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Pleasant Valley School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

1097 Forest Rd

Schenectady NY, 12303, Schenectady County

Phone: 518-881-3640

Ranking:

(3,274 out of 3,424, bottom 4%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Schenectady City 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:	34		32		37		36		35		34		34
Total Students:	513		506		496		458		452		426		449
Kindergarten:	75	14.6%	72	14.2%	83	16.7%	71	15.5%	66	14.6%	80	18.8%	82	18.3%
Grade 1:	87	17.0%	92	18.2%	72	14.5%	83	18.1%	92	20.4%	81	19.0%	92	20.5%
Grade 2:	77	15.0%	74	14.6%	83	16.7%	81	17.7%	91	20.1%	80	18.8%	66	14.7%
Grade 3:	70	13.6%	69	13.6%	59	11.9%	85	18.6%	73	16.2%	62	14.6%	63	14.0%
Grade 4:	69	13.5%	61	12.1%	81	16.3%	66	14.4%	69	15.3%	55	12.9%	69	15.4%
Grade 5:	68	13.3%	62	12.3%	61	12.3%	72	15.7%	61	13.5%	68	16.0%	77	17.1%
Grade 6:	66	12.9%	76	15.0%	57	11.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Ungraded:	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	272	53.0%	251	49.6%	256	51.6%	232	50.7%	230	50.9%	211	49.5%	232	51.7%
Female:	241	47.0%	255	50.4%	240	48.4%	226	49.3%	214	47.3%	207	48.6%	213	47.4%
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:	143	27.9%	120	23.7%	122	24.6%	118	25.8%	117	25.9%	99	23.2%	92	20.5%
Hispanic:	103	20.1%	96	19.0%	90	18.1%	94	20.5%	74	16.4%	86	20.2%	98	21.8%
Black:	147	28.7%	169	33.4%	170	34.3%	142	31.0%	160	35.4%	140	32.9%	165	36.7%
White:	98	19.1%	112	22.1%	105	21.2%	104	22.7%	101	22.3%	101	23.7%	94	20.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	22	4.3%	7	1.4%	7	1.4%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	369	71.9%	398	78.7%	323	65.1%	251	54.8%	329	72.8%	270	63.4%	306	68.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	26	5.1%	37	7.3%	30	6.0%	23	5.0%	57	12.6%	17	4.0%	58	12.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.09		15.81		13.41		12.66		12.91		12.50		13.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	44%	54%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	43%	52%	67%
2008	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	49%	50%	70%
2009	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	57%	62%	76%
2010	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	32%	39%	55%
2011	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	25%	37%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	35%	36%	56%
2013	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	9.2%	16.7%	31.1%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	51%	67%	80%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	71%	85%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	80%	90%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	87%	93%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	43%	43%	59%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	34%	42%	59%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	45%	40%	61%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	0%	10.3%	34.2%
2006	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	33%	45%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	44%	49%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	39%	49%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	63%	58%	77%
2010	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	41%	40%	57%
2011	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	28%	36%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	19%	38%	60%
2013	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	13.5%	14.1%	30.3%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	45%	58%	78%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	42%	58%	81%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	43%	64%	83%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80%	73%	87%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	44%	48%	64%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	42%	46%	67%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	22%	45%	69%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	8.8%	14.7%	36.3%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	63%	79%	86%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	65%	73%	85%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	63%	75%	86%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	89%	77%	88%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	75%	79%	89%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	87%	74%	88%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	67%	76%	89%
2006	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	42%	47%	67%
2007	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	44%	51%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	60%	59%	78%
2009	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	67%	73%	83%
2010	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	35%	28%	53%
2011	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	20%	33%	53%
2012	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	23%	32%	58%
2013	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	7.9%	13.5%	30.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	41%	45%	68%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	37%	54%	76%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	56%	60%	83%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68%	76%	88%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	41%	41%	65%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	27%	45%	66%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	39%	44%	66%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	3.1%	11.1%	29.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	64%	77%	82%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	50%	69%	78%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	72%	76%	85%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	76%	78%	86%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	85%	77%	86%
2012	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	33%	36%	55%
2013	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	2.7%	11.9%	29.6%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	27%	41%	66%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	0%	10.1%	30.6%

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* Pleasant Valley School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.