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PS 17 Henry David Thoreau Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

2837 29th St

Astoria NY, 11102, Queens County

Phone: 718-278-1220

Ranking:

(2,880 out of 3,424, bottom 16%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

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:	39		33		43		48		51		53		59
Total Students:	516		561		561		635		674		698		700
Prekindergarten:	36	7.0%	34	6.1%	36	6.4%	36	5.7%	31	4.6%	36	5.2%	36	5.1%
Kindergarten:	87	16.9%	90	16.0%	80	14.3%	91	14.3%	88	13.1%	92	13.2%	109	15.6%
Grade 1:	87	16.9%	74	13.2%	83	14.8%	94	14.8%	100	14.8%	111	15.9%	104	14.9%
Grade 2:	72	14.0%	89	15.9%	78	13.9%	99	15.6%	104	15.4%	95	13.6%	99	14.1%
Grade 3:	88	17.1%	72	12.8%	83	14.8%	123	19.4%	91	13.5%	94	13.5%	101	14.4%
Grade 4:	63	12.2%	90	16.0%	113	20.1%	103	16.2%	90	13.4%	100	14.3%	101	14.4%
Grade 5:	82	15.9%	112	20.0%	88	15.7%	87	13.7%	100	14.8%	91	13.0%	93	13.3%
Ungraded:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	2	0.3%	70	10.4%	79	11.3%	56	8.0%
Student By Gender:
Male:	274	53.1%	292	52.0%	297	52.9%	328	51.7%	336	49.9%	358	51.3%	355	50.7%
Female:	242	46.9%	269	48.0%	264	47.1%	307	48.3%	330	49.0%	332	47.6%	341	48.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%
Asian:	100	19.4%	117	20.9%	133	23.7%	146	23.0%	143	21.2%	136	19.5%	143	20.4%
Hispanic:	297	57.6%	320	57.0%	315	56.1%	348	54.8%	372	55.2%	387	55.4%	370	52.9%
Black:	52	10.1%	51	9.1%	42	7.5%	49	7.7%	62	9.2%	59	8.5%	62	8.9%
White:	60	11.6%	70	12.5%	71	12.7%	91	14.3%	97	14.4%	115	16.5%	124	17.7%
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	1.2%	3	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	480	93.0%	425	75.8%	426	75.9%	486	76.5%	NA	NA	538	77.1%	538	76.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	64	11.4%	65	11.6%	74	11.7%	NA	NA	81	11.6%	82	11.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.23		16.99		13.05		13.22		13.22		13.20		11.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	50%	71%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	50%	62%	67%
2008	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	61%	64%	70%
2009	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	58%	75%	76%
2010	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	44%	49%	55%
2011	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	45%	50%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	43%	53%	56%
2013	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	21.2%	31.2%	31.1%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	81%	80%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	87%	85%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	90%	90%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	95%	93%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	34%	57%	59%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	48%	56%	59%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	50%	64%	61%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	13.5%	34.9%	34.2%
2006	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	46%	65%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	43%	60%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	54%	66%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	65%	74%	77%
2010	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	18%	51%	57%
2011	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	39%	53%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	42%	55%	60%
2013	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	14.9%	29%	30.3%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	61%	77%	78%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	49%	79%	81%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	67%	84%	83%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77%	88%	87%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	26%	63%	64%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	51%	66%	67%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	55%	72%	69%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	30.7%	38.7%	36.3%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	74%	78%	86%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	53%	75%	85%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	61%	79%	86%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	63%	82%	88%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	44%	84%	89%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	77%	84%	88%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	72%	84%	89%
2006	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	57%	63%	67%
2007	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	61%	63%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	65%	74%	78%
2009	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	65%	77%	83%
2010	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	37%	51%	53%
2011	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	42%	57%	53%
2012	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	38%	57%	58%
2013	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	26.7%	33.5%	30.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63%	69%	68%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74%	78%	76%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66%	84%	83%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77%	88%	88%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	45%	67%	65%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	44%	71%	66%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	56%	70%	66%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	17.8%	33.3%	29.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	83%	77%	82%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	69%	71%	78%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	60%	80%	85%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	66%	81%	86%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	88%	84%	86%

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* PS 17 Henry David Thoreau 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.