City: Palmerton, PN
Address: 298 Lafayette Ave
District: Palmerton Area SD
Phone: (610)826-7538
Fax: (610)826-7528
Length of school day: 6.5
Number of instructional days: 180
School Enrollment: 725
Low income: 27.0%
Attendance rate: 95.88%
Attendance rate for male students: 95.36%
Attendance rate for female students: 95.54%
Attendance rate for Asian students: 98.53%
Attendance rate for black students: 96.63%
Attendance rate for Hispanic students: 94.11%
Attendance rate for economically disadvantaged students: 94.77%
Number of students entering this school: 52
Number of students who withdrew from this school: 49
Number of classes with 1 to 20 students: 8
Number of classes with 21 to 23 students: 14
Number of classes with 24 to 26 students: 9
Number of classes with 27 to 29 students: 1
Number of classes with 30 or more students: 0
Total number of teachers: 39
Full-time teachers: 35
Part-time teachers: 1
Teachers in this district with less than bachelor's degree: 0
Teachers in this district with Bachelor's degree: 66
Teachers in this district with Master's degree: 43
Teachers in this district with Doctor's degree: 1
Teachers in district with less than 1 year of experience: 5
Teachers in district with 2-5 years of experience: 19
Teachers in district with 6-10 years of experience: 11
Teachers in district with 11-15 years of experience: 8
Teachers in district with 16-20 years of experience: 13
Teachers in district with 21-25 years of experience: 24
Teachers in district with 26-30 years of experience: 16
Teachers in district with 30-35 years of experience: 11
Teachers in district with over 35 years of experience: 3
Total number of teachers in this district: 110
Administration staff: 1
Other full-time service coordinators: 3
Other part-time service coordinators: 0
High quality teachers percentage: 97.2%
Councelors: 1
Librarians: 1
Other staff: 1
Kindergarten enrollment : 109
1st grade enrollment : 97
2nd grade enrollment : 114
3rd grade enrollment : 91
4th grade enrollment : 107
5th grade enrollment : 104
6th grade enrollment : 103
Statistics about S.S. Palmer El Sch in Palmerton, PN
Average teacher salary: $50118
Teacher salary range: $30600 - $60070
Average administration staff salary: $68243
Administration staff salary range: $52275 - $86000
Suspensions: 11
Explusions: 0
Law-enforcement incidents: 14
Library titles: 9200
Library titles checked out during school year: 53212
Computers: 80
CD-ROM titles: 42
Grade 5 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) math results
Percentage of pariticipating in math tests: 99.0%
Percentage of students at Advanced math level: 16.5%
Percentage of students at Proficient math level: 33.0%
Percentage of students at Basic math level: 29.1%
Percentage of students at Below Basic math level: 21.4%
Scaled math score: 1300
Grade 5 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) reading results
Percentage of pariticipating in reading tests: 99.0%
Percentage of students at Advanced reading level: 17.5%
Percentage of students at Proficient reading level: 41.7%
Percentage of students at Basic reading level: 23.3%
Percentage of students at Below Basic reading level: 17.5%
Scaled reading score: 1320