Alcorn James School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

3200 Dickinson St

Philadelphia PA, 19146, Philadelphia County

Phone: 215-952-6219

Ranking:

(2,309 out of 2,311, bottom 0%)*

Type: Regular School

Status: Closed

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Philadelphia City School District

Title I Eligible School: 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:	NA	NA	34		35		36		36		35		34
Total Students:	NA	NA	498		595		563		487		545		565
Kindergarten:	NA	NA	54	10.8%	86	14.5%	67	11.9%	61	12.5%	58	10.6%	71	12.6%
Grade 1:	NA	NA	73	14.7%	78	13.1%	67	11.9%	52	10.7%	64	11.7%	76	13.5%
Grade 2:	NA	NA	63	12.7%	70	11.8%	64	11.4%	65	13.3%	58	10.6%	65	11.5%
Grade 3:	NA	NA	61	12.2%	64	10.8%	72	12.8%	56	11.5%	67	12.3%	59	10.4%
Grade 4:	NA	NA	51	10.2%	69	11.6%	65	11.5%	57	11.7%	62	11.4%	61	10.8%
Grade 5:	NA	NA	45	9.0%	62	10.4%	54	9.6%	63	12.9%	60	11.0%	62	11.0%
Grade 6:	NA	NA	53	10.6%	54	9.1%	65	11.5%	46	9.4%	59	10.8%	55	9.7%
Grade 7:	NA	NA	40	8.0%	62	10.4%	56	9.9%	53	10.9%	44	8.1%	64	11.3%
Grade 8:	NA	NA	58	11.6%	50	8.4%	53	9.4%	34	7.0%	73	13.4%	52	9.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	NA	NA	271	54.4%	301	50.6%	275	48.8%	232	47.6%	272	49.9%	284	50.3%
Female:	NA	NA	227	45.6%	294	49.4%	288	51.2%	239	49.1%	261	47.9%	271	48.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	NA	NA	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%
Asian:	NA	NA	14	2.8%	13	2.2%	14	2.5%	10	2.1%	6	1.1%	8	1.4%
Hispanic:	NA	NA	9	1.8%	8	1.3%	10	1.8%	10	2.1%	15	2.8%	16	2.8%
Black:	NA	NA	451	90.6%	545	91.6%	517	91.8%	452	92.8%	513	94.1%	528	93.5%
White:	NA	NA	8	1.6%	14	2.4%	11	2.0%	7	1.4%	7	1.3%	6	1.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	NA	NA	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	NA	NA	15	3.0%	15	2.5%	11	2.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	NA	NA	495	99.4%	592	99.5%	560	99.5%	484	99.4%	503	92.3%	505	89.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	NA	NA	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	27	5.0%	27	4.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	NA	NA	14.65		17.00		15.55		13.48		15.50		16.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	33%	52%	N/A
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	35%	59%	N/A
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	27.5%	52.4%	N/A
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	24.1%	55.3%	N/A
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	25.4%	59.5%	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	31.5%	66.5%	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	50%	66.8%	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	16.3%	49.4%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	18%	37%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	26%	42%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	27.6%	46.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	24.1%	52.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	21.9%	54%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	20.4%	52.6%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	38.3%	58.3%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	26.5%	44.6%	N/A
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	22.9%	51.3%	N/A
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	36.4%	53%	N/A
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	23%	55.2%	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	20%	61.2%	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	16.4%	66.1%	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	20.3%	68.2%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	39.6%	55.9%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	13.1%	36.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	29.1%	42.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	18.8%	42.8%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	13.3%	47.3%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	10.9%	49.5%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	14.1%	51.7%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	26.9%	41.8%	N/A
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	27.3%	52.8%	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	17%	53.9%	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	11.1%	53.3%	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	9.7%	56.8%	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	26.4%	49%	N/A
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	2.5%	23.1%	N/A
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	8.9%	30.7%	N/A
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	28.6%	45.8%	N/A
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	18.7%	41.6%	N/A
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	16.4%	44.7%	N/A
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	17.2%	49.7%	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	12%	52.4%	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	9.7%	52.3%	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	14%	56.5%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	14%	45.1%	N/A
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	6.6%	23.4%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	11.1%	31.6%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	25.4%	35.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	15.1%	31.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	18.1%	31.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	10.3%	36.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	12.1%	40%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	6.5%	40.3%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	10.2%	45.8%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	11.9%	34.5%	N/A
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	25.6%	31.7%	N/A
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	11.1%	25.7%	N/A
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	1.6%	28.3%	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	7.5%	32.3%	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	7.4%	35%	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	11.4%	39.5%	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	13%	31.6%	N/A
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	23.2%	40.6%	N/A
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	15.8%	46.7%	N/A
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	29.3%	49.7%	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	25.4%	54.3%	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	21.2%	57.2%	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	23.7%	61.3%	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	12.1%	52.3%	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	20.4%	35.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	9.8%	36.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	24.4%	40.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	14.5%	42.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	17.3%	45.2%	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	6.6%	45.4%	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	12.2%	42%	N/A
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	20.8%	39.4%	N/A
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	34.6%	40.2%	N/A
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	15.9%	48.4%	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	27%	53.7%	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	29.8%	57.1%	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	28.1%	58.7%	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	31.8%	56.2%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	21.8%	39.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	23.5%	40.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	6.1%	47.8%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	27%	50.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	25.6%	53.3%	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	24.6%	55.7%	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	27.3%	51.7%	N/A
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	6.3%	19.7%	N/A
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	13.4%	30.9%	N/A
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	28.6%	39.4%	N/A
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	13.6%	37%	N/A
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	27.9%	43.9%	N/A
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	23%	48.9%	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	9%	50.6%	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	19.6%	55.6%	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	7.9%	57%	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	23.7%	52.4%	N/A
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	15.2%	30.4%	N/A
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	28.9%	41.2%	N/A
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	24.4%	39.6%	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	22.6%	44.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	25.6%	49.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	42.3%	55.9%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	11.5%	62%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	31.7%	67%	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	29.4%	62.6%	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	52.7%	57.9%	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	5.9%	21%	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	1.4%	22.2%	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	11.4%	25.9%	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	2%	25.9%	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	0%	23.6%	N/A
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	19.7%	41.2%	N/A
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	13.6%	45.7%	N/A
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	8%	40.8%	N/A
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	15.1%	46.7%	N/A
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	21%	52.4%	N/A
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	12.2%	50.3%	N/A
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	8.7%	48.2%	N/A

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* Alcorn James School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.