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George Bancroft #34 Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

1002 Albright Ave

Scranton PA, 18508, Lackawanna County

Phone: 570-348-3667

Ranking:

(1,867 out of 2,311, bottom 19%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Scranton 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:	22		20		20		20		22		21		21
Total Students:	276		297		287		298		284		302		262
Prekindergarten:	34	12.3%	35	11.8%	32	11.1%	36	12.1%	20	7.0%	25	8.3%	19	7.3%
Kindergarten:	47	17.0%	49	16.5%	44	15.3%	47	15.8%	69	24.3%	69	22.8%	64	24.4%
Grade 1:	35	12.7%	41	13.8%	40	13.9%	44	14.8%	47	16.5%	45	14.9%	44	16.8%
Grade 2:	40	14.5%	42	14.1%	39	13.6%	42	14.1%	37	13.0%	48	15.9%	30	11.5%
Grade 3:	35	12.7%	41	13.8%	44	15.3%	44	14.8%	43	15.1%	40	13.2%	38	14.5%
Grade 4:	36	13.0%	46	15.5%	43	15.0%	43	14.4%	35	12.3%	38	12.6%	37	14.1%
Grade 5:	49	17.8%	43	14.5%	45	15.7%	42	14.1%	33	11.6%	37	12.3%	30	11.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	135	48.9%	147	49.5%	153	53.3%	156	52.3%	151	53.2%	147	48.7%	134	51.1%
Female:	141	51.1%	150	50.5%	134	46.7%	142	47.7%	113	39.8%	143	47.4%	124	47.3%
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:	6	2.2%	4	1.3%	2	0.7%	0	0.0%	19	6.7%	15	5.0%	13	5.0%
Hispanic:	124	44.9%	125	42.1%	98	34.1%	88	29.5%	91	32.0%	83	27.5%	62	23.7%
Black:	24	8.7%	32	10.8%	32	11.1%	39	13.1%	31	10.9%	42	13.9%	36	13.7%
White:	94	34.1%	108	36.4%	117	40.8%	130	43.6%	131	46.1%	158	52.3%	151	57.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	4	1.4%	7	2.4%	7	2.4%	16	5.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	24	8.7%	21	7.1%	31	10.8%	25	8.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	217	78.6%	244	82.2%	215	74.9%	227	76.2%	206	72.5%	217	71.9%	188	71.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	8	2.9%	11	3.7%	14	4.9%	12	4.0%	10	3.5%	17	5.6%	19	7.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.68		14.66		14.28		14.73		12.80		14.20		12.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	87%	81%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76.7%	82.9%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72.7%	85.5%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72.9%	80.7%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70.2%	87.6%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	63.4%	83.6%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	42.8%	73.9%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	72%	68%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	73.1%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.7%	83%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64.9%	73%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64.9%	75.1%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.2%	72.5%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	38.1%	64.6%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.2%	77.9%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92%	88.9%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.1%	86.6%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70.6%	84.5%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81%	86%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	74.3%	84.9%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	63.1%	81.3%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	61.9%	71.1%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88%	75%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	74.8%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	61.8%	71%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	54%	73.2%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	48.6%	66.4%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	57.9%	65.4%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	78.1%	82.5%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	66.7%	83.9%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	69.4%	81.2%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	60%	78.3%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	64.8%	76.9%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.3%	59.3%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.3%	66%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.8%	83.2%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.7%	79.5%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	74.9%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.3%	82.5%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.2%	79%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60%	77.9%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	58.3%	73.9%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	34.3%	65%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.3%	62.1%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.1%	66.8%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.7%	75.6%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.8%	69.5%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	54.2%	63%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69%	65.1%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.9%	58.1%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	50%	63.8%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.1%	58.5%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	45.7%	53.9%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	23.3%	43.4%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	43.5%	39.4%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	20.7%	41%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	12.1%	31.2%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.9%	48.2%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	58.4%	49.2%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	52.9%	49.4%	64.2%

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* George Bancroft #34 Primary School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.