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Tamaqua Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

Boyle Ave

Tamaqua PA, 18252, Schuylkill County

Phone: 570-668-3306

Ranking:

(1,843 out of 2,311, bottom 20%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 2 to Grade 5

School District: Tamaqua 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:	28		24		30		22		28		32		31
Total Students:	488		464		451		474		562		570		529
Grade 2:	134	27.5%	109	23.5%	107	23.7%	119	25.1%	98	17.4%	86	15.1%	99	18.7%
Grade 3:	107	21.9%	119	25.6%	121	26.8%	114	24.1%	89	15.8%	101	17.7%	66	12.5%
Grade 4:	120	24.6%	126	27.2%	108	23.9%	120	25.3%	99	17.6%	74	13.0%	93	17.6%
Grade 5:	127	26.0%	110	23.7%	115	25.5%	121	25.5%	70	12.5%	96	16.8%	76	14.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	251	51.4%	244	52.6%	236	52.3%	238	50.2%	301	53.6%	281	49.3%	260	49.1%
Female:	237	48.6%	220	47.4%	215	47.7%	236	49.8%	251	44.7%	272	47.7%	261	49.3%
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	0.6%	2	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	22	4.5%	17	3.7%	14	3.1%	11	2.3%	18	3.2%	20	3.5%	7	1.3%
Black:	1	0.2%	3	0.6%	8	1.8%	7	1.5%	10	1.8%	11	1.9%	1	0.2%
White:	452	92.6%	436	94.0%	426	94.5%	454	95.8%	532	94.7%	530	93.0%	517	97.7%
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:	10	2.0%	6	1.3%	3	0.7%	2	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	237	48.6%	215	46.3%	176	39.0%	177	37.3%	235	41.8%	183	32.1%	165	31.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	36	7.4%	30	6.5%	32	7.1%	32	6.8%	28	5.0%	30	5.3%	36	6.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.68		19.17		15.19		21.59		19.96		18.10		17.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	87%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	87%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	66.6%	74.5%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	81.1%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.4%	86.3%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.4%	81.7%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	74.9%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	66.9%	72.6%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	67%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	72%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.4%	82%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	78.9%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.8%	81.2%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	65.9%	70.4%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.5%	70.8%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.7%	78%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	68.9%	75.3%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	67.1%	73.9%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.2%	82%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.9%	88.7%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.5%	85.5%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	74.4%	79.5%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.6%	82.4%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67.8%	74%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.3%	68.9%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.8%	82%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.7%	77.5%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.3%	68.4%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63.4%	65.7%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.9%	73.6%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93.1%	95.9%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88.1%	93.7%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.2%	84.6%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84.4%	86.8%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	89%	90%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	52%	59.8%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	58.3%	58.4%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.6%	68.7%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	47.2%	55.4%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59.1%	61.4%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.5%	70.3%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	56.9%	64.9%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.1%	78.4%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.1%	67.1%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72%	75.5%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59%	64.1%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.7%	65.8%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.6%	68.7%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	55.5%	63.3%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	50%	57.4%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	51.4%	60.1%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	53.7%	60.9%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58%	62.8%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	55.4%	58.5%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.3%	63%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	53.4%	61.4%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	42.7%	53%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	57%	58%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	48.5%	57%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.2%	74.5%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	75.3%	78.6%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	67.5%	71.7%	64.2%

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* Tamaqua 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.