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Mary C Howse Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

641 West Boot Rd

West Chester PA, 19380, Chester County

Phone: 484-266-1300

Ranking:

(244 out of 2,311, top 11%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: West Chester Area School District

Title I Eligible School: No

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:	34		32		31		32		34		28		30
Total Students:	537		514		501		466		460		458		453
Kindergarten:	55	10.2%	65	12.6%	76	15.2%	60	12.9%	67	14.6%	63	13.8%	56	12.4%
Grade 1:	90	16.8%	95	18.5%	85	17.0%	92	19.7%	83	18.0%	73	15.9%	78	17.2%
Grade 2:	98	18.2%	93	18.1%	99	19.8%	84	18.0%	74	16.1%	79	17.2%	74	16.3%
Grade 3:	105	19.6%	96	18.7%	85	17.0%	81	17.4%	79	17.2%	67	14.6%	82	18.1%
Grade 4:	99	18.4%	89	17.3%	78	15.6%	80	17.2%	66	14.3%	83	18.1%	90	19.9%
Grade 5:	90	16.8%	76	14.8%	78	15.6%	69	14.8%	91	19.8%	93	20.3%	73	16.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	270	50.3%	265	51.6%	265	52.9%	225	48.3%	223	48.5%	220	48.0%	216	47.7%
Female:	267	49.7%	249	48.4%	236	47.1%	241	51.7%	229	49.8%	230	50.2%	233	51.4%
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:	115	21.4%	111	21.6%	106	21.2%	100	21.5%	103	22.4%	89	19.4%	78	17.2%
Hispanic:	28	5.2%	22	4.3%	16	3.2%	16	3.4%	11	2.4%	16	3.5%	12	2.6%
Black:	29	5.4%	25	4.9%	32	6.4%	34	7.3%	42	9.1%	39	8.5%	41	9.1%
White:	354	65.9%	352	68.5%	347	69.3%	316	67.8%	304	66.1%	314	68.6%	322	71.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	7	1.3%	3	0.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	4	0.7%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	51	9.5%	43	8.4%	43	8.6%	40	8.6%	46	10.0%	35	7.6%	19	4.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	16	3.0%	6	1.2%	6	1.2%	12	2.6%	5	1.1%	8	1.7%	9	2.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.03		16.04		15.96		14.75		13.49		16.20		15.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	94%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	93%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.7%	89.5%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	91.1%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.3%	92.5%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.9%	94.1%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	93.7%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.3%	93.2%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	89%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	85%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	87.7%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.7%	89.2%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.3%	88.3%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.1%	89.9%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.8%	91%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.4%	89.5%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.1%	93.5%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	97.2%	91.3%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.3%	92.9%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.1%	94.5%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	98.5%	97.8%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.2%	95.8%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	98.6%	97.3%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.8%	87.9%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.9%	86.4%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.9%	87.1%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.3%	88.1%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92.4%	89.2%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.6%	93.3%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	94.1%	93.5%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.4%	95.1%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.7%	95.4%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96.1%	95.8%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	97.4%	97%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.1%	80.1%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.1%	81.9%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.3%	82.5%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.4%	81.3%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.1%	87.1%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	97.2%	89.8%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.9%	89.4%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	95.3%	92.3%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	93.9%	90.2%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	94.4%	91.2%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.1%	80.1%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85%	83.3%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.2%	83.9%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.5%	83.1%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.2%	81.3%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.5%	82.6%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.7%	85.3%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.8%	83.6%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	93.7%	87.7%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90%	90.9%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	87.5%	76.2%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	84.9%	78.7%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	75%	73.7%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	84.9%	79.6%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	87.5%	80.7%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	94.1%	85.7%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	90.8%	88.8%	64.2%

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* Mary C Howse Elementary School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.