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Sylvan Heights Science Charter School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

915 South 13th St

Harrisburg PA, 17104, Dauphin County

Phone: 717-232-9220

Ranking:

(2,039 out of 2,311, bottom 12%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 4

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:	15		14		14		14		13		17		15
Total Students:	216		218		219		219		217		216		214
Kindergarten:	44	20.4%	44	20.2%	44	20.1%	45	20.5%	44	20.3%	44	20.4%	44	20.6%
Grade 1:	44	20.4%	44	20.2%	44	20.1%	44	20.1%	46	21.2%	47	21.8%	46	21.5%
Grade 2:	43	19.9%	45	20.6%	45	20.5%	43	19.6%	44	20.3%	42	19.4%	41	19.2%
Grade 3:	43	19.9%	43	19.7%	43	19.6%	43	19.6%	43	19.8%	43	19.9%	45	21.0%
Grade 4:	42	19.4%	42	19.3%	43	19.6%	44	20.1%	40	18.4%	40	18.5%	38	17.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	106	49.1%	113	51.8%	106	48.4%	99	45.2%	71	32.7%	80	37.0%	86	40.2%
Female:	110	50.9%	105	48.2%	113	51.6%	120	54.8%	115	53.0%	121	56.0%	112	52.3%
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:	1	0.5%	1	0.5%	3	1.4%	3	1.4%	4	1.8%	3	1.4%	1	0.5%
Hispanic:	44	20.4%	40	18.3%	35	16.0%	39	17.8%	15	6.9%	16	7.4%	19	8.9%
Black:	155	71.8%	163	74.8%	169	77.2%	165	75.3%	170	78.3%	185	85.6%	175	81.8%
White:	1	0.5%	2	0.9%	1	0.5%	2	0.9%	5	2.3%	5	2.3%	7	3.3%
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:	15	6.9%	12	5.5%	11	5.0%	10	4.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	173	80.1%	167	76.6%	163	74.4%	149	68.0%	170	78.3%	154	71.3%	146	68.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	9	4.2%	12	5.5%	16	7.3%	15	6.8%	10	4.6%	20	9.3%	19	8.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.40		15.57		15.64		15.64		16.16		13.10		14.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	N/A	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	N/A	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	N/A	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	50%	N/A	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	57.5%	N/A	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	73.8%	N/A	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	65.9%	N/A	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	69.1%	N/A	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	58%	N/A	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	N/A	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	57.2%	N/A	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	56.8%	N/A	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	60%	N/A	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.4%	N/A	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.1%	N/A	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.2%	N/A	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	61.5%	N/A	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	58.5%	N/A	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	66.7%	N/A	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70%	N/A	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	62.2%	N/A	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.9%	N/A	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	69.2%	N/A	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	48.7%	N/A	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.9%	N/A	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	52.8%	N/A	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	62.5%	N/A	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	54%	N/A	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.2%	N/A	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	52.5%	N/A	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80%	N/A	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	70%	N/A	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80.5%	N/A	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81.8%	N/A	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	67.5%	N/A	82.3%

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* Sylvan Heights Science Charter School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.