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Hereford Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

1043 Gravel Pk

Hereford PA, 18056, Berks County

Phone: 215-679-4151

Ranking:

(1,151 out of 2,311, top 50%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Upper Perkiomen 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:	52		52		43		43		41		45		32
Total Students:	898		892		849		856		833		813		572
Kindergarten:	155	17.3%	166	18.6%	137	16.1%	139	16.2%	154	18.5%	127	15.6%	124	21.7%
Grade 1:	166	18.5%	141	15.8%	147	17.3%	154	18.0%	123	14.8%	137	16.9%	103	18.0%
Grade 2:	145	16.1%	148	16.6%	151	17.8%	129	15.1%	142	17.0%	128	15.7%	115	20.1%
Grade 3:	139	15.5%	159	17.8%	136	16.0%	148	17.3%	127	15.2%	154	18.9%	107	18.7%
Grade 4:	160	17.8%	135	15.1%	138	16.3%	137	16.0%	149	17.9%	133	16.4%	116	20.3%
Grade 5:	133	14.8%	143	16.0%	140	16.5%	149	17.4%	138	16.6%	134	16.5%	7	1.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	462	51.4%	459	51.5%	459	54.1%	463	54.1%	447	53.7%	417	51.3%	302	52.8%
Female:	436	48.6%	433	48.5%	390	45.9%	393	45.9%	375	45.0%	388	47.7%	266	46.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	0.4%	4	0.4%	5	0.6%	6	0.7%	6	0.7%	5	0.6%	1	0.2%
Asian:	24	2.7%	23	2.6%	19	2.2%	11	1.3%	10	1.2%	6	0.7%	2	0.3%
Hispanic:	41	4.6%	33	3.7%	29	3.4%	25	2.9%	21	2.5%	18	2.2%	11	1.9%
Black:	15	1.7%	17	1.9%	18	2.1%	17	2.0%	18	2.2%	19	2.3%	11	1.9%
White:	806	89.8%	807	90.5%	774	91.2%	791	92.4%	775	93.0%	765	94.1%	547	95.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	4	0.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	7	0.8%	7	0.8%	4	0.5%	2	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	213	23.7%	199	22.3%	166	19.6%	137	16.0%	128	15.4%	114	14.0%	79	13.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	50	5.6%	61	6.8%	88	10.4%	79	9.2%	80	9.6%	66	8.1%	54	9.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.38		17.27		19.61		19.70		20.54		18.30		17.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	96%	N/A
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	88%	N/A
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.6%	84.5%	N/A
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	87.4%	N/A
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.6%	89.9%	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.8%	93.9%	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.9%	91.1%	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.8%	90.9%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	82%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	73%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.2%	78.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.2%	83.7%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.2%	83.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.2%	90.6%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.3%	84.6%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.5%	87.3%	N/A
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.4%	91.5%	N/A
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75.7%	81.8%	N/A
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.4%	85.7%	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.4%	82.3%	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.9%	94%	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.3%	90.4%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.3%	91.4%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.4%	81.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67.3%	73%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.7%	73.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.8%	76.3%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.3%	80.8%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.7%	84.6%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.5%	86.4%	N/A
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91.8%	93.4%	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	89.4%	92.1%	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.6%	92%	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91.3%	90.3%	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91%	92.6%	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.5%	81.5%	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.6%	79.3%	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.1%	82.9%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.9%	85.6%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.9%	73.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.2%	67.4%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.5%	75.9%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75%	78.9%	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.1%	67.2%	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	69.2%	77.1%	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	69%	75.1%	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	72.9%	76.5%	N/A

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* Hereford Elementary School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.