West Newton Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

1208 Vine St

West Newton PA, 15089, Westmoreland County

Phone: 724-872-5877

Ranking:

(1,264 out of 2,311, bottom 45%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 4

School District: Yough 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:	16		16		16		17		16		16
Total Students:	223		229		228		237		234		230
Kindergarten:	32	14.3%	46	20.1%	42	18.4%	49	20.7%	52	22.2%	44	19.1%
Grade 1:	51	22.9%	44	19.2%	48	21.1%	50	21.1%	37	15.8%	51	22.2%
Grade 2:	46	20.6%	48	21.0%	46	20.2%	42	17.7%	47	20.1%	42	18.3%
Grade 3:	48	21.5%	46	20.1%	41	18.0%	48	20.3%	45	19.2%	56	24.3%
Grade 4:	46	20.6%	45	19.7%	51	22.4%	48	20.3%	53	22.6%	37	16.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	121	54.3%	111	48.5%	109	47.8%	119	50.2%	104	44.4%	94	40.9%
Female:	102	45.7%	118	51.5%	119	52.2%	118	49.8%	122	52.1%	128	55.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	1	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	1	0.4%
Hispanic:	2	0.9%	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	1	0.4%	1	0.4%	1	0.4%
Black:	6	2.7%	5	2.2%	1	0.4%	1	0.4%	7	3.0%	9	3.9%
White:	209	93.7%	219	95.6%	217	95.2%	228	96.2%	225	96.2%	219	95.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	5	2.2%	5	2.2%	8	3.5%	7	3.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	106	47.5%	84	36.7%	89	39.0%	88	37.1%	83	35.5%	76	33.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	17	7.6%	27	11.8%	25	11.0%	28	11.8%	27	11.5%	33	14.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.05		14.31		14.47		13.84		14.83		14.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	82%	N/A
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	91%	N/A
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	82.3%	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.9%	89.7%	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.2%	88.1%	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.2%	85.5%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	59%	67%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	73%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.8%	72.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.5%	80.5%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.2%	77.4%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.6%	79.6%	N/A
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	61%	73%	N/A
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.6%	84.5%	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.7%	83.6%	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	100%	88.2%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.5%	80.7%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	59%	68.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.8%	71.5%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.2%	72.3%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.4%	77.1%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.1%	68.7%	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.5%	90.4%	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	97.8%	96.7%	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94.1%	85.3%	N/A
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.3%	63.9%	N/A
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	58.7%	67.7%	N/A
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	57.1%	67.5%	N/A
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.8%	76%	N/A
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.1%	65.7%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.4%	70.7%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.5%	66.6%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60%	57.7%	N/A
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	21.4%	54.7%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* West Newton Elementary School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.