S S Palmer Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

298 Lafayette Ave

Palmerton PA, 18071, Carbon County

Phone: 610-826-7538

Ranking:

(901 out of 2,311, top 39%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 2 to Grade 6

School District: Palmerton Area 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:	25		25		25		26		28		28		37
Total Students:	453		439		460		467		484		506		710
Grade 2:	90	19.9%	91	20.7%	76	16.5%	84	18.0%	92	19.0%	91	18.0%	113	15.9%
Grade 3:	91	20.1%	79	18.0%	92	20.0%	87	18.6%	96	19.8%	109	21.5%	104	14.6%
Grade 4:	82	18.1%	89	20.3%	90	19.6%	88	18.8%	109	22.5%	101	20.0%	85	12.0%
Grade 5:	94	20.8%	92	21.0%	90	19.6%	110	23.6%	98	20.2%	88	17.4%	111	15.6%
Grade 6:	96	21.2%	88	20.0%	112	24.3%	98	21.0%	89	18.4%	114	22.5%	106	14.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	225	49.7%	224	51.0%	241	52.4%	255	54.6%	255	52.7%	276	54.5%	401	56.5%
Female:	228	50.3%	215	49.0%	219	47.6%	212	45.4%	216	44.6%	221	43.7%	305	43.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%
Asian:	1	0.2%	2	0.5%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	5	0.7%
Hispanic:	10	2.2%	18	4.1%	13	2.8%	11	2.4%	12	2.5%	16	3.2%	17	2.4%
Black:	5	1.1%	4	0.9%	5	1.1%	9	1.9%	6	1.2%	6	1.2%	9	1.3%
White:	437	96.5%	415	94.5%	439	95.4%	445	95.3%	458	94.6%	480	94.9%	677	95.4%
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:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	158	34.9%	159	36.2%	157	34.1%	151	32.3%	134	27.7%	152	30.0%	173	24.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	26	5.7%	23	5.2%	34	7.4%	38	8.1%	46	9.5%	51	10.1%	55	7.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.94		17.25		18.47		17.86		17.38		17.80		19.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	91%	N/A
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.5%	85.1%	N/A
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.9%	92.9%	N/A
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	99%	98%	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.6%	94.6%	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.4%	86.1%	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.5%	89.2%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	76%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	84%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.8%	85%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95.9%	93.7%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.4%	94%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.9%	86.4%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.4%	77.5%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.2%	77.5%	N/A
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.5%	84.3%	N/A
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.8%	83.6%	N/A
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	97.6%	88.6%	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.9%	89.4%	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.4%	92.1%	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.3%	91.4%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.8%	78.8%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63.1%	72.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.3%	77.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	95.2%	84.4%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.9%	83.8%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.8%	87.4%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.1%	76.8%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.3%	69.3%	N/A
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	97.6%	95.3%	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91.5%	91.3%	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93.3%	93.3%	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94.3%	94.1%	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88.5%	88.4%	N/A
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	41.6%	50.6%	N/A
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	48.9%	53.7%	N/A
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70%	63.4%	N/A
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.6%	72.6%	N/A
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.8%	63.3%	N/A
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.4%	67.4%	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.5%	74.2%	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.6%	80.1%	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.5%	79.8%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.9%	60.2%	N/A
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	46.4%	56.5%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.5%	60.7%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.1%	61.7%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.9%	62.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	54.6%	63%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66%	66.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.4%	65.3%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.9%	62%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.7%	80.4%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.5%	66.5%	N/A
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.3%	71.3%	N/A
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	39.3%	54.1%	N/A
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	46.7%	53.2%	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.2%	68.3%	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	53.6%	57.7%	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	77.1%	80.1%	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	61.9%	70.8%	N/A
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.5%	87.5%	N/A
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	64.9%	73.6%	N/A
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	63.6%	72.4%	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	67%	76.2%	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	93.1%	91.3%	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	65.7%	71.1%	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80%	81.3%	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71.3%	77.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66%	66.5%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	60.7%	69.2%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.1%	70.1%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80.4%	77.3%	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.4%	68%	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.4%	74.9%	N/A

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* S S Palmer Elementary School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.