Harris School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

501 Sharon Ave

Darby PA, 19023, Delaware County

Phone: 610-522-4370

Ranking:

(1,943 out of 2,311, bottom 16%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Southeast Delco 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:	50		51		49		52		51		50		48
Total Students:	772		769		724		822		843		820		799
Kindergarten:	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 1:	85	11.0%	102	13.3%	64	8.8%	88	10.7%	115	13.6%	120	14.6%	102	12.8%
Grade 2:	98	12.7%	82	10.7%	80	11.0%	110	13.4%	112	13.3%	99	12.1%	83	10.4%
Grade 3:	90	11.7%	90	11.7%	96	13.3%	114	13.9%	98	11.6%	92	11.2%	96	12.0%
Grade 4:	92	11.9%	101	13.1%	103	14.2%	93	11.3%	106	12.6%	97	11.8%	110	13.8%
Grade 5:	97	12.6%	105	13.7%	97	13.4%	108	13.1%	104	12.3%	111	13.5%	104	13.0%
Grade 6:	114	14.8%	95	12.4%	97	13.4%	93	11.3%	114	13.5%	99	12.1%	90	11.3%
Grade 7:	100	13.0%	98	12.7%	94	13.0%	110	13.4%	106	12.6%	97	11.8%	107	13.4%
Grade 8:	96	12.4%	95	12.4%	93	12.8%	106	12.9%	88	10.4%	105	12.8%	107	13.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	421	54.5%	418	54.4%	370	51.1%	425	51.7%	433	51.4%	408	49.8%	418	52.3%
Female:	351	45.5%	351	45.6%	354	48.9%	397	48.3%	402	47.7%	404	49.3%	377	47.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	23	3.0%	22	2.9%	20	2.8%	20	2.4%	20	2.4%	20	2.4%	16	2.0%
Hispanic:	10	1.3%	11	1.4%	9	1.2%	8	1.0%	12	1.4%	10	1.2%	11	1.4%
Black:	531	68.8%	510	66.3%	467	64.5%	528	64.2%	524	62.2%	504	61.5%	469	58.7%
White:	188	24.4%	220	28.6%	225	31.1%	266	32.4%	287	34.0%	286	34.9%	303	37.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	18	2.3%	5	0.7%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	475	61.5%	442	57.5%	393	54.3%	498	60.6%	482	57.2%	467	57.0%	415	51.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	64	8.3%	75	9.8%	60	8.3%	100	12.2%	113	13.4%	102	12.4%	106	13.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.47		15.11		14.64		15.91		16.46		16.40		16.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	65%	68%	N/A
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	77%	N/A
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72.2%	64.4%	N/A
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75.9%	69.8%	N/A
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72.4%	74.3%	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74.2%	73.9%	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	56.9%	64.3%	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72.6%	76.6%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	63%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	64%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67.6%	61.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.2%	69.2%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	67.6%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.6%	61.5%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	57.8%	57.7%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.9%	N/A
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	65.2%	57.4%	N/A
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	63.2%	52.2%	N/A
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	69.9%	65.1%	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	60.7%	63.4%	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75.9%	75.7%	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79%	74.9%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	62.1%	66.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	52.8%	51.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	61.8%	45.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	57.5%	49.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	60.7%	53.5%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63.8%	56.3%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63.3%	56.2%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	43.1%	44.6%	N/A
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	60.4%	63.6%	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	73.9%	70.8%	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	69.8%	68.7%	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	69.5%	69.3%	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	58.3%	58.9%	N/A
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	29.4%	34.6%	N/A
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	42.1%	42.4%	N/A
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	42.5%	40.9%	N/A
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	36.3%	38.9%	N/A
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.9%	46.7%	N/A
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.7%	58.9%	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	51.1%	48.6%	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	54.2%	51.8%	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.3%	55.9%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	53.9%	50.2%	N/A
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	35.3%	42.9%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	48.9%	46.3%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	35.6%	43.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	31.9%	34.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	54.7%	38.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	50.6%	43.6%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	39.6%	38%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	50%	43.9%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.9%	50.2%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56%	44.3%	N/A
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	31.1%	33.5%	N/A
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	33.3%	23.6%	N/A
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	27.4%	21.4%	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	16.8%	18.2%	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	43.8%	33.4%	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	50.5%	39%	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	59.8%	43.4%	N/A
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	37.9%	39.4%	N/A
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	58%	39.5%	N/A
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.8%	53%	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	72.1%	59.9%	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	68.4%	60.8%	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.6%	69.1%	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	71%	63.7%	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	33.3%	44.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	45.6%	34.5%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	55.5%	44.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	59.1%	49.6%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	49%	49.3%	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.4%	54.8%	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	60.9%	50.5%	N/A
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	34.3%	39%	N/A
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	36%	38.4%	N/A
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	56.1%	45.2%	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75.3%	64.8%	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78.7%	65.8%	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.2%	68.1%	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.3%	68.6%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	49.5%	50%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	47.2%	48.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	55.2%	46.8%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.7%	62%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.8%	64.9%	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70%	62.4%	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.2%	61.6%	N/A
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	39.8%	37.8%	N/A
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	52.9%	41.2%	N/A
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	58.9%	50.5%	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.2%	52.9%	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	87.3%	68%	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.9%	66.5%	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.3%	61%	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	55.9%	52.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.3%	55.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.4%	61.8%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.3%	66.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.9%	73.3%	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.9%	70.6%	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.9%	63.5%	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	38.3%	27.5%	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	33%	29.2%	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	53.6%	43.7%	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	53.2%	40.6%	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	47.4%	35.3%	N/A
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	45.1%	47.5%	N/A
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	58.2%	50.3%	N/A
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	58.5%	45.4%	N/A
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	55.1%	43.1%	N/A
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	79.5%	65%	N/A
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	69.8%	56.3%	N/A
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	75%	45.9%	N/A

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* Harris 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.