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Catharine Joseph School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

6600 Chester Ave

Philadelphia PA, 19142, Philadelphia County

Phone: 215-727-2155

Ranking:

(2,070 out of 2,311, bottom 10%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

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:	38		38		39		41		43		39		45
Total Students:	622		620		623		606		611		632		648
Prekindergarten:	28	4.5%	33	5.3%	35	5.6%	38	6.3%	40	6.5%	35	5.5%	38	5.9%
Kindergarten:	111	17.8%	112	18.1%	110	17.7%	89	14.7%	103	16.9%	102	16.1%	88	13.6%
Grade 1:	108	17.4%	110	17.7%	104	16.7%	108	17.8%	110	18.0%	97	15.3%	124	19.1%
Grade 2:	105	16.9%	105	16.9%	105	16.9%	116	19.1%	94	15.4%	105	16.6%	104	16.0%
Grade 3:	98	15.8%	89	14.4%	107	17.2%	85	14.0%	92	15.1%	106	16.8%	105	16.2%
Grade 4:	90	14.5%	102	16.5%	83	13.3%	87	14.4%	94	15.4%	96	15.2%	102	15.7%
Grade 5:	82	13.2%	69	11.1%	79	12.7%	83	13.7%	78	12.8%	91	14.4%	87	13.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	303	48.7%	314	50.6%	331	53.1%	302	49.8%	281	46.0%	319	50.5%	328	50.6%
Female:	319	51.3%	306	49.4%	292	46.9%	304	50.2%	306	50.1%	297	47.0%	310	47.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	1	0.2%	3	0.5%	3	0.5%	4	0.6%
Asian:	82	13.2%	91	14.7%	87	14.0%	79	13.0%	69	11.3%	75	11.9%	66	10.2%
Hispanic:	15	2.4%	10	1.6%	12	1.9%	9	1.5%	10	1.6%	9	1.4%	15	2.3%
Black:	473	76.0%	470	75.8%	483	77.5%	488	80.5%	503	82.3%	523	82.8%	538	83.0%
White:	9	1.4%	10	1.6%	13	2.1%	11	1.8%	10	1.6%	14	2.2%	19	2.9%
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:	42	6.8%	38	6.1%	26	4.2%	18	3.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	594	95.5%	587	94.7%	588	94.4%	568	93.7%	571	93.5%	496	78.5%	511	78.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	46	7.3%	48	7.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.46		16.40		15.84		14.63		14.06		16.00		14.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	59%	52%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	60%	59%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	59.4%	52.4%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74.5%	55.3%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	67.7%	59.5%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.6%	66.5%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79.4%	66.8%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	63.2%	49.4%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	40%	37%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	43%	42%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	56.5%	46.6%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	65.5%	52.1%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	61.5%	54%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	58.3%	52.6%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.9%	58.3%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	59%	44.6%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	42.1%	51.3%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	47%	53%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	45.1%	55.2%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.7%	61.2%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.9%	66.1%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.4%	68.2%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	56.6%	55.9%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	36.8%	36.1%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	37.6%	42.8%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	39.3%	42.8%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	54.8%	47.3%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	59.5%	49.5%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.8%	51.7%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	51.6%	41.8%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	52.9%	52.8%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	65.3%	53.9%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84.1%	53.3%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	78.3%	56.8%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	63.5%	49%	82.3%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	29.6%	41.6%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	54.5%	44.7%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	50%	49.7%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	52.8%	52.4%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	52.3%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	56.5%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	48.6%	45.1%	73.3%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	26.7%	31.6%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	38.9%	31.9%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	33.7%	36.3%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	44.3%	40%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	45.7%	40.3%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.2%	45.8%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	46.5%	34.5%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	36%	31.7%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	31.8%	25.7%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	15%	28.3%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	28.2%	32.3%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	43.5%	35%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	51.4%	39.5%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	34.2%	31.6%	64.2%

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* Catharine Joseph School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.