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Thomas Wharton Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

705 North Mary St

Lancaster PA, 17603, Lancaster County

Phone: 717-291-6281

Ranking:

(1,816 out of 2,311, bottom 21%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Lancaster 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:	21		19		18		18		19		17		19
Total Students:	346		359		304		246		225		234		263
Prekindergarten:	0	0.0%	19	5.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	71	20.5%	75	20.9%	65	21.4%	49	19.9%	44	19.6%	35	15.0%	49	18.6%
Grade 1:	72	20.8%	67	18.7%	69	22.7%	49	19.9%	44	19.6%	50	21.4%	38	14.4%
Grade 2:	61	17.6%	67	18.7%	51	16.8%	41	16.7%	37	16.4%	34	14.5%	42	16.0%
Grade 3:	58	16.8%	51	14.2%	42	13.8%	41	16.7%	32	14.2%	41	17.5%	40	15.2%
Grade 4:	46	13.3%	37	10.3%	48	15.8%	27	11.0%	41	18.2%	36	15.4%	42	16.0%
Grade 5:	38	11.0%	43	12.0%	29	9.5%	39	15.9%	27	12.0%	38	16.2%	52	19.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	174	50.3%	190	52.9%	163	53.6%	132	53.7%	104	46.2%	112	47.9%	131	49.8%
Female:	172	49.7%	169	47.1%	141	46.4%	114	46.3%	113	50.2%	114	48.7%	128	48.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	1	0.4%
Asian:	23	6.6%	26	7.2%	16	5.3%	20	8.1%	9	4.0%	5	2.1%	4	1.5%
Hispanic:	149	43.1%	148	41.2%	115	37.8%	87	35.4%	78	34.7%	71	30.3%	71	27.0%
Black:	37	10.7%	36	10.0%	47	15.5%	38	15.4%	36	16.0%	41	17.5%	51	19.4%
White:	121	35.0%	133	37.0%	113	37.2%	95	38.6%	102	45.3%	116	49.6%	136	51.7%
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:	16	4.6%	16	4.5%	13	4.3%	6	2.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	212	61.3%	210	58.5%	153	50.3%	136	55.3%	127	56.4%	131	56.0%	145	55.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	34	9.8%	23	6.4%	23	7.6%	16	6.5%	16	7.1%	17	7.3%	26	9.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.48		19.05		17.37		13.99		12.16		13.60		14.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	63%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	66%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	69.5%	58.9%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	65.8%	64.1%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.9%	65.2%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	58.6%	68.8%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70.2%	63.8%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	59.4%	64%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66%	46%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	48%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.4%	51.6%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.7%	60.9%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.9%	58.7%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	58.6%	57.4%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.4%	60%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67.5%	56.4%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.7%	60.8%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75.6%	62.6%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.3%	65.4%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	72.7%	62.7%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71.8%	69.5%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77.7%	72.7%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70.4%	69.3%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.6%	41.8%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.8%	49.8%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	60.5%	53.9%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	60.6%	49.5%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.4%	57.6%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66.6%	54.7%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	61.4%	52.8%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	72.9%	53.9%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	76.6%	56.1%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	65.8%	52.8%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	59.2%	56.7%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	63.6%	60.4%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62%	47.4%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.6%	51.5%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	45.2%	54.9%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	64.5%	53.9%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.4%	54.7%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.2%	58.5%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.8%	57.5%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80%	56.4%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	55.6%	60.4%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	48%	57.1%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	31%	37%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.6%	46%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	48.4%	40.5%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.5%	42.6%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	36.5%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	49%	41.8%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.2%	39.4%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.4%	41%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.8%	49.1%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	44%	42.2%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	58.6%	29.2%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	54.1%	31.6%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	74.5%	28.2%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	80.5%	25.5%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	84.6%	29.2%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	55.9%	31.2%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	38.5%	36.3%	64.2%

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* Thomas Wharton 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.