	77	16.6%	56	11.4%	64	14.2%	75	17.1%
Grade 3:	72	14.3%	76	15.1%	77	16.0%	59	12.7%	82	16.7%	68	15.1%	64	14.6%
Grade 4:	68	13.5%	73	14.5%	68	14.1%	78	16.8%	64	13.0%	57	12.7%	81	18.5%
Grade 5:	65	12.9%	62	12.3%	65	13.5%	62	13.3%	65	13.2%	83	18.4%	45	10.3%
Grade 6:	62	12.3%	61	12.1%	69	14.3%	65	14.0%	88	17.9%	50	11.1%	69	15.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Student By Gender:
Male:	251	49.7%	231	45.9%	233	48.4%	215	46.2%	227	46.2%	201	44.7%	215	49.0%
Female:	254	50.3%	272	54.1%	248	51.6%	250	53.8%	236	48.1%	231	51.3%	220	50.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%
Asian:	6	1.2%	7	1.4%	5	1.0%	5	1.1%	4	0.8%	3	0.7%	1	0.2%
Hispanic:	200	39.6%	198	39.4%	148	30.8%	128	27.5%	116	23.6%	94	20.9%	83	18.9%
Black:	119	23.6%	106	21.1%	128	26.6%	120	25.8%	138	28.1%	143	31.8%	146	33.3%
White:	143	28.3%	171	34.0%	179	37.2%	207	44.5%	212	43.2%	199	44.2%	209	47.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	34	6.7%	20	4.0%	20	4.2%	4	0.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	414	82.0%	423	84.1%	394	81.9%	370	79.6%	373	76.0%	327	72.7%	303	69.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	23	4.6%	23	4.6%	22	4.6%	29	6.2%	35	7.1%	27	6.0%	22	5.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.95		13.47		12.58		12.41		13.26		13.20		6.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	99%	90%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	88%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	68.5%	76.6%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74.5%	82.9%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.5%	76.4%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	67.6%	81%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	61.1%	76.7%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	65.2%	70.7%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	71%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	63%	69%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	50.7%	67.7%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	62.7%	70.7%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.2%	71.1%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	43.3%	62.5%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	54.7%	65.5%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	56.5%	60.4%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.7%	71.7%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.9%	74.1%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	64%	72.4%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70%	81.3%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	74.5%	76.3%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70%	75.3%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	65%	71.3%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	53.2%	63.3%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	50%	62.2%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	36%	60.1%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	54%	64.5%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	45.7%	53.7%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	44.3%	58%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	46.7%	54.2%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	53.4%	73.2%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	83.6%	85.7%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	65%	77.2%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	73%	78.7%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	62.3%	75.7%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.2%	62.7%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89.5%	81.8%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	95.4%	83.1%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.4%	67.8%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.4%	69.4%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.7%	69.9%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.1%	73%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	38.8%	65%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	48%	61.3%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	46.2%	50.9%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.4%	61.6%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.2%	74.6%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86%	71.3%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.7%	59%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.3%	55.4%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.6%	53.5%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	43.3%	55.7%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	23.7%	47.7%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	40.4%	52.4%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	28.3%	42.5%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	59.3%	70.1%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	79%	69.5%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	70%	67.6%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	50.8%	66%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	38.2%	54.8%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	48.3%	66%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	38.6%	54.7%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.6%	69.8%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	44.4%	64.2%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76.1%	72.9%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73.9%	73.1%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	61.4%	69.5%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	67.3%	73.2%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	62.9%	62.4%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.2%	66.8%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	33.4%	56.3%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	56.7%	63.6%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	52.2%	62.6%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	35.8%	53.6%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	50%	57%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	49.1%	54%	68.5%

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* Dodson Elementary School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.