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Christopher Columbus Charter School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

South Building

Philadelphia PA, 19147, Philadelphia County

Phone: 215-389-6000

Ranking:

(1,745 out of 2,311, bottom 24%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

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:	51		50		51		49		51		49		49
Total Students:	794		779		781		769		778		779		775
Kindergarten:	94	11.8%	88	11.3%	91	11.7%	87	11.3%	89	11.4%	90	11.6%	87	11.2%
Grade 1:	90	11.3%	87	11.2%	93	11.9%	84	10.9%	89	11.4%	84	10.8%	84	10.8%
Grade 2:	88	11.1%	90	11.6%	83	10.6%	87	11.3%	84	10.8%	86	11.0%	88	11.4%
Grade 3:	91	11.5%	85	10.9%	91	11.7%	85	11.1%	89	11.4%	90	11.6%	89	11.5%
Grade 4:	87	11.0%	88	11.3%	86	11.0%	89	11.6%	89	11.4%	90	11.6%	76	9.8%
Grade 5:	91	11.5%	83	10.7%	88	11.3%	83	10.8%	88	11.3%	84	10.8%	85	11.0%
Grade 6:	82	10.3%	88	11.3%	85	10.9%	89	11.6%	81	10.4%	88	11.3%	85	11.0%
Grade 7:	88	11.1%	87	11.2%	86	11.0%	82	10.7%	86	11.1%	87	11.2%	83	10.7%
Grade 8:	83	10.5%	83	10.7%	78	10.0%	83	10.8%	83	10.7%	80	10.3%	98	12.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	381	48.0%	364	46.7%	381	48.8%	378	49.2%	357	45.9%	359	46.1%	363	46.8%
Female:	413	52.0%	415	53.3%	400	51.2%	391	50.8%	403	51.8%	403	51.7%	408	52.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%
Asian:	87	11.0%	83	10.7%	78	10.0%	67	8.7%	67	8.6%	54	6.9%	45	5.8%
Hispanic:	61	7.7%	54	6.9%	53	6.8%	49	6.4%	47	6.0%	39	5.0%	40	5.2%
Black:	184	23.2%	200	25.7%	215	27.5%	237	30.8%	253	32.5%	273	35.0%	300	38.7%
White:	430	54.2%	420	53.9%	414	53.0%	401	52.1%	399	51.3%	402	51.6%	388	50.1%
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:	32	4.0%	22	2.8%	21	2.7%	15	2.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	436	54.9%	429	55.1%	428	54.8%	415	54.0%	417	53.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	83	10.5%	88	11.3%	79	10.1%	78	10.1%	96	12.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.51		15.52		15.37		15.63		15.31		16.00		15.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	N/A	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	N/A	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	69.1%	N/A	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	N/A	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	68.9%	N/A	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.2%	N/A	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70.7%	N/A	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	68.2%	N/A	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	56%	N/A	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	52%	N/A	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.2%	N/A	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.8%	N/A	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.9%	N/A	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.3%	N/A	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70.7%	N/A	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64.8%	N/A	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78%	N/A	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	63.5%	N/A	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.6%	N/A	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70.4%	N/A	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	65.1%	N/A	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	66.3%	N/A	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70.2%	N/A	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.6%	N/A	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	55.3%	N/A	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67.6%	N/A	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.9%	N/A	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	58.4%	N/A	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63%	N/A	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65%	N/A	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80.5%	N/A	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81.8%	N/A	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	75.3%	N/A	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	78.7%	N/A	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	76.2%	N/A	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	41.6%	41.6%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	49%	N/A	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	30.6%	N/A	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	44.7%	N/A	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59.5%	N/A	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	46.5%	N/A	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.8%	N/A	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	53.8%	N/A	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	49.4%	N/A	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	33.8%	N/A	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	40%	40%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	44%	N/A	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	38.9%	N/A	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	40%	N/A	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	48.8%	N/A	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.3%	N/A	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.8%	N/A	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.8%	N/A	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	55.7%	N/A	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	50.7%	N/A	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	37.7%	N/A	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	73.8%	N/A	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	74.4%	N/A	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68.4%	N/A	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	81.4%	N/A	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68.3%	N/A	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68.3%	N/A	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	30.1%	N/A	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	46.5%	N/A	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	67%	N/A	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	58.2%	N/A	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	67.9%	N/A	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	62.6%	N/A	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	57.3%	N/A	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	41.8%	N/A	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	50.6%	N/A	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	58.8%	N/A	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.3%	N/A	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.3%	N/A	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.6%	N/A	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.2%	N/A	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	54.1%	N/A	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	44.8%	N/A	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	53.7%	N/A	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	82.5%	N/A	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68.3%	N/A	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83.3%	N/A	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86.1%	N/A	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.8%	N/A	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.7%	N/A	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.2%	N/A	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.1%	N/A	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.8%	N/A	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.8%	N/A	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.6%	N/A	76%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	48.4%	N/A	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	40.4%	N/A	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	52.9%	N/A	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	42.7%	N/A	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	53.2%	N/A	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.3%	N/A	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	54.4%	N/A	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.1%	N/A	76.4%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	56.6%	N/A	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.3%	N/A	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.3%	N/A	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.4%	N/A	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.6%	N/A	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.5%	N/A	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.5%	N/A	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.6%	N/A	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	39.1%	N/A	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	53.2%	N/A	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	53%	N/A	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	50.6%	N/A	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	54%	N/A	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	82.3%	N/A	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	81.9%	N/A	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	90.7%	N/A	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	91.1%	N/A	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	95.2%	N/A	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	97.5%	N/A	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	97.4%	N/A	72.7%

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* Christopher Columbus Charter School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.