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Comegys Benjamin B School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

5100 Greenway Ave

Philadelphia PA, 19143, Philadelphia County

Phone: 215-727-2162

Ranking:

(2,269 out of 2,311, bottom 2%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 7

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:	27		28		31		35		39		29		31
Total Students:	534		459		444		510		593		544		568
Kindergarten:	75	14.0%	66	14.4%	58	13.1%	61	12.0%	75	12.6%	62	11.4%	82	14.4%
Grade 1:	80	15.0%	80	17.4%	59	13.3%	73	14.3%	94	15.9%	88	16.2%	96	16.9%
Grade 2:	82	15.4%	62	13.5%	62	14.0%	91	17.8%	106	17.9%	89	16.4%	80	14.1%
Grade 3:	69	12.9%	65	14.2%	77	17.3%	80	15.7%	89	15.0%	73	13.4%	78	13.7%
Grade 4:	67	12.5%	66	14.4%	61	13.7%	73	14.3%	72	12.1%	72	13.2%	76	13.4%
Grade 5:	55	10.3%	48	10.5%	61	13.7%	54	10.6%	65	11.0%	78	14.3%	73	12.9%
Grade 6:	55	10.3%	52	11.3%	46	10.4%	65	12.7%	73	12.3%	64	11.8%	63	11.1%
Grade 7:	51	9.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	281	52.6%	232	50.5%	234	52.7%	268	52.5%	283	47.7%	273	50.2%	302	53.2%
Female:	253	47.4%	227	49.5%	210	47.3%	242	47.5%	289	48.7%	253	46.5%	256	45.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	0.6%	4	0.7%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	5	0.9%	2	0.4%	5	1.1%	2	0.4%	6	1.0%	7	1.3%	7	1.2%
Black:	508	95.1%	435	94.8%	424	95.5%	487	95.5%	568	95.8%	520	95.6%	543	95.6%
White:	3	0.6%	3	0.7%	3	0.7%	4	0.8%	5	0.8%	4	0.7%	8	1.4%
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	3.4%	19	4.1%	12	2.7%	17	3.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	531	99.4%	439	95.6%	424	95.5%	497	97.5%	574	96.8%	498	91.5%	495	87.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	26	4.8%	26	4.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.53		16.39		14.32		14.57		15.21		18.80		18.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	34%	52%	N/A
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	38%	59%	N/A
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	35.8%	52.4%	N/A
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	44.7%	55.3%	N/A
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	43.4%	59.5%	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	55.1%	66.5%	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	41.1%	66.8%	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	16.4%	49.4%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	11%	37%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	21%	42%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	27.9%	46.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	31.5%	52.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	28%	54%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	36.3%	52.6%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	31.5%	58.3%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	22.4%	44.6%	N/A
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	41.3%	51.3%	N/A
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	52%	53%	N/A
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	42.9%	55.2%	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	52.1%	61.2%	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	56.9%	66.1%	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	44.9%	68.2%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	32.1%	55.9%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	26.1%	36.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	28%	42.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	29.6%	42.8%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	46.4%	47.3%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	40%	49.5%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	28.9%	51.7%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	22.7%	41.8%	N/A
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	22.5%	52.8%	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	22.4%	53.9%	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	35.4%	53.3%	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	33.3%	56.8%	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	31.1%	49%	N/A
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	25.8%	23.1%	N/A
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	29.4%	30.7%	N/A
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	36%	45.8%	N/A
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	24.6%	41.6%	N/A
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	52.6%	44.7%	N/A
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.9%	49.7%	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	53.4%	52.4%	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	46.6%	52.3%	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	32%	56.5%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	28.3%	45.1%	N/A
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	23.8%	23.4%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	33.3%	31.6%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	17.7%	35.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	17.3%	31.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	18.4%	31.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	23.8%	36.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	34.7%	40%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	27.5%	40.3%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	20%	45.8%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	20%	34.5%	N/A
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	8.8%	31.7%	N/A
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	34.4%	25.7%	N/A
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	16.7%	28.3%	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	31.5%	32.3%	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	16.1%	35%	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	18%	39.5%	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	27.8%	31.6%	N/A
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	59.2%	46.7%	N/A
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	47.4%	49.7%	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	46.6%	54.3%	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	62.8%	57.2%	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	60.4%	61.3%	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	26.1%	52.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	36.6%	36.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	32.8%	40.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	31.6%	42.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	41.4%	45.2%	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	36.8%	45.4%	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	28.3%	42%	N/A

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