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Sheridan Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

521 North 2nd St

Allentown PA, 18102, Lehigh County

Phone: 484-765-4881

Ranking:

(1,940 out of 2,311, bottom 16%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 1 to Grade 5

School District: Allentown 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:	33		32		18		37		33		38		35
Total Students:	719		653		688		627		654		675		641
Grade 1:	151	21.0%	126	19.3%	133	19.3%	128	20.4%	134	20.5%	136	20.1%	128	20.0%
Grade 2:	151	21.0%	127	19.4%	132	19.2%	122	19.5%	126	19.3%	137	20.3%	116	18.1%
Grade 3:	123	17.1%	128	19.6%	134	19.5%	121	19.3%	143	21.9%	135	20.0%	135	21.1%
Grade 4:	151	21.0%	149	22.8%	142	20.6%	131	20.9%	121	18.5%	142	21.0%	130	20.3%
Grade 5:	143	19.9%	123	18.8%	147	21.4%	125	19.9%	130	19.9%	125	18.5%	132	20.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	362	50.3%	322	49.3%	353	51.3%	306	48.8%	314	48.0%	342	50.7%	328	51.2%
Female:	357	49.7%	331	50.7%	335	48.7%	321	51.2%	332	50.8%	325	48.1%	309	48.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	4	0.6%	4	0.6%	8	1.2%	6	1.0%	5	0.8%	7	1.0%	10	1.6%
Hispanic:	502	69.8%	470	72.0%	512	74.4%	450	71.8%	491	75.1%	501	74.2%	455	71.0%
Black:	97	13.5%	82	12.6%	78	11.3%	84	13.4%	86	13.1%	88	13.0%	96	15.0%
White:	92	12.8%	89	13.6%	84	12.2%	87	13.9%	72	11.0%	79	11.7%	80	12.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.3%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	20	2.8%	7	1.1%	6	0.9%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	643	89.4%	578	88.5%	573	83.3%	556	88.7%	546	83.5%	607	89.9%	602	93.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	24	3.3%	34	5.2%	34	4.9%	53	8.5%	47	7.2%	45	6.7%	36	5.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	22.12		20.25		39.18		17.05		19.73		17.70		18.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	71%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	73%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.4%	66.5%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.3%	68.1%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.8%	71%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.9%	68.8%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74.3%	70.1%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	64.8%	65%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	46%	44%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	53%	51%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	48.7%	57%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	58.9%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.3%	62%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	62.5%	54%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	61.9%	59.2%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	46.7%	52.7%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	59.7%	64%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	62.5%	62.4%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.1%	67.4%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.5%	71.9%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.9%	73.1%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.3%	73.1%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	72%	66.7%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	44.4%	45.2%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	41.1%	47.6%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	52.7%	49.5%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	59.6%	54.3%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.8%	53.4%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.7%	54.8%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	56%	50.7%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	43.8%	57.4%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	55.8%	61.2%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	47.8%	58.2%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	58.5%	59.1%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	52.5%	58.6%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	41.6%	48.3%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	41.9%	53%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.4%	60.9%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	42.2%	56.9%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	55.5%	62.7%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.7%	58.6%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.1%	59.6%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.5%	60.4%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.6%	66.3%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	53.5%	54.9%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	30.9%	41.3%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	34.6%	46%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	30.2%	41.2%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	25%	42.5%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	31.7%	39.4%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	42.4%	39.6%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	53.9%	45.7%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	44.3%	43.9%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.9%	47.7%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	46.8%	42.9%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	12.8%	38.9%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	16.9%	36.1%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	11.1%	27.2%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	20.5%	34.1%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	15.6%	35.3%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	36.4%	50.8%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	23.5%	42%	64.2%

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* Sheridan Elementary School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.