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Walnut Street Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

224 South Sixth St

Darby PA, 19023, Delaware County

Phone: 610-534-5660

Ranking:

(2,239 out of 2,311, bottom 3%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 6

School District: William Penn 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
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	29		29		29		28		28		33
Total Students:	486		467		485		487		473		473
Kindergarten:	85	17.5%	85	18.2%	86	17.7%	87	17.9%	80	16.9%	95	20.1%
Grade 1:	72	14.8%	71	15.2%	77	15.9%	74	15.2%	76	16.1%	74	15.6%
Grade 2:	71	14.6%	65	13.9%	79	16.3%	72	14.8%	71	15.0%	57	12.1%
Grade 3:	67	13.8%	73	15.6%	63	13.0%	70	14.4%	52	11.0%	65	13.7%
Grade 4:	75	15.4%	53	11.3%	62	12.8%	56	11.5%	72	15.2%	63	13.3%
Grade 5:	53	10.9%	65	13.9%	52	10.7%	71	14.6%	62	13.1%	59	12.5%
Grade 6:	63	13.0%	55	11.8%	66	13.6%	57	11.7%	60	12.7%	60	12.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	267	54.9%	245	52.5%	247	50.9%	252	51.7%	240	50.7%	223	47.1%
Female:	219	45.1%	222	47.5%	238	49.1%	235	48.3%	225	47.6%	242	51.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.4%	3	0.6%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	4	0.8%	5	1.1%
Asian:	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	3	0.6%	2	0.4%	3	0.6%
Hispanic:	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	3	0.6%
Black:	467	96.1%	448	95.9%	467	96.3%	469	96.3%	455	96.2%	454	96.0%
White:	7	1.4%	10	2.1%	11	2.3%	13	2.7%	11	2.3%	8	1.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	7	1.4%	3	0.6%	3	0.6%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	426	87.7%	410	87.8%	393	81.0%	398	81.7%	381	80.5%	350	74.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	16	3.3%	13	2.8%	24	4.9%	33	6.8%	33	7.0%	36	7.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.64		16.10		17.02		17.68		17.11		14.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	52.9%	59.3%	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	43.1%	55.7%	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	40.4%	50.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	46.2%	49.7%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	36.9%	47.1%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	59.6%	58.5%	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	51.4%	59.6%	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	57.1%	64.5%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	46.3%	58%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	44.3%	50.8%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	34.8%	49.5%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	23.8%	42%	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	45.7%	57.2%	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	60.4%	58.4%	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	43.6%	48%	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	48.2%	49.9%	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	31.3%	53%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	45.2%	50.8%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	32.1%	37.2%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	30.7%	46.1%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	45.2%	42.7%	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	40.7%	39.9%	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	16.9%	37.1%	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	32.1%	34.8%	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	50%	58%	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	47%	59%	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	43.9%	58.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	53.7%	50.6%	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	34.6%	49.3%	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	38.9%	49.8%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Walnut Street 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.