Shirley Twp Elementary School
14188 Second St
Mount Union PA, 17066, Huntingdon County
Phone: 814-542-9381
Ranking: 
(1,877 out of 2,311, bottom 19%)*
(1,877 out of 2,311, bottom 19%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 6
School District: Mount Union 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 | 26 | 23 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 364 | 384 | 351 | 346 | 336 | 351 | 340 | |||||||
| Kindergarten: | 67 | 18.4% | 68 | 17.7% | 63 | 17.9% | 57 | 16.5% | 39 | 11.6% | 52 | 14.8% | 51 | 15.0% |
| Grade 1: | 54 | 14.8% | 62 | 16.1% | 54 | 15.4% | 40 | 11.6% | 51 | 15.2% | 49 | 14.0% | 58 | 17.1% |
| Grade 2: | 60 | 16.5% | 64 | 16.7% | 33 | 9.4% | 52 | 15.0% | 54 | 16.1% | 59 | 16.8% | 49 | 14.4% |
| Grade 3: | 61 | 16.8% | 35 | 9.1% | 45 | 12.8% | 52 | 15.0% | 51 | 15.2% | 45 | 12.8% | 55 | 16.2% |
| Grade 4: | 25 | 6.9% | 46 | 12.0% | 56 | 16.0% | 46 | 13.3% | 49 | 14.6% | 53 | 15.1% | 41 | 12.1% |
| Grade 5: | 43 | 11.8% | 59 | 15.4% | 48 | 13.7% | 50 | 14.5% | 52 | 15.5% | 38 | 10.8% | 57 | 16.8% |
| Grade 6: | 54 | 14.8% | 50 | 13.0% | 52 | 14.8% | 49 | 14.2% | 40 | 11.9% | 55 | 15.7% | 29 | 8.5% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 188 | 51.6% | 201 | 52.3% | 182 | 51.9% | 186 | 53.8% | 168 | 50.0% | 179 | 51.0% | 186 | 54.7% |
| Female: | 176 | 48.4% | 183 | 47.7% | 169 | 48.1% | 160 | 46.2% | 139 | 41.4% | 141 | 40.2% | 150 | 44.1% |
| 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: | 3 | 0.8% | 2 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.6% | 2 | 0.6% | 1 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.6% | 1 | 0.3% |
| Hispanic: | 9 | 2.5% | 2 | 0.5% | 3 | 0.9% | 1 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.6% | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.3% |
| Black: | 24 | 6.6% | 25 | 6.5% | 19 | 5.4% | 21 | 6.1% | 20 | 6.0% | 22 | 6.3% | 31 | 9.1% |
| White: | 308 | 84.6% | 328 | 85.4% | 304 | 86.6% | 305 | 88.2% | 292 | 86.9% | 303 | 86.3% | 307 | 90.3% |
| 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: | 20 | 5.5% | 27 | 7.0% | 23 | 6.6% | 17 | 4.9% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 242 | 66.5% | 234 | 60.9% | 216 | 61.5% | 155 | 44.8% | 190 | 56.5% | 202 | 57.5% | 172 | 50.6% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 19 | 5.2% | 25 | 6.5% | 18 | 5.1% | 23 | 6.6% | 25 | 7.4% | 45 | 12.8% | 36 | 10.6% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 14.64 | 15.06 | 15.00 | 12.22 | 11.91 | 12.50 | 11.80 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| PSSA | ||||||
| 2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 64% | 79% | 81% |
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86% | 85% | 83% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.1% | 80.2% | 78.5% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 65.4% | 72.2% | 80.5% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.3% | 84.3% | 81.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74.5% | 86.8% | 84.5% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70.6% | 78.6% | 83.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 65.1% | 79.7% | 80% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 55% | 67% | 68% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68% | 65% | 69% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 72.7% | 73% | 72.8% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 65.4% | 65.4% | 76.8% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.4% | 71.1% | 77% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 59.6% | 62.5% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 52.9% | 65.2% | 77.2% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 62.8% | 69.4% | 74.1% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 61.5% | 78.3% | 77.2% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 90% | 84.7% | 78% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 90% | 85.7% | 79.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 67.3% | 70.3% | 81.8% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.5% | 82.9% | 84.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.4% | 82% | 85.2% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 64.2% | 72.9% | 82.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 56.4% | 61.9% | 68.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 72% | 70.3% | 70.1% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 62.5% | 73.5% | 70.1% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 51.9% | 58.8% | 72.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.9% | 60.9% | 72.9% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 65.1% | 57.9% | 73.3% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 54.5% | 58.7% | 72.1% |
| 2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 78% | 78% | 81.5% |
| 2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 69.2% | 74.5% | 83.4% |
| 2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.8% | 79.6% | 81.4% |
| 2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.7% | 81.6% | 82.9% |
| 2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.7% | 71.1% | 82.3% |
| 2003 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 52.2% | 50.9% | 56.3% |
| 2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.6% | 65.7% | 61.8% |
| 2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 70% | 63.8% | 69% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 55% | 73.5% | 66.9% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 55.5% | 67.4% | 71% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.2% | 73.2% | 73.2% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.7% | 75.3% | 73.5% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 58% | 65% | 74.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.2% | 68.6% | 76.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.1% | 56.8% | 73.3% |
| 2003 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 56.8% | 44.9% | 58% |
| 2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 64.7% | 61.2% | 62.7% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.5% | 52.1% | 64.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 55% | 62.8% | 60.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.3% | 45.2% | 60% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 50% | 53.7% | 61.6% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.9% | 61.3% | 64.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.1% | 47.6% | 64.1% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 61.7% | 54.6% | 67.3% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 69% | 53.6% | 65% |
| 2006 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 35% | 34.2% | 54.1% |
| 2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 45.9% | 41.2% | 57.3% |
| 2008 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 38.2% | 33.1% | 57.3% |
| 2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.2% | 35.5% | 58.1% |
| 2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 37.3% | 38.2% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 23.9% | 33.1% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 20.9% | 41.9% | 64.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 65.9% | 62.9% | 68% |
| 2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 68.2% | 77.5% | 69.6% |
| 2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 61.6% | 71% | 72.3% |
| 2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 83.4% | 81.2% | 75.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 89.4% | 78% |
| 2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 80% | 80.2% | 78.8% |
| 2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 75.5% | 83% | 77.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 65.9% | 57.7% | 65.9% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 54.6% | 68.4% | 63.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 50% | 54.8% | 66.9% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 70.3% | 65.5% | 67.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 70% | 71.2% | 68.8% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 62.8% | 64.3% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 57.2% | 64.4% | 68.5% |
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* Shirley Twp 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.