Orange Street Elementary School
845 Orange St
Berwick PA, 18603, Columbia County
Phone: 570-759-6422
Ranking: 
(1,134 out of 2,311, top 49%)*
(1,134 out of 2,311, top 49%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Berwick 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: | 33 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 29 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 493 | 456 | 420 | 384 | 390 | 382 | 408 | |||||||
| Kindergarten: | 91 | 18.5% | 90 | 19.7% | 83 | 19.8% | 71 | 18.5% | 61 | 15.6% | 77 | 20.2% | 65 | 15.9% |
| Grade 1: | 98 | 19.9% | 78 | 17.1% | 78 | 18.6% | 56 | 14.6% | 71 | 18.2% | 64 | 16.8% | 61 | 15.0% |
| Grade 2: | 75 | 15.2% | 88 | 19.3% | 59 | 14.0% | 68 | 17.7% | 72 | 18.5% | 57 | 14.9% | 68 | 16.7% |
| Grade 3: | 83 | 16.8% | 67 | 14.7% | 67 | 16.0% | 69 | 18.0% | 60 | 15.4% | 69 | 18.1% | 70 | 17.2% |
| Grade 4: | 68 | 13.8% | 75 | 16.4% | 65 | 15.5% | 58 | 15.1% | 62 | 15.9% | 63 | 16.5% | 59 | 14.5% |
| Grade 5: | 78 | 15.8% | 58 | 12.7% | 68 | 16.2% | 62 | 16.1% | 64 | 16.4% | 52 | 13.6% | 85 | 20.8% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 235 | 47.7% | 227 | 49.8% | 229 | 54.5% | 208 | 54.2% | 203 | 52.1% | 205 | 53.7% | 220 | 53.9% |
| Female: | 258 | 52.3% | 229 | 50.2% | 191 | 45.5% | 176 | 45.8% | 179 | 45.9% | 169 | 44.2% | 184 | 45.1% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 5 | 1.0% | 4 | 0.9% | 4 | 1.0% | 5 | 1.3% | 6 | 1.5% | 3 | 0.8% | 2 | 0.5% |
| Hispanic: | 37 | 7.5% | 27 | 5.9% | 27 | 6.4% | 18 | 4.7% | 12 | 3.1% | 11 | 2.9% | 8 | 2.0% |
| Black: | 18 | 3.7% | 20 | 4.4% | 21 | 5.0% | 20 | 5.2% | 18 | 4.6% | 21 | 5.5% | 22 | 5.4% |
| White: | 419 | 85.0% | 398 | 87.3% | 364 | 86.7% | 337 | 87.8% | 354 | 90.8% | 347 | 90.8% | 376 | 92.2% |
| 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: | 13 | 2.6% | 7 | 1.5% | 4 | 1.0% | 3 | 0.8% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 316 | 64.1% | 295 | 64.7% | 243 | 57.9% | 205 | 53.4% | 192 | 49.2% | 175 | 45.8% | 194 | 47.5% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 31 | 6.3% | 31 | 6.8% | 34 | 8.1% | 35 | 9.1% | 45 | 11.5% | 38 | 9.9% | 40 | 9.8% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 15.14 | 14.91 | 14.44 | 13.43 | 13.52 | 12.80 | 13.90 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| PSSA | ||||||
| 2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91% | 89% | 81% |
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88% | 88% | 83% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92% | 84.5% | 78.5% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.8% | 85.7% | 80.5% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.7% | 83.6% | 81.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.6% | 91.3% | 84.5% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.2% | 90.6% | 83.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.1% | 84.4% | 80% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73% | 75% | 68% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 61% | 67% | 69% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68% | 75.3% | 72.8% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81% | 79.8% | 76.8% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.9% | 79.9% | 77% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.5% | 82.1% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 82.1% | 77.2% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 54.6% | 69.6% | 74.1% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.3% | 80.3% | 77.2% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.2% | 82.2% | 78% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 92% | 81.8% | 79.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.5% | 87.5% | 81.8% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 98.3% | 94.6% | 84.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.6% | 95.7% | 85.2% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.6% | 91.2% | 82.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 47.8% | 69.3% | 68.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.1% | 72.4% | 70.1% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 76% | 76% | 70.1% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.5% | 72.5% | 72.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.5% | 74.6% | 72.9% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.6% | 84% | 73.3% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 60.4% | 72.3% | 72.1% |
| 2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 78% | 80.7% | 81.5% |
| 2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.4% | 84.9% | 83.4% |
| 2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.2% | 82.3% | 81.4% |
| 2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 86% | 90.1% | 82.9% |
| 2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.2% | 78.6% | 82.3% |
| 2003 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.6% | 70.6% | 56.3% |
| 2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.9% | 76.9% | 61.8% |
| 2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.3% | 82.2% | 69% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 68.1% | 73.8% | 66.9% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.6% | 77.6% | 71% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.6% | 79.9% | 73.2% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.4% | 77.7% | 73.5% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.4% | 91.1% | 74.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.5% | 97.2% | 76.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 82.7% | 73.3% |
| 2003 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.7% | 56.9% | 58% |
| 2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.2% | 72.2% | 62.7% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.9% | 64.1% | 64.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.2% | 58.9% | 60.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.2% | 62% | 60% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.6% | 66.4% | 61.6% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.2% | 72.4% | 64.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.9% | 75.7% | 64.1% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.1% | 80.9% | 67.3% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 61% | 71.1% | 65% |
| 2006 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 53.4% | 49.8% | 54.1% |
| 2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 48.5% | 59.4% | 57.3% |
| 2008 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 53.2% | 54.7% | 57.3% |
| 2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.3% | 68.3% | 58.1% |
| 2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 49.2% | 68.9% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.8% | 68.8% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 56.3% | 68.5% | 64.2% |
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* Orange Street Elementary School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.