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Panther Valley Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

1 North Mermon Ave

Nesquehoning PA, 18240, Carbon County

Phone: 570-669-9411

Ranking:

(2,027 out of 2,311, bottom 12%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Panther Valley 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:	50		55		55		57		55		54		53
Total Students:	844		866		858		863		818		858		804
Kindergarten:	146	17.3%	139	16.1%	155	18.1%	156	18.1%	138	16.9%	150	17.5%	128	15.9%
Grade 1:	135	16.0%	147	17.0%	155	18.1%	131	15.2%	139	17.0%	135	15.7%	157	19.5%
Grade 2:	140	16.6%	159	18.4%	134	15.6%	134	15.5%	124	15.2%	149	17.4%	155	19.3%
Grade 3:	152	18.0%	134	15.5%	145	16.9%	129	14.9%	134	16.4%	167	19.5%	129	16.0%
Grade 4:	129	15.3%	149	17.2%	127	14.8%	145	16.8%	157	19.2%	132	15.4%	126	15.7%
Grade 5:	142	16.8%	138	15.9%	142	16.6%	168	19.5%	126	15.4%	125	14.6%	109	13.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Student By Gender:
Male:	429	50.8%	445	51.4%	419	48.8%	431	49.9%	396	48.4%	404	47.1%	384	47.8%
Female:	415	49.2%	421	48.6%	439	51.2%	432	50.1%	405	49.5%	437	50.9%	411	51.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	4	0.5%	3	0.3%	4	0.5%	4	0.5%	3	0.4%	3	0.3%	2	0.2%
Hispanic:	40	4.7%	37	4.3%	32	3.7%	34	3.9%	25	3.1%	25	2.9%	20	2.5%
Black:	27	3.2%	23	2.7%	22	2.6%	21	2.4%	18	2.2%	14	1.6%	21	2.6%
White:	753	89.2%	787	90.9%	796	92.8%	797	92.4%	763	93.3%	807	94.1%	756	94.0%
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:	19	2.3%	15	1.7%	3	0.3%	7	0.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	448	53.1%	458	52.9%	501	58.4%	482	55.9%	459	56.1%	378	44.1%	377	46.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	90	10.7%	83	9.6%	81	9.4%	88	10.2%	0	0.0%	67	7.8%	76	9.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.88		15.75		15.60		15.14		14.87		15.90		15.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	83%	N/A
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	80%	N/A
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.2%	81.5%	N/A
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70.5%	69.9%	N/A
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	68.9%	68.9%	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.3%	82.3%	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.8%	78.9%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	65%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66%	66%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	77.3%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.7%	69.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	61.4%	61.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.2%	81.2%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.6%	87.6%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.2%	83.4%	N/A
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	51.5%	51%	N/A
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	61.8%	61.1%	N/A
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	53.3%	53.3%	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	45.6%	45.6%	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	73.1%	71%	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	65.1%	65.1%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	68.8%	69.3%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	55%	54.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	58.8%	58.3%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	55.1%	55.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	48.8%	48.8%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	58.9%	58%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	62.5%	62.5%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63.9%	64.6%	N/A
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	74.1%	74.1%	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	78.2%	78.2%	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84.5%	82.8%	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	77.9%	77.9%	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84.7%	84.3%	N/A
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59.2%	59.2%	N/A
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.8%	60.3%	N/A
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	53.7%	53.7%	N/A
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	56.6%	56.1%	N/A
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.8%	57.3%	N/A
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	49.6%	49.6%	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	43%	43%	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	54.4%	54.4%	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.3%	64.8%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	51.2%	51.2%	N/A
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	55.7%	55.7%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	53.5%	53.3%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	46.7%	46.7%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	41.9%	41.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	32.6%	30.3%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	45.7%	45.7%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	36.9%	36.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	38.7%	38.7%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	49.6%	49.3%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	48.7%	48.8%	N/A
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	27.1%	26.9%	N/A
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	30.4%	28.4%	N/A
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	19.8%	19.2%	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	16.8%	16.7%	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	26.4%	26.4%	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	13.3%	13.3%	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	43.4%	43.5%	N/A

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* Panther Valley 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.