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West Hempfield Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

469 Wendel Rd

Irwin PA, 15642, Westmoreland County

Phone: 724-850-2780

Ranking:

(1,002 out of 2,311, top 43%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Hempfield Area 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:	40		35		37		36		37		38		39
Total Students:	544		493		499		524		529		562		563
Kindergarten:	103	18.9%	81	16.4%	79	15.8%	79	15.1%	81	15.3%	89	15.8%	92	16.3%
Grade 1:	99	18.2%	80	16.2%	78	15.6%	79	15.1%	87	16.4%	95	16.9%	88	15.6%
Grade 2:	82	15.1%	81	16.4%	79	15.8%	88	16.8%	92	17.4%	88	15.7%	101	17.9%
Grade 3:	84	15.4%	81	16.4%	81	16.2%	95	18.1%	84	15.9%	101	18.0%	91	16.2%
Grade 4:	91	16.7%	77	15.6%	96	19.2%	85	16.2%	98	18.5%	89	15.8%	92	16.3%
Grade 5:	85	15.6%	93	18.9%	86	17.2%	98	18.7%	87	16.4%	100	17.8%	99	17.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	289	53.1%	260	52.7%	253	50.7%	255	48.7%	253	47.8%	283	50.4%	280	49.7%
Female:	255	46.9%	233	47.3%	246	49.3%	269	51.3%	264	49.9%	271	48.2%	279	49.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.4%	3	0.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.4%	3	0.5%	2	0.4%
Asian:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%
Hispanic:	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	4	0.8%	4	0.8%	7	1.3%	11	2.0%	10	1.8%
Black:	3	0.6%	3	0.6%	4	0.8%	6	1.1%	10	1.9%	15	2.7%	11	2.0%
White:	529	97.2%	476	96.6%	482	96.6%	510	97.3%	504	95.3%	531	94.5%	539	95.7%
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:	7	1.3%	8	1.6%	7	1.4%	2	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	174	32.0%	165	33.5%	177	35.5%	162	30.9%	143	27.0%	137	24.4%	130	23.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	18	3.3%	22	4.5%	18	3.6%	32	6.1%	48	9.1%	49	8.7%	54	9.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.62		13.97		13.36		14.44		14.38		14.90		14.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	95%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	95%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.2%	89.8%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.1%	91.1%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.9%	92.7%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.8%	90.5%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.1%	92.5%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	92.1%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	85%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	84%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.2%	85.6%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.4%	87.3%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.5%	87.6%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	84.9%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	84.7%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.1%	84.1%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.8%	87.2%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.4%	89.2%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.2%	86.8%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.9%	86.7%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.3%	91.5%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.2%	89.4%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.3%	88.9%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82%	83.5%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.1%	81.7%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.7%	78.1%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.9%	78.5%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.3%	80.5%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.2%	80.6%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.1%	81.1%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.2%	91.3%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	83.6%	91.7%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	87.5%	91.5%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81.4%	88.5%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84.2%	91.3%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.5%	68%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.2%	75.8%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.3%	86.5%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.1%	82.4%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.4%	82.2%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.9%	86.3%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.5%	76.9%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.9%	85.7%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.3%	88.6%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.1%	85.2%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.5%	67.5%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.9%	75%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.6%	85%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.5%	76.5%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.3%	73.1%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.2%	76.3%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66%	71.6%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.1%	73.7%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.7%	80.7%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.1%	74.2%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	60%	69.1%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	75.5%	76.1%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	79.2%	78.7%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	64.5%	75.6%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	66.3%	80.5%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	85.5%	86.8%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	74.4%	77.5%	64.2%

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* West Hempfield 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.