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PS 42 Claremont Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

1537 Washington Ave

Bronx NY, 10456, Bronx County

Phone: 718-583-7366

Ranking:

(3,034 out of 3,424, bottom 11%)*

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:	37		40		43		47		47		49		44
Total Students:	460		469		500		544		519		525		528
Prekindergarten:	31	6.7%	36	7.7%	33	6.6%	34	6.3%	29	5.6%	34	6.5%	31	5.9%
Kindergarten:	60	13.0%	62	13.2%	81	16.2%	84	15.4%	73	14.1%	51	9.7%	64	12.1%
Grade 1:	74	16.1%	77	16.4%	77	15.4%	75	13.8%	63	12.1%	67	12.8%	69	13.1%
Grade 2:	80	17.4%	79	16.8%	68	13.6%	74	13.6%	59	11.4%	59	11.2%	85	16.1%
Grade 3:	83	18.0%	72	15.4%	81	16.2%	91	16.7%	69	13.3%	79	15.0%	74	14.0%
Grade 4:	64	13.9%	70	14.9%	81	16.2%	86	15.8%	76	14.6%	78	14.9%	61	11.6%
Grade 5:	68	14.8%	72	15.4%	77	15.4%	99	18.2%	71	13.7%	60	11.4%	59	11.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	79	15.2%	97	18.5%	85	16.1%
Student By Gender:
Male:	231	50.2%	238	50.7%	265	53.0%	289	53.1%	269	51.8%	277	52.8%	289	54.7%
Female:	229	49.8%	231	49.3%	235	47.0%	255	46.9%	242	46.6%	240	45.7%	235	44.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	3	0.6%
Asian:	3	0.7%	3	0.6%	3	0.6%	5	0.9%	6	1.2%	6	1.1%	4	0.8%
Hispanic:	243	52.8%	264	56.3%	288	57.6%	296	54.4%	279	53.8%	277	52.8%	291	55.1%
Black:	202	43.9%	191	40.7%	201	40.2%	235	43.2%	230	44.3%	238	45.3%	228	43.2%
White:	10	2.2%	9	1.9%	8	1.6%	8	1.5%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%
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:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	411	89.3%	453	96.6%	466	93.2%	504	92.6%	NA	NA	461	87.8%	461	87.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	11	2.4%	11	2.3%	21	4.2%	23	4.2%	NA	NA	28	5.3%	42	8.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.43		11.72		11.63		11.57		11.04		10.70		12.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	57%	45%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	50%	40%	67%
2008	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	39%	41%	70%
2009	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	59%	52%	76%
2010	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	23%	28%	55%
2011	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	30%	32%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	24%	29%	56%
2013	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	8.5%	11.9%	31.1%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	60%	80%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	66%	71%	85%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	80%	90%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	87%	93%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	29%	37%	59%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	55%	39%	59%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	34%	36%	61%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	2.8%	14.4%	34.2%
2006	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	39%	43%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	50%	41%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	42%	42%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	49%	56%	77%
2010	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	48%	31%	57%
2011	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	21%	33%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	24%	35%	60%
2013	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	2.7%	10.3%	30.3%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	52%	51%	78%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	74%	61%	81%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80%	68%	83%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	59%	77%	87%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	52%	39%	64%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	42%	43%	67%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	41%	47%	69%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	6.8%	14%	36.3%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	46%	58%	86%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	78%	59%	85%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80%	60%	86%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	69%	71%	88%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81%	72%	89%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82%	72%	88%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	75%	72%	89%
2006	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	41%	37%	67%
2007	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	30%	34%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	70%	49%	78%
2009	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	77%	56%	83%
2010	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	28%	27%	53%
2011	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	27%	29%	53%
2012	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	31%	32%	58%
2013	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	8.4%	13.1%	30.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	58%	38%	68%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	49%	47%	76%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87%	65%	83%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	96%	72%	88%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	36%	42%	65%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	58%	45%	66%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	50%	46%	66%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	13.9%	12.7%	29.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	63%	41%	82%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	47%	34%	78%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	77%	49%	85%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	72%	55%	86%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	78%	61%	86%

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* PS 42 Claremont 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.