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South Hanover Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

15 West 3rd St

Hershey PA, 17033, Dauphin County

Phone: 717-566-2564

Ranking:

(420 out of 2,311, top 18%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Lower Dauphin School District

Title I Eligible School: No

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:	25		25		26		25		26		25		26
Total Students:	365		382		371		388		380		367		359
Kindergarten:	44	12.1%	56	14.7%	66	17.8%	114	29.4%	61	16.1%	55	15.0%	63	17.5%
Grade 1:	61	16.7%	69	18.1%	51	13.7%	13	3.4%	59	15.5%	66	18.0%	40	11.1%
Grade 2:	69	18.9%	51	13.4%	72	19.4%	64	16.5%	69	18.2%	46	12.5%	58	16.2%
Grade 3:	52	14.2%	70	18.3%	60	16.2%	69	17.8%	51	13.4%	64	17.4%	61	17.0%
Grade 4:	75	20.5%	63	16.5%	71	19.1%	54	13.9%	72	18.9%	66	18.0%	66	18.4%
Grade 5:	64	17.5%	73	19.1%	51	13.7%	74	19.1%	68	17.9%	70	19.1%	71	19.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	179	49.0%	191	50.0%	189	50.9%	194	50.0%	184	48.4%	187	51.0%	178	49.6%
Female:	186	51.0%	191	50.0%	182	49.1%	194	50.0%	181	47.6%	166	45.2%	175	48.7%
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:	10	2.7%	15	3.9%	15	4.0%	11	2.8%	15	3.9%	13	3.5%	12	3.3%
Hispanic:	26	7.1%	29	7.6%	27	7.3%	22	5.7%	15	3.9%	8	2.2%	6	1.7%
Black:	8	2.2%	7	1.8%	9	2.4%	11	2.8%	5	1.3%	4	1.1%	5	1.4%
White:	312	85.5%	322	84.3%	310	83.6%	331	85.3%	338	88.9%	336	91.6%	334	93.0%
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:	9	2.5%	9	2.4%	10	2.7%	13	3.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	21	5.8%	20	5.2%	27	7.3%	34	8.8%	27	7.1%	22	6.0%	25	7.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	6	1.6%	11	2.9%	3	0.8%	9	2.3%	18	4.7%	9	2.5%	6	1.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.63		15.59		14.55		15.55		14.64		14.90		13.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	89%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	96%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	85.6%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.5%	89.4%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	89.5%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	94.1%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	87.5%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	98.1%	90.8%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	78%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	81%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	74.6%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.2%	84.9%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.8%	83.4%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	86.8%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.5%	87.2%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	96.2%	88.1%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.7%	86.6%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.8%	90.8%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	98.3%	88.9%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.2%	93.3%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.4%	93.8%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.1%	91.6%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.6%	94.4%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.9%	81%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.3%	86.7%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	93.2%	77.4%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.5%	83.4%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.7%	84.3%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.2%	82.4%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.5%	85.1%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91.5%	87.8%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.5%	92%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91.2%	89.1%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96.2%	91.2%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.7%	89.8%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	62.7%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72.2%	72.8%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.5%	78.8%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.1%	72.8%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.3%	83.2%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88%	90.5%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.9%	81.9%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	95.2%	88.1%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89.4%	88.1%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89.6%	86%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	64.4%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.8%	67.3%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.5%	75.2%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69%	62.1%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.3%	71.7%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.2%	74.7%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.3%	75.6%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80%	76.3%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.8%	78.5%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73%	80%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	56.7%	52.4%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	51.6%	63.3%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	67.7%	63.5%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	77.8%	69.3%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	36.9%	61.3%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	84.8%	80.9%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	76%	77.5%	64.2%

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* South Hanover Elementary School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.