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Marshall Street Elementary School is a public elementary school in Norristown, Pennsylvania, serving students from kindergarten to 4th grade as part of the Norristown Area School District. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of Pennsylvania elementary schools, maintaining a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger over the past 10 years.
Academically, Marshall Street Elementary School's performance, as measured by PSSA test scores, is significantly below the state and district averages across all subjects and grade levels. In the 2023-2024 school year, the school's proficiency rates were 29.3% in Math, 36.3% in English Language Arts, and 64.6% in Science, compared to the state averages of 40.4%, 53%, and 65.8%, respectively. The school's student population is predominantly from disadvantaged backgrounds, with 99.83% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year.
While Marshall Street Elementary School's overall performance is low, the school's African American and Hispanic student subgroups perform relatively better compared to their peers in the state, ranking in the top quartile of Pennsylvania elementary schools for these subgroups. However, the school's performance for other subgroups, such as multi-racial students, English Language Learners, and students with disabilities, is still in the bottom half or bottom quarter of Pennsylvania elementary schools. The nearby elementary schools in the Upper Merion Area School District and Methacton School District, such as Caley Elementary, Bridgeport Elementary, Candlebrook Elementary, and Woodland Elementary, consistently outperform Marshall Street Elementary School and the other Norristown schools.
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