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PS 63 Author's Academy Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

1260 Franklin Ave

Bronx NY, 10456, Bronx County

Phone: 718-589-3058

Ranking:

(2,112 out of 3,424, bottom 38%)*

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:	41		47		48		51		48		44		41
Total Students:	585		611		613		597		552		512		490
Prekindergarten:	36	6.2%	35	5.7%	36	5.9%	36	6.0%	36	6.5%	18	3.5%	18	3.7%
Kindergarten:	96	16.4%	117	19.1%	113	18.4%	128	21.4%	108	19.6%	81	15.8%	90	18.4%
Grade 1:	115	19.7%	101	16.5%	109	17.8%	92	15.4%	89	16.1%	94	18.4%	75	15.3%
Grade 2:	89	15.2%	104	17.0%	94	15.3%	105	17.6%	86	15.6%	64	12.5%	76	15.5%
Grade 3:	99	16.9%	87	14.2%	96	15.7%	101	16.9%	57	10.3%	64	12.5%	65	13.3%
Grade 4:	76	13.0%	78	12.8%	96	15.7%	71	11.9%	49	8.9%	66	12.9%	62	12.7%
Grade 5:	74	12.6%	89	14.6%	69	11.3%	64	10.7%	56	10.1%	65	12.7%	50	10.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	71	12.9%	60	11.7%	54	11.0%
Student By Gender:
Male:	275	47.0%	295	48.3%	286	46.7%	276	46.2%	262	47.5%	243	47.5%	254	51.8%
Female:	310	53.0%	316	51.7%	327	53.3%	321	53.8%	282	51.1%	261	51.0%	232	47.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%
Asian:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	1	0.2%	3	0.6%	2	0.4%
Hispanic:	351	60.0%	373	61.0%	362	59.1%	342	57.3%	328	59.4%	299	58.4%	295	60.2%
Black:	217	37.1%	228	37.3%	244	39.8%	249	41.7%	222	40.2%	207	40.4%	190	38.8%
White:	14	2.4%	7	1.1%	4	0.7%	3	0.5%	0	0.0%	2	0.4%	3	0.6%
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:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	506	86.5%	538	88.1%	485	79.1%	566	94.8%	NA	NA	460	89.8%	444	90.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	15	2.6%	21	3.4%	19	3.1%	14	2.3%	NA	NA	31	6.1%	26	5.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.27		13.00		12.77		11.70		11.50		11.60		12.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	54%	45%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	51%	40%	67%
2008	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	54%	41%	70%
2009	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	52%	76%
2010	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	60%	28%	55%
2011	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	32%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	29%	56%
2013	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	18.5%	11.9%	31.1%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	60%	80%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	71%	85%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	80%	90%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	87%	93%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	37%	59%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	39%	59%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	36%	61%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	15.9%	14.4%	34.2%
2006	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	40%	43%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	42%	41%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	67%	42%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	65%	56%	77%
2010	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	48%	31%	57%
2011	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	45%	33%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	60%	35%	60%
2013	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	35.2%	10.3%	30.3%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	74%	51%	78%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70%	61%	81%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	97%	68%	83%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93%	77%	87%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76%	39%	64%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	74%	43%	67%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	66%	47%	69%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	27.8%	14%	36.3%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	72%	58%	86%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	76%	59%	85%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	89%	60%	86%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95%	71%	88%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93%	72%	89%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	97%	72%	88%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96%	72%	89%
2006	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	36%	37%	67%
2007	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	38%	34%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	71%	49%	78%
2009	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	86%	56%	83%
2010	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	44%	27%	53%
2011	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	44%	29%	53%
2012	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	57%	32%	58%
2013	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	26.2%	13.1%	30.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	32%	38%	68%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68%	47%	76%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87%	65%	83%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90%	72%	88%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59%	42%	65%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66%	45%	66%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77%	46%	66%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	21.2%	12.7%	29.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	41%	41%	82%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	56%	34%	78%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	86%	49%	85%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	97%	55%	86%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	96%	61%	86%

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* PS 63 Author's Academy Primary School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.