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Salem Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

810 East Tenth St

Berwick PA, 18603, Columbia County

Phone: 570-759-6400

Ranking:

(1,163 out of 2,311, bottom 50%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Berwick Area School District

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:	36		35		32		34		33		33		33
Total Students:	468		468		463		455		434		446		454
Kindergarten:	84	17.9%	89	19.0%	78	16.8%	81	17.8%	76	17.5%	81	18.2%	75	16.5%
Grade 1:	80	17.1%	73	15.6%	82	17.7%	80	17.6%	74	17.1%	72	16.1%	63	13.9%
Grade 2:	69	14.7%	81	17.3%	79	17.1%	81	17.8%	65	15.0%	62	13.9%	80	17.6%
Grade 3:	77	16.5%	81	17.3%	86	18.6%	62	13.6%	60	13.8%	77	17.3%	69	15.2%
Grade 4:	74	15.8%	77	16.5%	62	13.4%	67	14.7%	85	19.6%	73	16.4%	78	17.2%
Grade 5:	84	17.9%	67	14.3%	73	15.8%	84	18.5%	74	17.1%	81	18.2%	89	19.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	254	54.3%	260	55.6%	256	55.3%	238	52.3%	228	52.5%	216	48.4%	222	48.9%
Female:	214	45.7%	208	44.4%	207	44.7%	217	47.7%	198	45.6%	222	49.8%	228	50.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.6%	2	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.4%
Asian:	1	0.2%	4	0.9%	4	0.9%	5	1.1%	8	1.8%	10	2.2%	4	0.9%
Hispanic:	35	7.5%	31	6.6%	28	6.0%	24	5.3%	21	4.8%	25	5.6%	26	5.7%
Black:	11	2.4%	11	2.4%	6	1.3%	10	2.2%	9	2.1%	14	3.1%	15	3.3%
White:	412	88.0%	414	88.5%	418	90.3%	412	90.5%	396	91.2%	397	89.0%	407	89.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	5	1.1%	6	1.3%	7	1.5%	4	0.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	217	46.4%	206	44.0%	203	43.8%	191	42.0%	182	41.9%	161	36.1%	163	35.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	42	9.0%	45	9.6%	36	7.8%	27	5.9%	36	8.3%	37	8.3%	47	10.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.15		13.53		14.66		13.25		13.12		13.70		13.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	89%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	88%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72.8%	84.5%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.1%	85.7%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70.8%	83.6%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.3%	91.3%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.6%	90.6%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.3%	84.4%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	75%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	67%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.4%	75.3%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.6%	79.8%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70.8%	79.9%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.4%	82.1%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66%	82.1%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.3%	69.6%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.5%	80.3%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.9%	82.2%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.1%	81.8%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.7%	87.5%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.9%	94.6%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.5%	95.7%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.3%	91.2%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74%	69.3%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69%	72.4%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.3%	76%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.3%	72.5%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68%	74.6%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.9%	84%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.1%	72.3%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84.5%	80.7%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90%	84.9%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	71.5%	82.3%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95%	90.1%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	75.9%	78.6%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59.6%	70.6%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.5%	76.9%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.2%	82.2%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.8%	73.8%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.7%	77.6%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.4%	79.9%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76%	77.7%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	95.3%	91.1%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	96%	97.2%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.1%	82.7%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	45.5%	56.9%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65%	72.2%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.8%	64.1%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.5%	58.9%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.1%	62%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.2%	66.4%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.4%	72.4%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.2%	75.7%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72%	80.9%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.9%	71.1%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	60.2%	49.8%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.7%	59.4%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.5%	54.7%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	81.1%	68.3%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	78.6%	68.9%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	49.4%	68.8%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.5%	68.5%	64.2%

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* Salem Elementary School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.