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James Buchanan Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

1621 Catasauqua Rd

Bethlehem PA, 18017, Northampton County

Phone: 610-865-1766

Ranking:

(1,304 out of 2,311, bottom 44%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Bethlehem 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:	18		17		17		18		18		19		18
Total Students:	266		267		265		265		271		289		286
Kindergarten:	44	16.5%	40	15.0%	47	17.7%	41	15.5%	40	14.8%	48	16.6%	45	15.7%
Grade 1:	47	17.7%	53	19.9%	41	15.5%	47	17.7%	46	17.0%	40	13.8%	55	19.2%
Grade 2:	49	18.4%	49	18.4%	53	20.0%	42	15.8%	40	14.8%	53	18.3%	46	16.1%
Grade 3:	41	15.4%	49	18.4%	41	15.5%	41	15.5%	47	17.3%	48	16.6%	49	17.1%
Grade 4:	44	16.5%	39	14.6%	37	14.0%	51	19.2%	47	17.3%	48	16.6%	44	15.4%
Grade 5:	41	15.4%	37	13.9%	46	17.4%	43	16.2%	51	18.8%	52	18.0%	47	16.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	128	48.1%	134	50.2%	134	50.6%	150	56.6%	149	55.0%	159	55.0%	157	54.9%
Female:	138	51.9%	133	49.8%	131	49.4%	115	43.4%	102	37.6%	118	40.8%	125	43.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.4%	1	0.4%	1	0.4%	1	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	10	3.8%	9	3.4%	16	6.0%	13	4.9%	13	4.8%	10	3.5%	6	2.1%
Hispanic:	75	28.2%	84	31.5%	92	34.7%	72	27.2%	71	26.2%	70	24.2%	70	24.5%
Black:	28	10.5%	23	8.6%	21	7.9%	35	13.2%	32	11.8%	30	10.4%	29	10.1%
White:	143	53.8%	144	53.9%	128	48.3%	144	54.3%	143	52.8%	175	60.6%	181	63.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	9	3.4%	6	2.2%	7	2.6%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	115	43.2%	0	0.0%	113	42.6%	111	41.9%	2	0.7%	85	29.4%	84	29.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	28	10.5%	0	0.0%	24	9.1%	24	9.1%	0	0.0%	36	12.5%	26	9.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.82		15.52		16.06		14.89		15.06		15.40		16.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	75%	N/A
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	60%	76%	N/A
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.5%	75.2%	N/A
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.6%	76%	N/A
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	80.1%	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.5%	82%	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74.4%	79.2%	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.6%	74.6%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	66%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	47%	66%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.4%	67.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.7%	74.2%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	73%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64.4%	69.8%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.4%	72.7%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.3%	73%	N/A
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.3%	79.2%	N/A
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	69.4%	75.1%	N/A
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.3%	80.4%	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.5%	80.7%	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.5%	83.9%	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.8%	81.2%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.4%	74.6%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.2%	69.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	61.2%	69.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.5%	69.7%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.3%	70.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.6%	72.8%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.6%	69.1%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80%	65.9%	N/A
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	97.8%	78%	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91.7%	79.5%	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	76.1%	78.8%	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85.7%	77.9%	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	83.7%	73.9%	N/A
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.4%	63.5%	N/A
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.5%	66.5%	N/A
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.6%	68.2%	N/A
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.4%	62.2%	N/A
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75%	72%	N/A
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.4%	72.8%	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73%	72.1%	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.7%	72.2%	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.5%	72.2%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.7%	65.2%	N/A
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.1%	62.9%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.1%	68.3%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63%	61.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.1%	58.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56.8%	60%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	52.2%	58.7%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.6%	61.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.8%	61.6%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.5%	62.8%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60%	61.6%	N/A
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	64.2%	58.2%	N/A
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	62.8%	62.8%	N/A
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	59.5%	57.3%	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	61.5%	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	83.7%	62.4%	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	70.7%	62.1%	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	70.5%	63.3%	N/A

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* James Buchanan Elementary School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.