Ardmore Avenue School

161 Ardmore Ave, Lansdowne, PA 19050 | (610) 623-7900

Grades: KG-6
Student Enrollment: 497

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School Summary and Highlights

Enrolls 497 elementary school students from grades KG-6
Ranks 1599th out of 1,895 elementary schools in PA.
2010 Overall School AYP Met Status: School Improvement 1

Additional Contact Information

Principal or Admin: Jason Harris

School Operational Details

Title I Eligible
All students of this school are eligible for participation in authorized programs.

School District Details

William Penn School District
Per-Pupil Spending: $12,801
Graduation Rate: 78.3%
Dropout Rate: 1.7%
Students Per Teacher: 16.5
Enrolled Students: 5,415

Faculty Details and Student Enrollment

Students and Faculty

Total Students Enrolled: 497
Total Full Time "Equivalent" Teachers: 26.8
Average Student-To-Teacher Ratio: 18.6

Students Gender Breakdown

Males: 279 (56.1%)
Females: 217 (43.7%)

Free Lunch Student Eligibility Breakdown

Eligible for Reduced Lunch: 53 (10.7%)
Eligible for Free Lunch: 253 (50.9%)
Eligible for Either Reduced or Free Lunch: 306 (61.6%)

Student Enrollment Distribution by Race / Ethnicity

Ardmore Avenue School Student Race Distribution

	Number	Percent
American Indian	8	1.6%
Black	434	87.3%
Asian	15	3.0%
Hispanic	5	1.0%
White	34	6.8%

Number of Students Per Grade

	Number	Percent
Kindergarten	51	10.3%
1st Grade	66	13.3%
2nd Grade	67	13.5%
3rd Grade	74	14.9%
4th Grade	78	15.7%
5th Grade	79	15.9%
6th Grade	82	16.5%

Low-Income Enrollment (2011)

Percent of Students from Low-Income Families

School:

65.9%

District:

75.4%

Source: PA Department of Education, Source: NCES 2009-2010

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Test Scores and Performance Information

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The overall school rating shows that Ardmore Avenue School performed on average worse than many other schools across the state on PSSA state exams in the following subjects:

Math
Reading
Science
Writing

AYP Details (2010)

Overall AYP Met: School Improvement 1

PSSA - Test Proficiency by Grade and Subject

Grade 3 - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
Math Test
2010	69.0%	59.3%	84.5%
2009	67.6%	56.5%	81.7%
2008	69.8%	63.4%	80.5%

Reading Test
2010	63.4%	49.7%	75.2%
2009	62.0%	50.0%	77.0%
2008	73.0%	61.8%	76.8%

Grade 4 - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
Math Test
2010	70.7%	59.6%	84.9%
2009	66.2%	62.3%	81.8%
2008	70.6%	57.6%	79.6%

Reading Test
2010	69.3%	50.8%	72.9%
2009	53.5%	47.2%	72.6%
2008	66.2%	48.8%	70.1%

Science Test
2010	73.0%	57.2%	81.4%
2009	54.3%	55.1%	83.4%
2008	75.8%	55.2%	81.5%

Grade 5 - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
Math Test
2010	54.8%	49.9%	74.4%
2009	56.1%	50.2%	73.5%
2008	62.0%	49.6%	73.2%

Reading Test
2010	50.0%	37.2%	64.1%
2009	53.4%	42.4%	64.5%
2008	57.7%	41.3%	61.6%

Writing Test
2010	50.0%	39.9%	61.8%
2009	-	-	-
2008	48.7%	29.3%	57.3%

Grade 6 - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
Math Test
2010	64.6%	58.0%	78.0%
2009	57.5%	57.0%	75.7%
2008	64.8%	58.2%	72.3%

Reading Test
2010	55.7%	50.6%	68.8%
2009	53.8%	49.2%	67.6%
2008	52.1%	46.6%	66.9%

Source: PA Department of Education 2009-2010

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