L B Morris Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

150 West 10th St

Jim Thorpe PA, 18229, Carbon County

Phone: 570-325-2703

Ranking:

(1,310 out of 2,311, bottom 43%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Jim Thorpe 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		51		53		54		54		53		43
Total Students:	809		857		800		825		794		797		754
Prekindergarten:	20	2.5%	19	2.2%	19	2.4%	19	2.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	75	9.3%	91	10.6%	83	10.4%	86	10.4%	104	13.1%	97	12.2%	102	13.5%
Grade 1:	91	11.2%	78	9.1%	76	9.5%	107	13.0%	86	10.8%	93	11.7%	73	9.7%
Grade 2:	80	9.9%	81	9.5%	98	12.3%	91	11.0%	92	11.6%	81	10.2%	87	11.5%
Grade 3:	78	9.6%	100	11.7%	90	11.3%	90	10.9%	77	9.7%	95	11.9%	73	9.7%
Grade 4:	105	13.0%	96	11.2%	83	10.4%	77	9.3%	92	11.6%	76	9.5%	90	11.9%
Grade 5:	90	11.1%	92	10.7%	77	9.6%	96	11.6%	85	10.7%	91	11.4%	83	11.0%
Grade 6:	92	11.4%	87	10.2%	100	12.5%	90	10.9%	81	10.2%	86	10.8%	82	10.9%
Grade 7:	74	9.1%	104	12.1%	88	11.0%	83	10.1%	88	11.1%	95	11.9%	79	10.5%
Grade 8:	104	12.9%	109	12.7%	86	10.8%	86	10.4%	89	11.2%	83	10.4%	85	11.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	412	50.9%	443	51.7%	407	50.9%	433	52.5%	407	51.3%	419	52.6%	378	50.1%
Female:	397	49.1%	414	48.3%	393	49.1%	392	47.5%	379	47.7%	370	46.4%	372	49.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.2%	3	0.4%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	2	0.3%	3	0.4%
Asian:	4	0.5%	4	0.5%	6	0.8%	9	1.1%	7	0.9%	8	1.0%	5	0.7%
Hispanic:	54	6.7%	59	6.9%	43	5.4%	40	4.8%	30	3.8%	28	3.5%	28	3.7%
Black:	18	2.2%	20	2.3%	16	2.0%	21	2.5%	19	2.4%	13	1.6%	12	1.6%
White:	720	89.0%	762	88.9%	729	91.1%	753	91.3%	737	92.8%	746	93.6%	706	93.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	11	1.4%	8	0.9%	4	0.5%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	307	37.9%	331	38.6%	312	39.0%	259	31.4%	207	26.1%	228	28.6%	200	26.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	63	7.8%	79	9.2%	58	7.3%	93	11.3%	101	12.7%	80	10.0%	46	6.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.35		16.84		15.11		15.17		14.74		15.10		17.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	87%	N/A
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	87%	N/A
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.5%	80.1%	N/A
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.2%	85.1%	N/A
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.4%	94.7%	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.8%	92.7%	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.5%	87.6%	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.1%	83.7%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	71%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	68%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.8%	66.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.9%	79.4%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.8%	84.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.1%	75%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.4%	81.1%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.1%	68.1%	N/A
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.5%	79.3%	N/A
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.3%	74.8%	N/A
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.8%	78.4%	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82%	85.1%	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	97.7%	91%	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.6%	88%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.6%	92.8%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.7%	67.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.7%	62.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	56.5%	62.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.8%	69.6%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.8%	74.3%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.1%	68.2%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.2%	77.4%	N/A
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.8%	86.7%	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82%	89.2%	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	98.9%	91.9%	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91.4%	87.6%	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.6%	89.7%	N/A
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	46.4%	46.4%	N/A
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	50.9%	50%	N/A
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.4%	69.2%	N/A
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.1%	65.9%	N/A
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63.5%	61.6%	N/A
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.6%	71.6%	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.5%	71.6%	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.2%	69%	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.2%	78.2%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70%	64.5%	N/A
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	53.5%	53.5%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	50.3%	49.4%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.1%	57.7%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.1%	51.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	48.2%	49.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.8%	63.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.1%	56.8%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58%	53.5%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.3%	70.4%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	62.5%	N/A
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	31.4%	41.2%	N/A
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	47.1%	45.2%	N/A
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	52.9%	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	50.6%	46.2%	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	75.3%	72.4%	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	64.2%	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68%	63.8%	N/A
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	67.6%	61.7%	N/A
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	66.7%	59.7%	N/A
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	57.3%	63%	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.5%	77.9%	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.6%	78.6%	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.8%	83.4%	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.1%	84.5%	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.6%	61.7%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.9%	59.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	58.6%	57%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.7%	61.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.6%	59%	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.7%	69.9%	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.5%	74.7%	N/A
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	63%	56.4%	N/A
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	60%	49.1%	N/A
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	53.1%	55%	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	64.9%	66.1%	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88.1%	79.6%	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	82.9%	85.3%	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89.1%	86.5%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63%	63%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.3%	60.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	55.5%	62.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.9%	71.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.7%	75.7%	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.4%	75%	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.3%	82.1%	N/A
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	53.4%	47%	N/A
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	59.5%	50.3%	N/A
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	52.7%	48.4%	N/A
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	58.3%	59.8%	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	53.6%	56.2%	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67.1%	63.9%	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.7%	73.9%	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75.7%	82.7%	N/A
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	51.1%	52.5%	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.1%	71%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.9%	67.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.5%	82.5%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.1%	70.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.5%	80.8%	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.2%	85.8%	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.1%	85.8%	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	56.7%	49.4%	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	52.4%	46.4%	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	60.9%	52.7%	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	62.9%	56.4%	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	64.4%	62.8%	N/A
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	81.3%	76.4%	N/A
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	82.8%	85.4%	N/A
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	90.4%	86.2%	N/A
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	78.8%	80.5%	N/A
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	93.1%	87.5%	N/A
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85.9%	87.6%	N/A
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	92.2%	89.6%	N/A

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* L B Morris 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.