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Solomon/Plains Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

41 Abbott St

Wilkes Barre PA, 18705, Luzerne County

Phone: 570-826-7222

Ranking:

(776 out of 2,311, top 34%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Wilkes-Barre 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:	59		56		55		59		54		54		104
Total Students:	910		955		953		935		885		860		874
Kindergarten:	117	12.9%	136	14.2%	125	13.1%	139	14.9%	113	12.8%	115	13.4%	106	12.1%
Grade 1:	137	15.1%	126	13.2%	146	15.3%	129	13.8%	132	14.9%	125	14.5%	134	15.3%
Grade 2:	125	13.7%	136	14.2%	128	13.4%	135	14.4%	121	13.7%	125	14.5%	112	12.8%
Grade 3:	135	14.8%	135	14.1%	141	14.8%	132	14.1%	126	14.2%	112	13.0%	106	12.1%
Grade 4:	122	13.4%	143	15.0%	146	15.3%	136	14.5%	110	12.4%	112	13.0%	148	16.9%
Grade 5:	139	15.3%	142	14.9%	138	14.5%	129	13.8%	129	14.6%	155	18.0%	116	13.3%
Grade 6:	135	14.8%	137	14.3%	129	13.5%	135	14.4%	154	17.4%	116	13.5%	141	16.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	11	1.3%
Student By Gender:
Male:	466	51.2%	482	50.5%	477	50.1%	465	49.7%	433	48.9%	438	50.9%	436	49.9%
Female:	444	48.8%	473	49.5%	476	49.9%	470	50.3%	434	49.0%	409	47.6%	434	49.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	11	1.2%	14	1.5%	18	1.9%	14	1.5%	14	1.6%	11	1.3%	8	0.9%
Hispanic:	66	7.3%	67	7.0%	44	4.6%	35	3.7%	20	2.3%	19	2.2%	13	1.5%
Black:	33	3.6%	37	3.9%	46	4.8%	44	4.7%	37	4.2%	35	4.1%	41	4.7%
White:	781	85.8%	816	85.4%	832	87.3%	835	89.3%	804	90.8%	790	91.9%	812	92.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	18	2.0%	20	2.1%	13	1.4%	7	0.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	348	38.2%	348	36.4%	367	38.5%	341	36.5%	303	34.2%	234	27.2%	232	26.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	69	7.6%	78	8.2%	66	6.9%	72	7.7%	70	7.9%	82	9.5%	63	7.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.48		16.95		17.47		15.76		16.31		15.90		8.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	90%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	88%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.8%	76.6%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.8%	82.9%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.2%	76.4%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.8%	81%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.1%	76.7%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.7%	70.7%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	71%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	69%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.9%	67.7%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.5%	70.7%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.4%	71.1%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.5%	62.5%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.3%	65.5%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.4%	60.4%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.7%	71.7%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.8%	74.1%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.3%	72.4%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.8%	81.3%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.2%	76.3%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.3%	75.3%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.9%	71.3%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	63.3%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.2%	62.2%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.6%	60.1%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.5%	64.5%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77%	53.7%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.6%	58%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.3%	54.2%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.8%	73.2%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	97%	85.7%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96.1%	77.2%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.6%	78.7%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.5%	75.7%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.3%	62.7%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.3%	81.8%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89.3%	83.1%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.3%	67.8%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.4%	69.4%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.7%	69.9%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.7%	73%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.1%	65%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.3%	61.3%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.6%	50.9%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.7%	61.6%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74%	74.6%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75%	71.3%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.5%	59%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.4%	55.4%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75%	53.5%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.9%	55.7%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.4%	47.7%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.8%	52.4%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.8%	42.5%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	81.9%	70.1%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	86.2%	69.5%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	81.2%	67.6%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	86.4%	66%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	84.5%	54.8%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	86.7%	66%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	66.2%	54.7%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73.5%	69.8%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76.4%	64.2%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.1%	72.9%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79.2%	73.1%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.3%	69.5%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.2%	73.2%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.3%	62.4%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.9%	66.8%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71.4%	56.3%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79.6%	63.6%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80.1%	62.6%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.3%	53.6%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.4%	57%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.9%	54%	68.5%

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* Solomon/Plains Elementary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.