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Towamensing Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

7920 Interchange Rd

Lehighton PA, 18235, Carbon County

Phone: 610-681-4024

Ranking:

(875 out of 2,311, top 38%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Palmerton Area School District

Title I Eligible School: No

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:	24		23		23		23		22		23		23
Total Students:	385		384		362		375		382		392		408
Kindergarten:	58	15.1%	55	14.3%	47	13.0%	41	10.9%	58	15.2%	41	10.5%	68	16.7%
Grade 1:	54	14.0%	50	13.0%	40	11.0%	61	16.3%	40	10.5%	69	17.6%	59	14.5%
Grade 2:	53	13.8%	44	11.5%	54	14.9%	44	11.7%	65	17.0%	59	15.1%	51	12.5%
Grade 3:	47	12.2%	61	15.9%	43	11.9%	68	18.1%	60	15.7%	48	12.2%	43	10.5%
Grade 4:	61	15.8%	43	11.2%	63	17.4%	65	17.3%	47	12.3%	44	11.2%	67	16.4%
Grade 5:	45	11.7%	66	17.2%	64	17.7%	49	13.1%	47	12.3%	61	15.6%	68	16.7%
Grade 6:	67	17.4%	65	16.9%	51	14.1%	47	12.5%	65	17.0%	70	17.9%	52	12.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	213	55.3%	211	54.9%	201	55.5%	203	54.1%	211	55.2%	204	52.0%	205	50.2%
Female:	172	44.7%	173	45.1%	161	44.5%	172	45.9%	161	42.1%	179	45.7%	199	48.8%
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:	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	2	0.6%	1	0.3%	2	0.5%	3	0.8%	4	1.0%
Hispanic:	12	3.1%	12	3.1%	10	2.8%	10	2.7%	11	2.9%	6	1.5%	8	2.0%
Black:	3	0.8%	3	0.8%	5	1.4%	5	1.3%	7	1.8%	7	1.8%	5	1.2%
White:	368	95.6%	365	95.1%	342	94.5%	356	94.9%	360	94.2%	375	95.7%	391	95.8%
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:	1	0.3%	3	0.8%	3	0.8%	3	0.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	63	16.4%	77	20.1%	58	16.0%	55	14.7%	50	13.1%	50	12.8%	39	9.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	23	6.0%	24	6.3%	17	4.7%	17	4.5%	23	6.0%	31	7.9%	28	6.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.98		16.62		15.81		16.38		17.05		16.90		18.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	91%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	97%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76.2%	85.1%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.1%	92.9%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.7%	98%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.9%	94.6%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	86.1%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.3%	89.2%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	76%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	84%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.3%	85%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.4%	93.7%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	94%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.7%	86.4%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.7%	77.5%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.1%	77.5%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.7%	84.3%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.3%	83.6%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.9%	88.6%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.4%	89.4%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.9%	92.1%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.3%	91.4%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	74.2%	78.8%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.8%	72.4%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.3%	77.7%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.7%	84.4%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67.4%	83.8%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.8%	87.4%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.6%	76.8%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.1%	69.3%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.2%	95.3%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.9%	91.3%	83.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93.7%	94.1%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88.2%	88.4%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.5%	50.6%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	64.3%	53.7%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	51.6%	63.4%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.8%	72.6%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	63.3%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.7%	67.4%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	51.6%	74.2%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63.7%	80.1%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80%	79.8%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59.3%	60.2%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.7%	56.5%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.9%	60.7%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.8%	61.7%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.8%	62.3%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83%	63%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.2%	66.1%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.7%	65.3%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60%	62%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88%	80.4%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.8%	66.5%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	83.9%	71.3%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	86%	54.1%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.6%	53.2%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	75.4%	68.3%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	66.6%	57.7%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	86.3%	80.1%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	83.3%	70.8%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	96.9%	87.5%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87.5%	73.6%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91.9%	72.4%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91.2%	76.2%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90.3%	91.3%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.6%	71.1%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.8%	81.3%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.7%	77.1%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.4%	66.5%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.8%	69.2%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.9%	70.1%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.2%	77.3%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.4%	68%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85.7%	74.9%	68.5%

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* Towamensing Elementary School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.