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PS 48 William Wordsworth Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

10829 155th St

Jamaica NY, 11433, Queens County

Phone: 718-739-4463

Ranking:

(2,861 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:	31		24		25		25		23		26		26
Total Students:	503		481		396		368		377		364		352
Prekindergarten:	46	9.1%	46	9.6%	18	4.5%	17	4.6%	17	4.5%	18	4.9%	18	5.1%
Kindergarten:	87	17.3%	76	15.8%	58	14.6%	50	13.6%	52	13.8%	49	13.5%	47	13.4%
Grade 1:	78	15.5%	83	17.3%	68	17.2%	66	17.9%	67	17.8%	55	15.1%	54	15.3%
Grade 2:	88	17.5%	80	16.6%	62	15.7%	61	16.6%	43	11.4%	53	14.6%	56	15.9%
Grade 3:	75	14.9%	68	14.1%	68	17.2%	51	13.9%	61	16.2%	55	15.1%	45	12.8%
Grade 4:	67	13.3%	65	13.5%	53	13.4%	61	16.6%	57	15.1%	48	13.2%	54	15.3%
Grade 5:	61	12.1%	63	13.1%	68	17.2%	62	16.8%	52	13.8%	59	16.2%	50	14.2%
Ungraded:	1	0.2%	NA	NA	1	0.3%	NA	NA	28	7.4%	27	7.4%	28	8.0%
Student By Gender:
Male:	254	50.5%	220	45.7%	181	45.7%	186	50.5%	190	50.4%	192	52.7%	170	48.3%
Female:	249	49.5%	261	54.3%	215	54.3%	182	49.5%	179	47.5%	164	45.1%	178	50.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	17	3.4%	14	2.9%	8	2.0%	7	1.9%	7	1.9%	5	1.4%	4	1.1%
Asian:	64	12.7%	46	9.6%	37	9.3%	40	10.9%	39	10.3%	32	8.8%	25	7.1%
Hispanic:	68	13.5%	67	13.9%	61	15.4%	59	16.0%	53	14.1%	52	14.3%	43	12.2%
Black:	350	69.6%	348	72.3%	281	71.0%	252	68.5%	269	71.4%	267	73.4%	275	78.1%
White:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.5%	10	2.7%	9	2.4%	8	2.2%	5	1.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	2	0.5%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	4	0.8%	5	1.0%	5	1.3%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	361	71.8%	348	72.3%	292	73.7%	292	79.3%	NA	NA	283	77.7%	238	67.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	20	4.0%	23	4.8%	20	5.1%	27	7.3%	NA	NA	42	11.5%	32	9.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.22		20.04		15.84		14.72		16.76		14.00		13.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	45%	66%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	53%	62%	67%
2008	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	56%	67%	70%
2009	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	51%	73%	76%
2010	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	23%	50%	55%
2011	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	29%	51%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	22%	54%	56%
2013	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	13.8%	32.4%	31.1%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	81%	80%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	87%	85%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	90%	90%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	91%	93%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	26%	59%	59%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	37%	58%	59%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	22%	61%	61%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	7.7%	37%	34.2%
2006	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	65%	64%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	59%	63%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	67%	69%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	73%	74%	77%
2010	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	35%	50%	57%
2011	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	49%	55%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	28%	56%	60%
2013	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	11.9%	29.4%	30.3%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77%	78%	78%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77%	79%	81%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80%	83%	83%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90%	87%	87%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	49%	62%	64%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	66%	66%	67%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	47%	68%	69%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	5%	38.1%	36.3%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	73%	81%	86%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85%	81%	85%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84%	79%	86%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	88%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85%	81%	89%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81%	85%	88%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	87%	83%	89%
2006	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	43%	64%	67%
2007	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	58%	67%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	64%	74%	78%
2009	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	77%	78%	83%
2010	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	36%	50%	53%
2011	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	37%	51%	53%
2012	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	49%	58%	58%
2013	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	18.1%	32.2%	30.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78%	72%	68%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63%	79%	76%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70%	83%	83%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84%	87%	88%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	35%	63%	65%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	35%	64%	66%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74%	71%	66%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	21.3%	33.7%	29.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	63%	75%	82%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	61%	73%	78%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	74%	79%	85%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	70%	82%	86%

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* PS 48 William Wordsworth 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.