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Purchase Line Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

16957 Route 286 Hwy East

Commodore PA, 15729, Indiana County

Phone: 724-254-4312

Ranking:

(1,685 out of 2,311, bottom 27%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Purchase Line 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:	35		35		30		30		32		32		23
Total Students:	501		484		406		414		432		430		438
Kindergarten:	73	14.6%	79	16.3%	53	13.1%	53	12.8%	62	14.4%	46	10.7%	63	14.4%
Grade 1:	77	15.4%	62	12.8%	52	12.8%	59	14.3%	46	10.6%	63	14.7%	57	13.0%
Grade 2:	70	14.0%	61	12.6%	62	15.3%	45	10.9%	64	14.8%	66	15.3%	74	16.9%
Grade 3:	61	12.2%	71	14.7%	48	11.8%	60	14.5%	63	14.6%	69	16.0%	62	14.2%
Grade 4:	72	14.4%	64	13.2%	59	14.5%	60	14.5%	74	17.1%	66	15.3%	60	13.7%
Grade 5:	68	13.6%	83	17.1%	59	14.5%	73	17.6%	61	14.1%	61	14.2%	59	13.5%
Grade 6:	80	16.0%	64	13.2%	73	18.0%	64	15.5%	62	14.4%	59	13.7%	63	14.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	254	50.7%	251	51.9%	207	51.0%	215	51.9%	221	51.2%	209	48.6%	223	50.9%
Female:	247	49.3%	233	48.1%	199	49.0%	199	48.1%	201	46.5%	213	49.5%	211	48.2%
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:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	2	0.5%
Black:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	2	0.5%
White:	498	99.4%	481	99.4%	402	99.0%	411	99.3%	430	99.5%	428	99.5%	434	99.1%
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:	1	0.2%	3	0.6%	3	0.7%	3	0.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	257	51.3%	260	53.7%	192	47.3%	163	39.4%	176	40.7%	161	37.4%	187	42.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	76	15.2%	57	11.8%	60	14.8%	76	18.4%	92	21.3%	78	18.1%	67	15.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.25		13.75		13.68		13.69		13.56		13.30		19.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	79%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	79%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75.7%	73%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75.9%	77.6%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.1%	80.4%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80.4%	79.7%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	87.3%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	60%	65.1%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	68%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	74%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.8%	78.8%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	67.1%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.7%	78.2%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.5%	73.9%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.1%	82.2%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.2%	73.1%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	55%	64.5%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.3%	78.2%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	69.4%	72.7%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	63.3%	67.9%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.4%	87.5%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.5%	84.7%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.3%	84.7%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.1%	65.4%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.3%	71.8%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.6%	72.8%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	58.3%	61.5%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.4%	77%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67.3%	67.6%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.6%	76.7%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84.7%	85.7%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	76.3%	79.3%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95.8%	92.3%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95%	93.2%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94.6%	93.6%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.1%	68.2%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	58.1%	57.9%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76%	80%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.2%	67%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.4%	72.9%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.4%	69.8%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69%	65.3%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	47.3%	45.2%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.9%	73.4%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	64.2%	65.7%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.1%	66%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.1%	64.5%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74%	74.6%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.2%	64.9%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65%	54.1%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.1%	60.3%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.3%	61.6%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	47.4%	50.6%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.1%	60.6%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	48.1%	49.2%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	64.2%	61.5%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.1%	59.3%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	54.5%	49.3%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.5%	57.1%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	30.4%	35.1%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	39.4%	35.2%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	26.4%	26.6%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	71.1%	71.5%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	53.1%	60%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	57.1%	57.1%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	67.8%	66.6%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.4%	75%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	56.2%	50%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	74.3%	66.3%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71.2%	70.2%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.1%	60%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.5%	57.1%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66%	65.3%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.8%	65.9%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	53.5%	55.2%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.3%	55.7%	68.5%

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* Purchase Line Elementary School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.