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Washington Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

837 North 9th St

Allentown PA, 18102, Lehigh County

Phone: 484-765-4941

Ranking:

(1,902 out of 2,311, bottom 18%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 1 to Grade 5

School District: Allentown City 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:	27		28		10		34		31		33		27
Total Students:	506		535		529		547		585		570		535
Grade 1:	108	21.3%	100	18.7%	94	17.8%	89	16.3%	97	16.6%	124	21.8%	108	20.2%
Grade 2:	102	20.2%	90	16.8%	91	17.2%	94	17.2%	120	20.5%	109	19.1%	126	23.6%
Grade 3:	98	19.4%	100	18.7%	99	18.7%	123	22.5%	121	20.7%	121	21.2%	120	22.4%
Grade 4:	98	19.4%	109	20.4%	132	25.0%	119	21.8%	126	21.5%	120	21.1%	93	17.4%
Grade 5:	100	19.8%	136	25.4%	113	21.4%	122	22.3%	121	20.7%	96	16.8%	88	16.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	242	47.8%	275	51.4%	261	49.3%	280	51.2%	270	46.2%	281	49.3%	276	51.6%
Female:	264	52.2%	260	48.6%	268	50.7%	267	48.8%	307	52.5%	281	49.3%	255	47.7%
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:	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	3	0.6%	3	0.5%	3	0.5%	4	0.7%	4	0.7%
Hispanic:	358	70.8%	403	75.3%	398	75.2%	430	78.6%	445	76.1%	439	77.0%	418	78.1%
Black:	79	15.6%	90	16.8%	95	18.0%	78	14.3%	101	17.3%	90	15.8%	76	14.2%
White:	27	5.3%	27	5.0%	31	5.9%	36	6.6%	36	6.2%	37	6.5%	37	6.9%
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:	40	7.9%	13	2.4%	2	0.4%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	452	89.3%	490	91.6%	443	83.7%	484	88.5%	501	85.6%	530	93.0%	493	92.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	10	2.0%	18	3.4%	23	4.3%	39	7.1%	31	5.3%	37	6.5%	39	7.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.74		19.45		54.26		16.09		18.80		17.20		20.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	71%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	73%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74.3%	66.5%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.8%	68.1%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77.5%	71%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	68.8%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	70.1%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	61.2%	65%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	35%	44%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	51%	51%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	57%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	58.1%	58.9%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66.7%	62%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.1%	54%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.4%	59.2%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	43.6%	52.7%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	66.3%	64%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	57.9%	62.4%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.5%	67.4%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83%	71.9%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.4%	73.1%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.2%	73.1%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70.5%	66.7%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	44.2%	45.2%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	46.9%	47.6%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	51.8%	49.5%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	55.7%	54.3%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	54.4%	53.4%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.6%	54.8%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	48.7%	50.7%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	65.9%	57.4%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	55%	61.2%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	55.4%	58.2%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	57.7%	59.1%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	51.7%	58.6%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	49.5%	48.3%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	41.3%	53%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72.6%	60.9%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.8%	56.9%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.5%	62.7%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.7%	58.6%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.3%	59.6%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.6%	60.4%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.5%	66.3%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.3%	54.9%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	39.1%	41.3%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	28.6%	46%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	48%	41.2%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56.4%	42.5%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	48.4%	39.4%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.9%	39.6%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60%	45.7%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	54.7%	43.9%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.3%	47.7%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	49%	42.9%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	42.6%	38.9%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	29%	36.1%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	16%	27.2%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	22.6%	34.1%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	22.6%	35.3%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	39.5%	50.8%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	29%	42%	64.2%

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* Washington Elementary School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.