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PS 97 Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

1375 Mace Ave

Bronx NY, 10469, Bronx County

Phone: 718-655-4446

Ranking:

(2,273 out of 3,424, bottom 34%)*

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:	50		54		52		52		57		58		55
Total Students:	742		775		755		728		716		729		741
Prekindergarten:	36	4.9%	36	4.6%	36	4.8%	36	4.9%	33	4.6%	36	4.9%	36	4.9%
Kindergarten:	109	14.7%	115	14.8%	114	15.1%	105	14.4%	109	15.2%	96	13.2%	110	14.8%
Grade 1:	136	18.3%	138	17.8%	114	15.1%	125	17.2%	94	13.1%	116	15.9%	110	14.8%
Grade 2:	114	15.4%	114	14.7%	119	15.8%	107	14.7%	118	16.5%	108	14.8%	97	13.1%
Grade 3:	108	14.6%	125	16.1%	112	14.8%	125	17.2%	106	14.8%	102	14.0%	118	15.9%
Grade 4:	125	16.8%	117	15.1%	129	17.1%	122	16.8%	89	12.4%	108	14.8%	104	14.0%
Grade 5:	114	15.4%	128	16.5%	130	17.2%	106	14.6%	102	14.2%	99	13.6%	108	14.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	2	0.3%	1	0.1%	2	0.3%	65	9.1%	64	8.8%	58	7.8%
Student By Gender:
Male:	367	49.5%	374	48.3%	394	52.2%	374	51.4%	368	51.4%	385	52.8%	394	53.2%
Female:	375	50.5%	401	51.7%	361	47.8%	354	48.6%	340	47.5%	336	46.1%	343	46.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	11	1.5%	7	0.9%	7	0.9%	13	1.8%	9	1.3%	7	1.0%	5	0.7%
Asian:	115	15.5%	99	12.8%	90	11.9%	81	11.1%	73	10.2%	66	9.1%	66	8.9%
Hispanic:	273	36.8%	296	38.2%	302	40.0%	271	37.2%	257	35.9%	241	33.1%	242	32.7%
Black:	246	33.2%	259	33.4%	268	35.5%	278	38.2%	297	41.5%	320	43.9%	328	44.3%
White:	97	13.1%	109	14.1%	84	11.1%	85	11.7%	80	11.2%	95	13.0%	100	13.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	5	0.6%	4	0.5%	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:	461	62.1%	488	63.0%	482	63.8%	487	66.9%	NA	NA	449	61.6%	427	57.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	78	10.5%	113	14.6%	75	9.9%	75	10.3%	NA	NA	89	12.2%	131	17.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.94		14.35		14.44		13.93		12.54		12.70		13.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	56%	57%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	65%	52%	67%
2008	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	58%	70%
2009	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	66%	76%
2010	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	47%	40%	55%
2011	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	48%	41%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	45%	40%	56%
2013	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	33.1%	21%	31.1%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	75%	80%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	83%	85%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	86%	90%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	99%	90%	93%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	54%	47%	59%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	47%	44%	59%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	49%	46%	61%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	42.5%	23.8%	34.2%
2006	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	69%	53%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	57%	52%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	65%	58%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	58%	67%	77%
2010	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	43%	35%	57%
2011	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	55%	44%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	52%	46%	60%
2013	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	31%	20%	30.3%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70%	70%	78%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	74%	72%	81%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85%	79%	83%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76%	83%	87%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	63%	54%	64%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77%	57%	67%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71%	60%	69%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	27.6%	24.1%	36.3%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92%	79%	86%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85%	76%	85%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	89%	75%	86%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	83%	80%	88%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88%	83%	89%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94%	82%	88%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85%	83%	89%
2006	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	63%	53%	67%
2007	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	57%	52%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	65%	65%	78%
2009	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	70%	72%	83%
2010	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	38%	41%	53%
2011	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	56%	44%	53%
2012	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	67%	45%	58%
2013	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	35.3%	20.6%	30.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71%	58%	68%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72%	67%	76%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80%	78%	83%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84%	85%	88%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62%	56%	65%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68%	58%	66%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80%	58%	66%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	30.9%	21.5%	29.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	90%	67%	82%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	71%	59%	78%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	78%	72%	85%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	81%	79%	86%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	77%	81%	86%

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* PS 97 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.