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Elmer L Meyers Jshs High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

341 Carey Ave

Wilkes Barre PA, 18702, Luzerne County

Phone: 570-826-7145

Ranking:

High School:

(394 out of 626, bottom 37%)
Elementary/Middle School:

(1,777 out of 2,311, bottom 23%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 12

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:	71		72		71		73		75		72		142
Total Students:	898		945		898		905		909		848		890
Grade 7:	138	15.4%	169	17.9%	219	24.4%	160	17.7%	160	17.6%	127	15.0%	152	17.1%
Grade 8:	180	20.0%	169	17.9%	85	9.5%	132	14.6%	141	15.5%	147	17.3%	139	15.6%
Grade 9:	150	16.7%	157	16.6%	143	15.9%	144	15.9%	150	16.5%	144	17.0%	148	16.6%
Grade 10:	145	16.1%	146	15.4%	144	16.0%	157	17.3%	165	18.2%	142	16.7%	132	14.8%
Grade 11:	141	15.7%	149	15.8%	157	17.5%	156	17.2%	144	15.8%	139	16.4%	152	17.1%
Grade 12:	144	16.0%	155	16.4%	150	16.7%	156	17.2%	147	16.2%	146	17.2%	167	18.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	461	51.3%	476	50.4%	450	50.1%	450	49.7%	430	47.3%	410	48.3%	454	51.0%
Female:	437	48.7%	469	49.6%	448	49.9%	455	50.3%	464	51.0%	430	50.7%	432	48.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	3	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	12	1.3%	17	1.8%	16	1.8%	14	1.5%	10	1.1%	5	0.6%	7	0.8%
Hispanic:	215	23.9%	235	24.9%	193	21.5%	178	19.7%	168	18.5%	127	15.0%	111	12.5%
Black:	230	25.6%	226	23.9%	194	21.6%	194	21.4%	199	21.9%	171	20.2%	170	19.1%
White:	419	46.7%	453	47.9%	484	53.9%	509	56.2%	525	57.8%	545	64.3%	602	67.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	3	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	17	1.9%	13	1.4%	8	0.9%	10	1.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	577	64.3%	558	59.0%	495	55.1%	508	56.1%	478	52.6%	398	46.9%	375	42.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	66	7.3%	92	9.7%	70	7.8%	68	7.5%	83	9.1%	71	8.4%	59	6.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.67		13.14		12.63		12.47		12.15		11.80		6.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	78.9%	66.8%	N/A
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.2%	66.2%	N/A
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	71%	68.4%	N/A
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.4%	66.3%	N/A
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55.4%	55.7%	N/A
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	39.2%	50%	N/A
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55.4%	51.6%	N/A
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.4%	59.2%	N/A
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	43.8%	50.9%	N/A
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	45.8%	50.8%	N/A
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77%	67.7%	N/A
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71.5%	74.8%	N/A
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	86.3%	80.3%	N/A
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77.8%	78.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71.6%	68.3%	N/A
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	56%	60.4%	N/A
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76.8%	65.6%	N/A
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	63.3%	61.1%	N/A
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.5%	60.2%	N/A
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	63.3%	58.1%	N/A
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	28.9%	30.6%	N/A
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	31.7%	32.7%	N/A
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	38.6%	35%	N/A
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	37.7%	34.2%	N/A
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	36.3%	36.1%	N/A
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	86.6%	87.4%	N/A
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	90.5%	96.4%	N/A
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	94.5%	94.4%	N/A
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	96%	93.3%	N/A
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	90.1%	91.7%	N/A
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	78.3%	87.6%	N/A
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	69.4%	83.9%	N/A
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	79%	83.2%	N/A
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71%	78.1%	N/A
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	48.1%	62.8%	N/A
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	46.9%	58.1%	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	55.1%	67.2%	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66.7%	60.8%	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	52.4%	60.3%	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	53%	59.4%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.3%	79.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	49.6%	56.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.5%	59.4%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.6%	66.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.2%	67%	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.6%	62.5%	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	55.3%	60.3%	N/A
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62.9%	48.9%	N/A
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62.3%	55.9%	N/A
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	55.4%	62.8%	N/A
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.8%	72.7%	N/A
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.5%	71.2%	N/A
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	49.2%	60%	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.2%	64.4%	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	53.5%	61.1%	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	56.1%	56.9%	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	56%	56.2%	N/A
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.2%	59.4%	N/A
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.4%	64.5%	N/A
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73%	67.5%	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.9%	79.7%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.8%	76.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.3%	73.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.6%	79.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.8%	79.8%	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.2%	73.6%	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.4%	65.7%	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	44.4%	40.8%	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	52.3%	46.6%	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	51.8%	47.7%	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	50.5%	40.2%	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	48.9%	44.1%	N/A
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	75.6%	81.7%	N/A
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	79.9%	85.6%	N/A
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	70.7%	70.5%	N/A
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	61.6%	70.7%	N/A
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	60%	81.3%	N/A
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	58.1%	70.2%	N/A
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	61.3%	68.4%	N/A

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* Elmer L Meyers Jshs High 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.