Foose School
1301 Sycamore St
Harrisburg PA, 17104, Dauphin County
Phone: 717-703-1280
Ranking:
(2,301 out of 2,311, bottom 0%)*

Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 4
School District: Harrisburg 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: | 36 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 52 | 50 | 52 | |||||||
Total Students: | 534 | 644 | 673 | 686 | 641 | 634 | 638 | |||||||
Kindergarten: | 125 | 23.4% | 122 | 18.9% | 133 | 19.8% | 135 | 19.7% | 114 | 17.8% | 95 | 15.0% | 106 | 16.6% |
Grade 1: | 111 | 20.8% | 121 | 18.8% | 115 | 17.1% | 118 | 17.2% | 97 | 15.1% | 97 | 15.3% | 98 | 15.4% |
Grade 2: | 122 | 22.8% | 104 | 16.1% | 108 | 16.0% | 103 | 15.0% | 95 | 14.8% | 95 | 15.0% | 91 | 14.3% |
Grade 3: | 90 | 16.9% | 90 | 14.0% | 86 | 12.8% | 90 | 13.1% | 94 | 14.7% | 96 | 15.1% | 104 | 16.3% |
Grade 4: | 86 | 16.1% | 77 | 12.0% | 80 | 11.9% | 84 | 12.2% | 87 | 13.6% | 98 | 15.5% | 82 | 12.9% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 289 | 54.1% | 356 | 55.3% | 362 | 53.8% | 352 | 51.3% | 328 | 51.2% | 312 | 49.2% | 316 | 49.5% |
Female: | 245 | 45.9% | 288 | 44.7% | 311 | 46.2% | 334 | 48.7% | 305 | 47.6% | 314 | 49.5% | 318 | 49.8% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% |
Asian: | 8 | 1.5% | 13 | 2.0% | 15 | 2.2% | 20 | 2.9% | 21 | 3.3% | 27 | 4.3% | 22 | 3.4% |
Hispanic: | 216 | 40.4% | 242 | 37.6% | 228 | 33.9% | 202 | 29.4% | 210 | 32.8% | 217 | 34.2% | 225 | 35.3% |
Black: | 289 | 54.1% | 373 | 57.9% | 408 | 60.6% | 435 | 63.4% | 376 | 58.7% | 357 | 56.3% | 352 | 55.2% |
White: | 10 | 1.9% | 12 | 1.9% | 21 | 3.1% | 29 | 4.2% | 33 | 5.1% | 32 | 5.0% | 38 | 6.0% |
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: | 11 | 2.1% | 4 | 0.6% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 492 | 92.1% | 563 | 87.4% | 564 | 83.8% | 623 | 90.8% | 583 | 91.0% | 624 | 98.4% | 621 | 97.3% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 1 | 0.2% | 9 | 1.4% | 10 | 1.5% | 8 | 1.2% | 15 | 2.3% | 7 | 1.1% | 14 | 2.2% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 14.66 | 14.23 | 14.55 | 14.72 | 12.25 | 12.70 | 12.40 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
PSSA | ||||||
2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 44% | 44% | 81% |
2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 28% | 35% | 83% |
2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 54.7% | 37.1% | 78.5% |
2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 50% | 41.4% | 80.5% |
2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 40.9% | 37.7% | 81.7% |
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 59.2% | 52.8% | 84.5% |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 55.3% | 45.3% | 83.5% |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 41.6% | 43.1% | 80% |
2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 23% | 30% | 68% |
2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 15% | 27% | 69% |
2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 25% | 28.8% | 72.8% |
2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 46.3% | 43.7% | 76.8% |
2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 35.3% | 39.9% | 77% |
2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 45.7% | 39.7% | 75.2% |
2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 51.3% | 40.8% | 77.2% |
2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 36.1% | 40.6% | 74.1% |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 25.7% | 30.4% | 77.2% |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 24.4% | 26.2% | 78% |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 39% | 34.6% | 79.6% |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 40.7% | 37.6% | 81.8% |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 35.3% | 41.5% | 84.9% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 51.4% | 44.3% | 85.2% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 40% | 32.1% | 82.6% |
2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 10.8% | 21.1% | 68.1% |
2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 20.3% | 23.7% | 70.1% |
2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 21.9% | 25.4% | 70.1% |
2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 24.4% | 32.2% | 72.6% |
2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 31.8% | 31% | 72.9% |
2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 33.9% | 27.7% | 73.3% |
2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 34.2% | 22.7% | 72.1% |
2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 27.8% | 33% | 81.5% |
2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 24.1% | 33.5% | 83.4% |
2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 15.5% | 30.5% | 81.4% |
2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 32.4% | 35% | 82.9% |
2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 31.4% | 28.4% | 82.3% |
2003 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 8.2% | 16.1% | 56.3% |
2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 5.5% | 18.5% | 61.8% |
2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 3.9% | 18.3% | 69% |
2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 2.9% | 20.9% | 66.9% |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 7% | 20.6% | 71% |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 26.8% | 24.2% | 73.2% |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 21.7% | 28.1% | 73.5% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 28% | 34.4% | 74.4% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 35.1% | 35.9% | 76.3% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 34.4% | 34.8% | 73.3% |
2003 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 12.9% | 21.2% | 58% |
2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 13.7% | 27.3% | 62.7% |
2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 10.5% | 20.6% | 64.2% |
2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 5.7% | 17.6% | 60.6% |
2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 7% | 17.2% | 60% |
2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 11.4% | 16.1% | 61.6% |
2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 6.6% | 20.2% | 64.5% |
2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 30.7% | 23.9% | 64.1% |
2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 27.6% | 29.1% | 67.3% |
2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 28.1% | 26.2% | 65% |
2006 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 9.9% | 21.2% | 54.1% |
2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 9.4% | 27.3% | 57.3% |
2008 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 10.3% | 24% | 57.3% |
2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 6.6% | 25.9% | 58.1% |
2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 37% | 32% | 61.8% |
2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 28.1% | 37% | 67.1% |
2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 29% | 35.8% | 64.2% |
2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 4.2% | 19.2% | 68% |
2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 17.7% | 22.2% | 69.6% |
2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 23% | 28.5% | 72.3% |
2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 29.2% | 31.5% | 75.7% |
2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 46.6% | 39% | 78% |
2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 31.1% | 42% | 78.8% |
2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 9.6% | 32.1% | 77.2% |
2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 8.7% | 21.3% | 65.9% |
2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 13.1% | 24.4% | 63.5% |
2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 19.1% | 29.1% | 66.9% |
2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 15.4% | 28.3% | 67.6% |
2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 17.8% | 28.5% | 68.8% |
2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 17% | 29% | 69.9% |
2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 18% | 25% | 68.5% |
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* Foose School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.