Merion Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

549 South Bowman Ave

Merion Station PA, 19066, Montgomery County

Phone: 610-645-1470

Ranking:

(89 out of 2,311, top 4%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Lower Merion 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:	40		39		38		37		38		40		40
Total Students:	548		551		526		493		492		475		467
Kindergarten:	73	13.3%	82	14.9%	67	12.7%	67	13.6%	53	10.8%	47	9.9%	60	12.8%
Grade 1:	101	18.4%	98	17.8%	95	18.1%	68	13.8%	87	17.7%	84	17.7%	88	18.8%
Grade 2:	101	18.4%	108	19.6%	75	14.3%	88	17.8%	87	17.7%	90	18.9%	80	17.1%
Grade 3:	104	19.0%	81	14.7%	95	18.1%	90	18.3%	94	19.1%	85	17.9%	72	15.4%
Grade 4:	80	14.6%	89	16.2%	94	17.9%	90	18.3%	89	18.1%	78	16.4%	91	19.5%
Grade 5:	89	16.2%	93	16.9%	100	19.0%	90	18.3%	82	16.7%	91	19.2%	76	16.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	283	51.6%	303	55.0%	268	51.0%	242	49.1%	233	47.4%	224	47.2%	233	49.9%
Female:	265	48.4%	248	45.0%	258	49.0%	251	50.9%	245	49.8%	239	50.3%	230	49.3%
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:	83	15.1%	86	15.6%	82	15.6%	71	14.4%	71	14.4%	63	13.3%	59	12.6%
Hispanic:	19	3.5%	17	3.1%	15	2.9%	7	1.4%	5	1.0%	4	0.8%	2	0.4%
Black:	21	3.8%	26	4.7%	21	4.0%	14	2.8%	14	2.8%	15	3.2%	16	3.4%
White:	404	73.7%	406	73.7%	396	75.3%	388	78.7%	396	80.5%	389	81.9%	390	83.5%
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:	21	3.8%	16	2.9%	12	2.3%	13	2.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	23	4.2%	20	3.6%	28	5.3%	15	3.0%	12	2.4%	15	3.2%	8	1.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	3	0.5%	3	0.5%	4	0.8%	10	2.0%	20	4.1%	12	2.5%	8	1.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.77		14.24		14.03		13.40		13.02		11.80		11.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	92%	N/A
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	92%	N/A
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.1%	92.4%	N/A
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97.3%	92.5%	N/A
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.1%	93.5%	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.5%	95%	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.6%	96.4%	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.1%	95%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	91%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	87%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.5%	91.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95.9%	92.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.8%	92.3%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.4%	92.5%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.4%	94.2%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	92%	N/A
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.2%	93.6%	N/A
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.9%	88.5%	N/A
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.2%	93.7%	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.9%	94.6%	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.2%	95.4%	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.6%	96.8%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.6%	97.5%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	93%	91.7%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.4%	87.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	93%	92.6%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	94.9%	92.3%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	95.2%	92.2%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	96.5%	92.9%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.8%	92.3%	N/A
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94.4%	95.7%	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96.2%	95%	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96.5%	94.8%	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96.6%	96.9%	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	98.9%	97.3%	N/A
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.1%	79.7%	N/A
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.7%	83.7%	N/A
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	94.9%	89%	N/A
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.4%	84.3%	N/A
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	94%	89.4%	N/A
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.8%	86%	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	92%	90%	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	93.8%	91.3%	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	96.8%	91.7%	N/A
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.3%	77.6%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.9%	81.7%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.5%	89%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.7%	83.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	94%	85.3%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.4%	82.7%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	95.4%	90%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90%	86.5%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92%	88.6%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.5%	87.1%	N/A
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	71.1%	74.7%	N/A
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	91.5%	79.2%	N/A
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	95.9%	83.8%	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	93.1%	84.5%	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	88.8%	81.7%	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	95.4%	86.9%	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	98.9%	85.6%	N/A

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