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Heights/Murray Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

1 South Sherman St

Wilkes Barre PA, 18702, Luzerne County

Phone: 570-826-7255

Ranking:

(1,994 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:	49		52		52		52		49		49		88
Total Students:	760		731		689		741		732		694		685
Kindergarten:	127	16.7%	115	15.7%	99	14.4%	104	14.0%	133	18.2%	116	16.7%	114	16.6%
Grade 1:	115	15.1%	107	14.6%	94	13.6%	142	19.2%	122	16.7%	116	16.7%	101	14.7%
Grade 2:	100	13.2%	98	13.4%	117	17.0%	110	14.8%	92	12.6%	89	12.8%	85	12.4%
Grade 3:	110	14.5%	115	15.7%	102	14.8%	98	13.2%	95	13.0%	78	11.2%	97	14.2%
Grade 4:	114	15.0%	100	13.7%	94	13.6%	95	12.8%	87	11.9%	102	14.7%	80	11.7%
Grade 5:	99	13.0%	85	11.6%	99	14.4%	92	12.4%	99	13.5%	91	13.1%	94	13.7%
Grade 6:	95	12.5%	111	15.2%	84	12.2%	100	13.5%	104	14.2%	102	14.7%	114	16.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	398	52.4%	372	50.9%	348	50.5%	382	51.6%	355	48.5%	354	51.0%	359	52.4%
Female:	362	47.6%	359	49.1%	341	49.5%	359	48.4%	339	46.3%	321	46.3%	320	46.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	2	0.3%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%
Asian:	11	1.4%	12	1.6%	9	1.3%	8	1.1%	13	1.8%	10	1.4%	6	0.9%
Hispanic:	240	31.6%	219	30.0%	180	26.1%	162	21.9%	145	19.8%	134	19.3%	110	16.1%
Black:	225	29.6%	194	26.5%	196	28.4%	214	28.9%	202	27.6%	204	29.4%	198	28.9%
White:	240	31.6%	287	39.3%	290	42.1%	349	47.1%	340	46.4%	334	48.1%	369	53.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	5	0.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	39	5.1%	19	2.6%	13	1.9%	7	0.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	604	79.5%	594	81.3%	562	81.6%	596	80.4%	586	80.1%	496	71.5%	477	69.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	34	4.5%	35	4.8%	27	3.9%	34	4.6%	50	6.8%	50	7.2%	43	6.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.51		13.99		13.15		14.39		14.79		14.00		7.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	90%	N/A
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	88%	N/A
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.9%	76.6%	N/A
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.2%	82.9%	N/A
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74.3%	76.4%	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.6%	81%	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.8%	76.7%	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	64.6%	70.7%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	71%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	69%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.6%	67.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.5%	70.7%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.6%	71.1%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	58.6%	62.5%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	60.9%	65.5%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	53.1%	60.4%	N/A
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	52.9%	71.7%	N/A
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	54.1%	74.1%	N/A
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80%	72.4%	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.5%	81.3%	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	52%	76.3%	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.1%	75.3%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	65.8%	71.3%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	51.7%	63.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	36.5%	62.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	51.4%	60.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	62.5%	64.5%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	37.8%	53.7%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	50.7%	58%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	32.5%	54.2%	N/A
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	72.2%	73.2%	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93.9%	85.7%	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	74.4%	77.2%	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	74.1%	78.7%	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	54.3%	75.7%	N/A
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	52.4%	62.7%	N/A
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.2%	81.8%	N/A
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.5%	83.1%	N/A
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.7%	67.8%	N/A
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62%	69.4%	N/A
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.4%	69.9%	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	46.3%	73%	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	47.4%	65%	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	42.5%	61.3%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	34.1%	50.9%	N/A
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.9%	61.6%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.1%	74.6%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.7%	71.3%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64%	59%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	40.2%	55.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	25.6%	53.5%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	33%	55.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	44.2%	47.7%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	32.8%	52.4%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	34.5%	42.5%	N/A
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	80.6%	70.1%	N/A
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	49.5%	69.5%	N/A
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	57.4%	67.6%	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	39.8%	66%	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	25.5%	54.8%	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	34.6%	66%	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	30.3%	54.7%	N/A
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	62.9%	69.8%	N/A
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	69.7%	64.2%	N/A
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	66.3%	72.9%	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	69.4%	73.1%	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	53.1%	69.5%	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	70.8%	73.2%	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	39.5%	62.4%	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63%	66.8%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	51.4%	56.3%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	46.2%	63.6%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	44.7%	62.6%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	38.7%	53.6%	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	53.4%	57%	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	36%	54%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Heights/Murray 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.