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Pittsburgh Arsenal K-5 Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

215 39th St

Pittsburgh PA, 15201, Allegheny County

Phone: 412-622-7307

Ranking:

(2,240 out of 2,311, bottom 3%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Pittsburgh 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:	26		24		16		17		19		16		15
Total Students:	396		386		267		282		282		304		272
Prekindergarten:	113	28.5%	115	29.8%	52	19.5%	58	20.6%	47	16.7%	55	18.1%	50	18.4%
Kindergarten:	48	12.1%	39	10.1%	45	16.9%	39	13.8%	42	14.9%	43	14.1%	46	16.9%
Grade 1:	46	11.6%	45	11.7%	40	15.0%	44	15.6%	40	14.2%	54	17.8%	47	17.3%
Grade 2:	45	11.4%	46	11.9%	37	13.9%	36	12.8%	40	14.2%	50	16.4%	36	13.2%
Grade 3:	44	11.1%	45	11.7%	33	12.4%	39	13.8%	40	14.2%	32	10.5%	27	9.9%
Grade 4:	57	14.4%	40	10.4%	33	12.4%	28	9.9%	39	13.8%	28	9.2%	39	14.3%
Grade 5:	43	10.9%	56	14.5%	27	10.1%	38	13.5%	34	12.1%	42	13.8%	27	9.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	190	48.0%	190	49.2%	130	48.7%	146	51.8%	136	48.2%	127	41.8%	119	43.8%
Female:	206	52.0%	196	50.8%	137	51.3%	136	48.2%	115	40.8%	133	43.8%	122	44.9%
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:	26	6.6%	18	4.7%	19	7.1%	16	5.7%	13	4.6%	6	2.0%	4	1.5%
Hispanic:	22	5.6%	13	3.4%	5	1.9%	3	1.1%	8	2.8%	3	1.0%	5	1.8%
Black:	266	67.2%	267	69.2%	175	65.5%	179	63.5%	192	68.1%	212	69.7%	191	70.2%
White:	64	16.2%	70	18.1%	48	18.0%	54	19.1%	46	16.3%	47	15.5%	45	16.5%
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	4.5%	18	4.7%	20	7.5%	30	10.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	362	91.4%	325	84.2%	222	83.1%	251	89.0%	254	90.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	4	1.0%	2	0.5%	1	0.4%	4	1.4%	5	1.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.53		16.08		16.69		16.21		14.92		18.50		17.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	46.1%	71.3%	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	55.6%	73.9%	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	65.7%	73.7%	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	45.2%	66.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	50%	62%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	41.7%	59.6%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	53.1%	63.3%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	38.7%	58.3%	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	50%	70.2%	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	61.8%	71.4%	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75%	77.6%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77.7%	67.8%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	21.5%	55.8%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	40%	57.1%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	60%	61.3%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	37%	55.6%	N/A
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	58.3%	66.7%	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	14.3%	63.8%	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	38.9%	60.6%	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	51.8%	64.6%	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	26.7%	63%	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	28.2%	63.2%	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	42.8%	61.1%	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	50%	66.1%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	47.6%	61%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	23.1%	51.8%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	21.5%	46.9%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	48.3%	55.5%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	31.8%	51.9%	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	11.1%	41.2%	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	18.5%	45%	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	19.4%	50.6%	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	18.2%	47.9%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Pittsburgh Arsenal K-5 Primary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.