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Pickering Valley Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

121 Byers Rd

Chester Springs PA, 19425, Chester County

Phone: 610-458-5324

Ranking:

(194 out of 2,311, top 8%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Downingtown Area 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:	37		38		40		40		39		40		42
Total Students:	675		667		674		688		653		641		725
Kindergarten:	63	9.3%	65	9.7%	78	11.6%	78	11.3%	82	12.6%	101	15.8%	110	15.2%
Grade 1:	117	17.3%	115	17.2%	109	16.2%	115	16.7%	134	20.5%	105	16.4%	134	18.5%
Grade 2:	123	18.2%	113	16.9%	121	18.0%	137	19.9%	105	16.1%	116	18.1%	138	19.0%
Grade 3:	108	16.0%	130	19.5%	139	20.6%	106	15.4%	113	17.3%	124	19.3%	120	16.6%
Grade 4:	127	18.8%	136	20.4%	108	16.0%	122	17.7%	125	19.1%	93	14.5%	124	17.1%
Grade 5:	137	20.3%	108	16.2%	119	17.7%	130	18.9%	94	14.4%	102	15.9%	99	13.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	351	52.0%	342	51.3%	348	51.6%	341	49.6%	337	51.6%	348	54.3%	390	53.8%
Female:	324	48.0%	325	48.7%	326	48.4%	347	50.4%	308	47.2%	285	44.5%	331	45.7%
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:	215	31.9%	195	29.2%	181	26.9%	178	25.9%	157	24.0%	138	21.5%	130	17.9%
Hispanic:	18	2.7%	21	3.1%	21	3.1%	16	2.3%	17	2.6%	13	2.0%	4	0.6%
Black:	3	0.4%	5	0.7%	7	1.0%	7	1.0%	5	0.8%	9	1.4%	6	0.8%
White:	424	62.8%	434	65.1%	462	68.5%	485	70.5%	474	72.6%	481	75.0%	585	80.7%
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:	15	2.2%	12	1.8%	3	0.4%	2	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	13	1.9%	12	1.8%	13	1.9%	11	1.6%	NA	NA	14	2.2%	10	1.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	4	0.6%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	NA	NA	1	0.2%	1	0.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.29		17.59		17.02		17.10		16.66		16.10		17.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	96%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	98%	95%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.8%	90.8%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.6%	94%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97.6%	95.1%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.4%	94.5%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	98.2%	96.2%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.2%	93.9%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	88%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	90%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	90%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.3%	91%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	96.8%	90.5%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.9%	87.5%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95.4%	91.3%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	96.2%	89.9%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.7%	92.4%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.2%	91.7%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.7%	91.8%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.1%	93.2%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.9%	96.4%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.6%	94.3%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.5%	95.5%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	96.7%	89.1%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.9%	90.1%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.9%	86.7%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.2%	90%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	96.7%	90.1%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.8%	89.9%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.7%	92.6%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96.8%	94.2%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.4%	95.2%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	98.4%	95.6%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95%	94.9%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94.3%	95.7%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.7%	82.6%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.9%	85%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	93.7%	86.5%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.7%	86.5%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89%	85.4%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89.6%	87.9%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.6%	82.9%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.5%	87.6%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.6%	90.1%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89.5%	87.8%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.3%	83.5%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.7%	83.6%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.5%	87.1%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.6%	85.7%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.1%	81.2%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.5%	81.8%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.4%	79.7%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.7%	80.4%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.2%	86.1%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.8%	86%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	67.4%	73.6%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	87.1%	77.6%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	83.5%	77.3%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	82.5%	78.6%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	69.2%	81%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	90%	84.9%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	83.8%	81%	64.2%

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* Pickering Valley 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.