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Paxtang Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

3530 Rutherford St

Harrisburg PA, 17111, Dauphin County

Phone: 717-561-1781

Ranking:

(1,386 out of 2,311, bottom 40%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Central Dauphin 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:	17		17		19		19		20		19		18
Total Students:	230		213		217		221		237		233		220
Kindergarten:	44	19.1%	25	11.7%	25	11.5%	47	21.3%	34	14.3%	28	12.0%	45	20.5%
Grade 1:	37	16.1%	30	14.1%	44	20.3%	32	14.5%	33	13.9%	51	21.9%	37	16.8%
Grade 2:	32	13.9%	43	20.2%	35	16.1%	32	14.5%	46	19.4%	38	16.3%	21	9.5%
Grade 3:	39	17.0%	40	18.8%	30	13.8%	40	18.1%	49	20.7%	22	9.4%	47	21.4%
Grade 4:	40	17.4%	37	17.4%	39	18.0%	42	19.0%	29	12.2%	52	22.3%	38	17.3%
Grade 5:	38	16.5%	38	17.8%	44	20.3%	28	12.7%	46	19.4%	42	18.0%	32	14.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	130	56.5%	127	59.6%	128	59.0%	125	56.6%	110	46.4%	125	53.6%	117	53.2%
Female:	100	43.5%	86	40.4%	89	41.0%	96	43.4%	99	41.8%	93	39.9%	99	45.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.9%	2	0.9%	2	0.9%	1	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	34	14.8%	28	13.1%	23	10.6%	22	10.0%	22	9.3%	22	9.4%	23	10.5%
Hispanic:	45	19.6%	34	16.0%	49	22.6%	53	24.0%	42	17.7%	38	16.3%	34	15.5%
Black:	42	18.3%	35	16.4%	30	13.8%	31	14.0%	38	16.0%	44	18.9%	44	20.0%
White:	79	34.3%	84	39.4%	93	42.9%	91	41.2%	115	48.5%	122	52.4%	119	54.1%
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:	28	12.2%	30	14.1%	20	9.2%	23	10.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	117	50.9%	91	42.7%	85	39.2%	84	38.0%	92	38.8%	81	34.8%	71	32.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	9	3.9%	12	5.6%	8	3.7%	10	4.5%	19	8.0%	20	8.6%	25	11.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.29		12.38		11.54		11.88		11.91		12.20		12.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	85%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	85%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.5%	81%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	71.1%	81.2%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76.2%	81.9%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.4%	84.5%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	86.5%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.8%	84.6%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	73%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	70%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.4%	73.7%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	57.7%	77.4%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	78.3%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	65.1%	74.5%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	80.4%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.5%	78.9%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.4%	85%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.1%	79.4%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.4%	80.6%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	64.6%	83.8%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	73.1%	84.7%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.5%	87.3%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.4%	85.6%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.5%	71.6%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.7%	64.7%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.2%	72.4%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	45.8%	70.7%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.4%	71.9%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	55%	72.6%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.7%	72%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	67.5%	80.5%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	61.2%	81.5%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	73.1%	75.5%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	73.2%	81.7%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88.2%	82.6%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.3%	68.9%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.1%	70%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.1%	79.4%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	97.5%	79%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.5%	78.6%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	93.4%	77.9%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.7%	79.7%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.4%	79.8%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.6%	80.2%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69%	77.5%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.7%	63.4%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.9%	68.3%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.2%	67.9%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75%	66.9%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.3%	63.7%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80%	63.8%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59%	68%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	53.3%	62.7%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.9%	68%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	42.9%	66.9%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68.3%	59.9%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	73%	65.1%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.3%	58.1%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	77%	64.9%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	37.8%	62.1%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	64%	68.5%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	67.4%	71%	64.2%

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* Paxtang Elementary School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.