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Northwest Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

820 Clinton St

Reading PA, 19601, Berks County

Phone: 610-371-5904

Ranking:

(2,042 out of 2,311, bottom 12%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Reading 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:	42		46		45		48		49		46		52
Total Students:	799		804		794		795		767		798		764
Prekindergarten:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	38	5.0%
Kindergarten:	191	23.9%	205	25.5%	179	22.5%	181	22.8%	170	22.2%	167	20.9%	104	13.6%
Grade 1:	117	14.6%	137	17.0%	130	16.4%	138	17.4%	128	16.7%	138	17.3%	125	16.4%
Grade 2:	142	17.8%	119	14.8%	130	16.4%	116	14.6%	121	15.8%	118	14.8%	109	14.3%
Grade 3:	109	13.6%	113	14.1%	119	15.0%	123	15.5%	109	14.2%	115	14.4%	135	17.7%
Grade 4:	119	14.9%	119	14.8%	116	14.6%	117	14.7%	111	14.5%	128	16.0%	128	16.8%
Grade 5:	121	15.1%	111	13.8%	120	15.1%	120	15.1%	128	16.7%	132	16.5%	125	16.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	418	52.3%	418	52.0%	422	53.1%	402	50.6%	382	49.8%	418	52.4%	396	51.8%
Female:	381	47.7%	386	48.0%	372	46.9%	393	49.4%	377	49.2%	372	46.6%	364	47.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	1	0.1%	3	0.4%	1	0.1%	4	0.5%	3	0.4%	3	0.4%	5	0.7%
Hispanic:	675	84.5%	685	85.2%	649	81.7%	665	83.6%	646	84.2%	675	84.6%	631	82.6%
Black:	70	8.8%	57	7.1%	66	8.3%	80	10.1%	75	9.8%	83	10.4%	78	10.2%
White:	35	4.4%	38	4.7%	46	5.8%	44	5.5%	43	5.6%	37	4.6%	50	6.5%
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:	18	2.3%	21	2.6%	31	3.9%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	707	88.5%	666	82.8%	716	90.2%	729	91.7%	688	89.7%	665	83.3%	602	78.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	36	4.5%	25	3.1%	23	2.9%	29	3.6%	51	6.6%	41	5.1%	58	7.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.02		17.67		17.84		16.74		15.81		17.30		14.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	57%	56%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	67%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77.3%	62.3%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.1%	65.2%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.8%	67.1%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76.4%	74.7%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	66.6%	69.3%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	64.1%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	45%	42%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	57%	46%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66.4%	53.2%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.6%	59.3%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.8%	54.9%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.5%	54.4%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66.4%	56.1%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	55.4%	48.9%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	50.5%	55.5%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	40%	59.1%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	55.9%	63.1%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77%	68%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77%	73.5%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	67%	73.9%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70.1%	66.5%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	37.2%	42.5%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	42.7%	48.4%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	45%	48.3%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.5%	50.9%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	50.4%	51.9%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	43.9%	52.4%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	44.3%	47.1%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	49.2%	54.6%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	77.9%	60.5%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	72.2%	59.7%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	61.6%	63%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	63.2%	62%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	45%	38.7%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	39.3%	43.4%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	50.4%	51%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	45%	47.3%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	43.8%	49.8%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.6%	55.5%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.3%	57.6%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72.4%	56.5%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66%	61.6%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.2%	54.2%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	27.9%	31.8%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	23.3%	36.6%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	45.8%	41.6%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	34%	36.4%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	35.1%	32.2%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	40.2%	39.4%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	44.3%	38.7%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	53.4%	42%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	45.6%	47.4%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	35.7%	38%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	47.1%	34.8%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	24.8%	31.1%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	37.5%	24.8%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	31.9%	26%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	53.8%	31%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.8%	35.8%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	37.9%	30.7%	64.2%

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* Northwest 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.