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Tenth and Penn Elementary School is located at 955 Penn Street. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2011, the school reported an enrollment of 566 pupils in grades preschool through 5th, with 532 pupils receiving a federal free or reduced price lunch due to family poverty. The school is a federal Title I school. The school employed 38 teachers yielding a student teacher ratio of 14:1. According to a report by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 100% of its teachers were rated "Highly Qualified" under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. In 2012, Tenth and Penn Elementary School was in Making Progress - School Improvement II AYP status. In 2011, Tenth and Penn Elementary School was in School Improvement II AYP status. Under No Child Left Behind, the school's administration was mandated to inform parents of the low student achievement and to offer a transfer to a better performing school in the District. Additionally the PDE required the administration to develop a plan to raise student achievement and to submit it for approval. In 2012, only 50% of the students were reading on grade level in grades 3rd through 5th, with one-third of students below basic. In math, just 65% of the students in 3rd through 5th grades were on grade level. In 4th grade science, just 49% of the pupils were on grade level.

Amanda Stout Elementary School is located at 321 South 10th Street. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2011, the school reported an enrollment of 746 pupils in preschool through 5th grade, with 690 pupils receiving a federal free or reduced price lunch due to family poverty. The school employed teachers yielding a student teacher ratio of :1. According to a report by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, teachers were rated "Non‐Highly Qualified" under No Child Left Behind. In 2012, Amanda Stout Elementary School Declined to Warning status due to missing 6 academic metrics, while in 2011 the school achieved AYP status. In 2012, only 55% of the students were reading on grade level in grades 3rd through 5th, with 28% below basic. In math, 69% of the students in 3rd through 5th grades were on grade level and 11% scored below basic. In 4th grade science, 66% of the pupils were on grade level.