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Foose School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

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.