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Tenth & Penn Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

955 Penn St

Reading PA, 19601, Berks County

Phone: 610-320-6994

Ranking:

(2,121 out of 2,311, bottom 8%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Reading 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:	30		34		37		38		39		38		38
Total Students:	538		532		560		566		555		599		582
Prekindergarten:	0	0.0%	NA	NA	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	18	3.1%
Kindergarten:	119	22.1%	94	17.7%	100	17.9%	122	21.6%	114	20.5%	114	19.0%	102	17.5%
Grade 1:	97	18.0%	93	17.5%	105	18.8%	108	19.1%	86	15.5%	109	18.2%	102	17.5%
Grade 2:	84	15.6%	92	17.3%	110	19.6%	87	15.4%	84	15.1%	92	15.4%	122	21.0%
Grade 3:	70	13.0%	101	19.0%	85	15.2%	73	12.9%	78	14.1%	126	21.0%	78	13.4%
Grade 4:	88	16.4%	75	14.1%	73	13.0%	78	13.8%	116	20.9%	79	13.2%	66	11.3%
Grade 5:	80	14.9%	77	14.5%	87	15.5%	98	17.3%	77	13.9%	79	13.2%	94	16.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	255	47.4%	264	49.6%	292	52.1%	302	53.4%	305	55.0%	317	52.9%	312	53.6%
Female:	283	52.6%	268	50.4%	268	47.9%	264	46.6%	242	43.6%	274	45.7%	266	45.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.3%
Asian:	4	0.7%	4	0.8%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	3	0.5%
Hispanic:	455	84.6%	444	83.5%	473	84.5%	483	85.3%	461	83.1%	510	85.1%	489	84.0%
Black:	32	5.9%	48	9.0%	39	7.0%	48	8.5%	52	9.4%	52	8.7%	56	9.6%
White:	36	6.7%	29	5.5%	33	5.9%	34	6.0%	40	7.2%	36	6.0%	32	5.5%
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	1.9%	7	1.3%	13	2.3%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	497	92.4%	461	86.7%	505	90.2%	523	92.4%	486	87.6%	510	85.1%	500	85.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	15	2.8%	16	3.0%	12	2.1%	9	1.6%	35	6.3%	45	7.5%	27	4.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.70		15.74		15.20		14.95		14.29		15.80		15.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	48%	56%	N/A
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	67%	N/A
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	65.4%	62.3%	N/A
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	60.7%	65.2%	N/A
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	59.8%	67.1%	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.8%	74.7%	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	69.5%	69.3%	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.3%	64.1%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	45%	42%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	47%	46%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	48.1%	53.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	58.3%	59.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	40.8%	54.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	38.5%	54.4%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	49.2%	56.1%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66.2%	48.9%	N/A
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	65%	55.5%	N/A
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	65.7%	59.1%	N/A
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.9%	63.1%	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	58.9%	68%	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	72.8%	73.5%	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	73.3%	73.9%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	60.3%	66.5%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	56.9%	42.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	53.1%	48.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	61.7%	48.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	56.4%	50.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	34.1%	51.9%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	38.4%	52.4%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	46.6%	47.1%	N/A
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	61.2%	54.6%	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	46.7%	60.5%	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	46.5%	59.7%	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	37.6%	63%	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	51.7%	62%	N/A
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	40%	38.7%	N/A
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	55.3%	43.4%	N/A
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.1%	51%	N/A
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	42.5%	47.3%	N/A
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.5%	49.8%	N/A
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.2%	55.5%	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	55.1%	57.6%	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	54%	56.5%	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	36.5%	61.6%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	44.1%	54.2%	N/A
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	24.6%	31.8%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	44.6%	36.6%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	46.1%	41.6%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	46.8%	36.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56.8%	32.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	42.5%	39.4%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	44.9%	38.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	50%	42%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	27%	47.4%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	32.8%	38%	N/A
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	35.4%	34.8%	N/A
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	35.8%	31.1%	N/A
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	14.9%	24.8%	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	18%	26%	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	27.8%	31%	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	9.5%	35.8%	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	12.9%	30.7%	N/A

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* Tenth & Penn 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.