Arthur Chester A School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

2000 Catharine St

Philadelphia PA, 19146, Philadelphia County

Phone: 215-875-5774

Ranking:

(2,112 out of 2,311, bottom 9%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Philadelphia City School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: 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:	24		19		19		20		22		20		22
Total Students:	297		208		196		200		199		213		252
Kindergarten:	21	7.1%	31	14.9%	20	10.2%	21	10.5%	27	13.6%	30	14.1%	34	13.5%
Grade 1:	46	15.5%	21	10.1%	23	11.7%	30	15.0%	24	12.1%	37	17.4%	32	12.7%
Grade 2:	35	11.8%	22	10.6%	28	14.3%	25	12.5%	30	15.1%	23	10.8%	33	13.1%
Grade 3:	37	12.5%	29	13.9%	24	12.2%	31	15.5%	24	12.1%	23	10.8%	34	13.5%
Grade 4:	47	15.8%	23	11.1%	30	15.3%	21	10.5%	18	9.0%	25	11.7%	22	8.7%
Grade 5:	29	9.8%	22	10.6%	19	9.7%	17	8.5%	26	13.1%	15	7.0%	23	9.1%
Grade 6:	31	10.4%	18	8.7%	16	8.2%	23	11.5%	13	6.5%	24	11.3%	18	7.1%
Grade 7:	22	7.4%	20	9.6%	21	10.7%	14	7.0%	15	7.5%	18	8.5%	25	9.9%
Grade 8:	29	9.8%	22	10.6%	15	7.7%	18	9.0%	22	11.1%	18	8.5%	31	12.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	147	49.5%	100	48.1%	91	46.4%	96	48.0%	94	47.2%	107	50.2%	128	50.8%
Female:	150	50.5%	108	51.9%	105	53.6%	104	52.0%	89	44.7%	89	41.8%	117	46.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.5%	0	0.0%	1	0.5%	1	0.5%	1	0.4%
Asian:	7	2.4%	7	3.4%	4	2.0%	1	0.5%	2	1.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.4%
Hispanic:	14	4.7%	13	6.3%	10	5.1%	10	5.0%	5	2.5%	6	2.8%	7	2.8%
Black:	249	83.8%	170	81.7%	169	86.2%	179	89.5%	181	91.0%	192	90.1%	235	93.3%
White:	9	3.0%	4	1.9%	2	1.0%	1	0.5%	2	1.0%	5	2.3%	5	2.0%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	18	6.1%	14	6.7%	10	5.1%	9	4.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	294	99.0%	205	98.6%	193	98.5%	197	98.5%	196	98.5%	183	85.9%	209	82.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	15	7.0%	17	6.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.52		11.20		10.38		10.00		9.05		10.70		11.50

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	52%	59%	N/A
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	39.1%	52.4%	N/A
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	53.9%	55.3%	N/A
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	71.5%	59.5%	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	66.6%	66.5%	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	66.8%	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	54.5%	49.4%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	26%	37%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	33%	42%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	43.4%	46.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	46.1%	52.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	52.4%	54%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	52.4%	52.6%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	48%	58.3%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	40.9%	44.6%	N/A
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	44.4%	51.3%	N/A
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	59.1%	53%	N/A
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	31.3%	55.2%	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	54.6%	61.2%	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	56.3%	66.1%	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	52.6%	68.2%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.2%	55.9%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	16.7%	36.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	40.9%	42.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	18.8%	42.8%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	36.4%	47.3%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	56.3%	49.5%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	36.8%	51.7%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	47.6%	41.8%	N/A
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	41.2%	52.8%	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	45.4%	53.9%	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	31.3%	53.3%	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	52.7%	56.8%	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	40.9%	49%	N/A
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	23.9%	23.1%	N/A
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	57.1%	30.7%	N/A
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	38.4%	45.8%	N/A
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	44%	41.6%	N/A
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	53.3%	44.7%	N/A
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59.1%	49.7%	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	35.7%	52.4%	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	46.1%	52.3%	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	56.3%	56.5%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	47.1%	45.1%	N/A
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	28.3%	23.4%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	47.2%	31.6%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	35%	35.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	20%	31.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	20%	31.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	22.7%	36.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	7.1%	40%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	23.1%	40.3%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	37.5%	45.8%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	41.2%	34.5%	N/A
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	29.2%	31.7%	N/A
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	37.5%	25.7%	N/A
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	38.1%	28.3%	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	23.1%	32.3%	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	26.9%	35%	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	62.5%	39.5%	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	41.2%	31.6%	N/A
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	44.5%	40.6%	N/A
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	60%	46.7%	N/A
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	53%	49.7%	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	54.2%	54.3%	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.6%	57.2%	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	60.8%	61.3%	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	43.8%	52.3%	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	30.5%	35.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	50%	36.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	23.5%	40.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	29.1%	42.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	57.2%	45.2%	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	52.1%	45.4%	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	50%	42%	N/A
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80%	39.4%	N/A
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	37.9%	40.2%	N/A
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	61.9%	48.4%	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	52.7%	53.7%	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	55.6%	57.1%	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	54.6%	58.7%	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	38%	56.2%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64%	39.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	27.5%	40.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	47.6%	47.8%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	42.2%	50.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	52.6%	53.3%	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.7%	55.7%	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	57.1%	51.7%	N/A
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80%	43.9%	N/A
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	57.1%	48.9%	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60%	50.6%	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	55%	55.6%	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.7%	57%	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	41.6%	52.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68%	49.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	53.6%	55.9%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75%	62%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80%	67%	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.7%	62.6%	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.4%	57.9%	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	12%	21%	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	35%	22.2%	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	4.8%	25.9%	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	17.6%	25.9%	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	16.6%	23.6%	N/A
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	36%	45.7%	N/A
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	29.6%	40.8%	N/A
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	33.3%	46.7%	N/A
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	20%	52.4%	N/A
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	47.4%	50.3%	N/A
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	15.4%	48.2%	N/A

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