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Glenside Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

500 Lackawanna St

Reading PA, 19601, Berks County

Phone: 610-371-5913

Ranking:

(2,060 out of 2,311, bottom 11%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Reading 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:	23		25		26		28		29		28		33
Total Students:	432		412		402		376		377		390		400
Prekindergarten:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	20	5.0%
Kindergarten:	128	29.6%	110	26.7%	99	24.6%	84	22.3%	95	25.2%	89	22.8%	69	17.3%
Grade 1:	70	16.2%	86	20.9%	67	16.7%	71	18.9%	67	17.8%	64	16.4%	64	16.0%
Grade 2:	72	16.7%	51	12.4%	70	17.4%	58	15.4%	63	16.7%	62	15.9%	69	17.3%
Grade 3:	57	13.2%	65	15.8%	62	15.4%	60	16.0%	55	14.6%	69	17.7%	60	15.0%
Grade 4:	60	13.9%	54	13.1%	53	13.2%	51	13.6%	54	14.3%	50	12.8%	55	13.8%
Grade 5:	45	10.4%	46	11.2%	51	12.7%	52	13.8%	43	11.4%	56	14.4%	63	15.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	211	48.8%	208	50.5%	201	50.0%	197	52.4%	196	52.0%	198	50.8%	209	52.3%
Female:	221	51.2%	204	49.5%	201	50.0%	179	47.6%	173	45.9%	184	47.2%	187	46.8%
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%	1	0.3%
Asian:	2	0.5%	1	0.2%	3	0.7%	4	1.1%	10	2.7%	8	2.1%	4	1.0%
Hispanic:	365	84.5%	334	81.1%	309	76.9%	317	84.3%	319	84.6%	319	81.8%	320	80.0%
Black:	46	10.6%	48	11.7%	45	11.2%	45	12.0%	39	10.3%	47	12.1%	60	15.0%
White:	13	3.0%	14	3.4%	13	3.2%	10	2.7%	9	2.4%	16	4.1%	15	3.8%
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:	6	1.4%	15	3.6%	32	8.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	395	91.4%	372	90.3%	365	90.8%	341	90.7%	348	92.3%	336	86.2%	327	81.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	11	2.5%	7	1.7%	11	2.7%	17	4.5%	10	2.7%	13	3.3%	24	6.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.46		16.75		15.51		13.47		12.88		13.90		12.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	29%	56%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	60%	67%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	60.4%	62.3%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	56%	65.2%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	67.2%	67.1%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.3%	74.7%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.7%	69.3%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79.6%	64.1%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	26%	42%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	25%	46%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	39.6%	53.2%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	54%	59.3%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	60%	54.9%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	54.9%	54.4%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	53.8%	56.1%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	42.9%	48.9%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	34.1%	55.5%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	47.7%	59.1%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	66%	63.1%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.4%	68%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	69.2%	73.5%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77.6%	73.9%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.8%	66.5%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	29.6%	42.5%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	46.5%	48.4%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	44.7%	48.3%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	46.5%	50.9%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	49.1%	51.9%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	61.2%	52.4%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.2%	47.1%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	45.6%	54.6%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	46.6%	60.5%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	60.4%	59.7%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	70.6%	63%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81.3%	62%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	35.7%	38.7%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	48.1%	43.4%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	56.1%	51%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.5%	47.3%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	48.6%	49.8%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.5%	55.5%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	50%	57.6%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	45%	56.5%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.8%	61.6%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	64.5%	54.2%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	23.8%	31.8%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	44.2%	36.6%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	46.3%	41.6%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	55.1%	36.4%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	21.6%	32.2%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	44.9%	39.4%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	16.7%	38.7%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	37.5%	42%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.5%	47.4%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	53.3%	38%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	48.3%	34.8%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	18.9%	31.1%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	14%	24.8%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	11.1%	26%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	28.9%	31%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	66%	35.8%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	53.2%	30.7%	64.2%

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* Glenside Elementary 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.