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West Penn Twp Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

185 School Dr

New Ringgold PA, 17960, Schuylkill County

Phone: 570-386-5051

Ranking:

(947 out of 2,311, top 41%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Tamaqua 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:	16		15		15		11		10		11		11
Total Students:	254		264		238		239		247		247		255
Kindergarten:	31	12.2%	38	14.4%	36	15.1%	33	13.8%	42	17.0%	42	17.0%	48	18.8%
Grade 1:	43	16.9%	48	18.2%	35	14.7%	46	19.2%	48	19.4%	45	18.2%	19	7.5%
Grade 2:	49	19.3%	39	14.8%	46	19.3%	46	19.2%	39	15.8%	21	8.5%	43	16.9%
Grade 3:	35	13.8%	46	17.4%	50	21.0%	42	17.6%	28	11.3%	41	16.6%	58	22.7%
Grade 4:	43	16.9%	51	19.3%	43	18.1%	29	12.1%	35	14.2%	58	23.5%	39	15.3%
Grade 5:	53	20.9%	42	15.9%	28	11.8%	38	15.9%	55	22.3%	40	16.2%	48	18.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	131	51.6%	141	53.4%	124	52.1%	115	48.1%	115	46.6%	128	51.8%	132	51.8%
Female:	123	48.4%	123	46.6%	114	47.9%	124	51.9%	124	50.2%	111	44.9%	119	46.7%
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:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.8%	2	0.8%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	5	2.0%	8	3.0%	9	3.8%	9	3.8%	7	2.8%	5	2.0%	1	0.4%
Black:	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	1	0.4%	1	0.4%	1	0.4%	1	0.4%	1	0.4%
White:	246	96.9%	253	95.8%	226	95.0%	229	95.8%	237	96.0%	239	96.8%	253	99.2%
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:	3	1.2%	2	0.8%	2	0.8%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	58	22.8%	56	21.2%	45	18.9%	36	15.1%	31	12.6%	23	9.3%	26	10.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	10	3.9%	11	4.2%	9	3.8%	12	5.0%	18	7.3%	13	5.3%	14	5.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.92		17.78		16.41		20.87		25.33		23.30		24.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	87%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	87%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80.5%	74.5%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.9%	81.1%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.3%	86.3%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.6%	81.7%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	74.9%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.4%	72.6%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	59%	67%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	72%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.9%	82%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.2%	78.9%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.3%	81.2%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.2%	70.4%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.5%	70.8%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.6%	78%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.3%	75.3%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.1%	73.9%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.8%	82%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.8%	88.7%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	97.2%	85.5%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	100%	79.5%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.7%	82.4%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.3%	74%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.6%	68.9%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.5%	82%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81%	77.5%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.6%	68.4%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	65.7%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81%	73.6%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	100%	95.9%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	98.3%	93.7%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94.3%	84.6%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96.4%	86.8%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.5%	90%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	59.8%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	51.1%	58.4%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.6%	68.7%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	55.4%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.2%	61.4%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.9%	70.3%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72.5%	64.9%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.7%	78.4%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75%	67.1%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.9%	75.5%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.6%	64.1%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.5%	65.8%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.4%	68.7%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.4%	63.3%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.1%	57.4%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63%	60.1%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65%	60.9%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.3%	62.8%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.5%	58.5%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.9%	63%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.9%	61.4%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.2%	53%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	54.4%	58%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	62.5%	57%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	92.9%	74.5%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	91.7%	78.6%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	88.9%	71.7%	64.2%

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* West Penn Twp 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.