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Steelton-Highspire Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

250 Reynders Ave

Harrisburg PA, 17113, Dauphin County

Phone: 717-704-3826

Ranking:

(2,133 out of 2,311, bottom 8%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Steelton-Highspire 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:	48		51		50		52		55		51		56
Total Students:	792		884		772		734		720		721		617
Kindergarten:	117	14.8%	198	22.4%	170	22.0%	160	21.8%	149	20.7%	147	20.4%	63	10.2%
Grade 1:	146	18.4%	128	14.5%	109	14.1%	97	13.2%	86	11.9%	102	14.1%	104	16.9%
Grade 2:	120	15.2%	132	14.9%	94	12.2%	87	11.9%	104	14.4%	106	14.7%	80	13.0%
Grade 3:	117	14.8%	114	12.9%	94	12.2%	97	13.2%	103	14.3%	90	12.5%	87	14.1%
Grade 4:	100	12.6%	102	11.5%	97	12.6%	101	13.8%	88	12.2%	90	12.5%	91	14.7%
Grade 5:	95	12.0%	106	12.0%	108	14.0%	90	12.3%	93	12.9%	94	13.0%	93	15.1%
Grade 6:	97	12.2%	104	11.8%	100	13.0%	102	13.9%	97	13.5%	92	12.8%	99	16.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	411	51.9%	436	49.3%	370	47.9%	358	48.8%	294	40.8%	299	41.5%	278	45.1%
Female:	381	48.1%	448	50.7%	402	52.1%	376	51.2%	284	39.4%	320	44.4%	309	50.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%
Asian:	1	0.1%	3	0.3%	2	0.3%	3	0.4%	3	0.4%	2	0.3%	4	0.6%
Hispanic:	173	21.8%	191	21.6%	155	20.1%	96	13.1%	91	12.6%	92	12.8%	92	14.9%
Black:	402	50.8%	426	48.2%	350	45.3%	325	44.3%	329	45.7%	345	47.9%	305	49.4%
White:	145	18.3%	169	19.1%	174	22.5%	167	22.8%	162	22.5%	187	25.9%	190	30.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	70	8.8%	93	10.5%	89	11.5%	142	19.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	577	72.9%	594	67.2%	522	67.6%	506	68.9%	541	75.1%	434	60.2%	402	65.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	39	4.9%	67	7.6%	72	9.3%	44	6.0%	0	0.0%	84	11.7%	81	13.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.67		17.50		15.60		14.12		13.09		14.30		11.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	69%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	59%	58%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	53.9%	52.8%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.7%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	73.8%	72.8%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.9%	78.9%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77.7%	77.7%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	65.9%	65.9%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	44%	43%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	43%	42%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	50.6%	50%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66.6%	66.6%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	62.6%	61.7%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	55.6%	55.6%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	47.6%	47.6%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	44.7%	44.7%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.6%	75.8%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	46.5%	45.6%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	50%	50%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	66.3%	65.4%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	66.6%	65.8%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70.8%	70.8%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	61.8%	61.8%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	59.6%	59%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	43.2%	42.7%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	42.3%	42.3%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	47.5%	46.9%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	39.5%	39%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	56.2%	56.2%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	40.5%	40.5%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	40.5%	40.5%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	72%	71%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	60.5%	59.7%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	76.1%	76.1%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	68.6%	68.6%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	29.1%	29.1%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	28.7%	28.4%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	53.8%	52.6%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	40.2%	38.9%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.1%	62.1%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	43.5%	43%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	41%	40%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.6%	70.6%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	55.1%	55.1%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	52.5%	52.5%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	31.1%	31.1%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	29.8%	29.6%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	43.5%	42.5%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	33.3%	32.3%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	33.7%	33.7%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	32.9%	32.6%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	28.9%	28.2%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	37.6%	37.6%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	38%	38%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	28%	28%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	33.3%	33.3%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	32.3%	32.3%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	17.1%	17.1%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	29.6%	28.9%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	58.8%	58.8%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	46.9%	46.9%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	50%	50%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	59.8%	59.2%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	38.1%	37.4%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	53.9%	53.9%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	50.1%	50%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	52.3%	51.1%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	65.2%	65.2%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	51.1%	51.1%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	43.8%	43.3%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	34%	33.3%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	48.9%	48.9%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	38.8%	39%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	40.9%	41.1%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	48.9%	48.9%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	31.9%	31.9%	68.5%

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