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James Buchanan Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

340 South West End Ave

Lancaster PA, 17603, Lancaster County

Phone: 717-291-6151

Ranking:

(1,935 out of 2,311, bottom 16%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Lancaster 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:	27		26		24		24		24		26		26
Total Students:	440		416		404		428		447		422		384
Prekindergarten:	40	9.1%	40	9.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	74	16.8%	74	17.8%	100	24.8%	112	26.2%	112	25.1%	114	27.0%	56	14.6%
Grade 1:	79	18.0%	68	16.3%	65	16.1%	68	15.9%	58	13.0%	62	14.7%	75	19.5%
Grade 2:	69	15.7%	60	14.4%	64	15.8%	53	12.4%	62	13.9%	78	18.5%	70	18.2%
Grade 3:	63	14.3%	56	13.5%	56	13.9%	60	14.0%	87	19.5%	61	14.5%	60	15.6%
Grade 4:	55	12.5%	61	14.7%	57	14.1%	70	16.4%	68	15.2%	57	13.5%	60	15.6%
Grade 5:	60	13.6%	57	13.7%	62	15.3%	65	15.2%	60	13.4%	50	11.8%	63	16.4%
Grade 6:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	240	54.5%	225	54.1%	211	52.2%	235	54.9%	218	48.8%	213	50.5%	202	52.6%
Female:	200	45.5%	191	45.9%	193	47.8%	193	45.1%	221	49.4%	201	47.6%	178	46.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	11	2.5%	7	1.7%	10	2.5%	13	3.0%	18	4.0%	18	4.3%	20	5.2%
Hispanic:	195	44.3%	184	44.2%	164	40.6%	184	43.0%	180	40.3%	164	38.9%	132	34.4%
Black:	51	11.6%	46	11.1%	41	10.1%	47	11.0%	54	12.1%	52	12.3%	39	10.2%
White:	155	35.2%	160	38.5%	178	44.1%	175	40.9%	195	43.6%	188	44.5%	193	50.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	27	6.1%	19	4.6%	11	2.7%	9	2.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	280	63.6%	239	57.5%	196	48.5%	199	46.5%	224	50.1%	224	53.1%	187	48.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	50	11.4%	45	10.8%	45	11.1%	51	11.9%	60	13.4%	50	11.8%	47	12.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.60		15.91		16.83		17.83		18.86		16.40		14.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	63%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	66%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	58.1%	58.9%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	73.2%	64.1%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	65.2%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.9%	68.8%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75.9%	63.8%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	52.5%	64%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	46%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	48%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	59.7%	51.6%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.4%	60.9%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.2%	58.7%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	65%	57.4%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.9%	60%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	59.3%	56.4%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.5%	60.8%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.1%	62.6%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	65.5%	65.4%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	67.2%	62.7%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71.2%	69.5%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82%	72.7%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.1%	69.3%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	57.4%	41.8%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.6%	49.8%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	55.2%	53.9%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	58.2%	49.5%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	57.6%	57.6%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.6%	54.7%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.3%	52.8%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	57.9%	53.9%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	60%	56.1%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	58.1%	52.8%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	69.9%	56.7%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82.4%	60.4%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.4%	47.4%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	51.5%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82%	54.9%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.5%	53.9%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.7%	54.7%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.6%	58.5%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	58.4%	57.5%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	56.4%	56.4%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.3%	60.4%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.2%	57.1%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.3%	37%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59%	46%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.8%	40.5%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.4%	42.6%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	45.9%	36.5%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.3%	41.8%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	43.8%	39.4%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	37.1%	41%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	51.7%	49.1%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	51.7%	42.2%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	33.3%	29.2%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	50.8%	31.6%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	60.7%	28.2%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	34.8%	25.5%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	30.6%	29.2%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	31%	31.2%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	27.9%	36.3%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.9%	51%	68%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.6%	43.6%	65.9%

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* James Buchanan 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.