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Conwell Russell Middle School
1849 East Clearfield St
Philadelphia PA, 19134, Philadelphia County
Phone: 215-291-4722
Ranking:
(510 out of 2,311, top 22%)*

Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 5 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: | 32 | 37 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 41 | 43 | |||||||
Total Students: | 601 | 676 | 737 | 791 | 801 | 838 | 868 | |||||||
Grade 5: | 83 | 13.8% | 122 | 18.0% | 117 | 15.9% | 133 | 16.8% | 127 | 15.9% | 128 | 15.3% | 164 | 18.9% |
Grade 6: | 173 | 28.8% | 149 | 22.0% | 200 | 27.1% | 222 | 28.1% | 192 | 24.0% | 214 | 25.5% | 239 | 27.5% |
Grade 7: | 160 | 26.6% | 200 | 29.6% | 225 | 30.5% | 216 | 27.3% | 227 | 28.3% | 262 | 31.3% | 256 | 29.5% |
Grade 8: | 185 | 30.8% | 205 | 30.3% | 195 | 26.5% | 220 | 27.8% | 255 | 31.8% | 234 | 27.9% | 209 | 24.1% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 259 | 43.1% | 301 | 44.5% | 334 | 45.3% | 352 | 44.5% | 361 | 45.1% | 382 | 45.6% | 387 | 44.6% |
Female: | 342 | 56.9% | 375 | 55.5% | 403 | 54.7% | 439 | 55.5% | 418 | 52.2% | 439 | 52.4% | 464 | 53.5% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% |
Asian: | 31 | 5.2% | 26 | 3.8% | 30 | 4.1% | 33 | 4.2% | 34 | 4.2% | 40 | 4.8% | 58 | 6.7% |
Hispanic: | 226 | 37.6% | 285 | 42.2% | 325 | 44.1% | 317 | 40.1% | 292 | 36.5% | 268 | 32.0% | 286 | 32.9% |
Black: | 277 | 46.1% | 287 | 42.5% | 290 | 39.3% | 327 | 41.3% | 342 | 42.7% | 382 | 45.6% | 358 | 41.2% |
White: | 54 | 9.0% | 60 | 8.9% | 72 | 9.8% | 90 | 11.4% | 118 | 14.7% | 138 | 16.5% | 151 | 17.4% |
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: | 13 | 2.2% | 18 | 2.7% | 18 | 2.4% | 22 | 2.8% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 598 | 99.5% | 673 | 99.6% | 383 | 52.0% | 414 | 52.3% | 359 | 44.8% | 598 | 71.4% | 621 | 71.5% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% | 101 | 12.1% | 105 | 12.1% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 19.08 | 18.27 | 18.48 | 19.81 | 20.07 | 20.50 | 20.30 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
PSSA | ||||||
2003 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.4% | 23.1% | 56.3% |
2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.1% | 30.7% | 61.8% |
2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.3% | 45.8% | 69% |
2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.5% | 41.6% | 66.9% |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.7% | 44.7% | 71% |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 85% | 49.7% | 73.2% |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.6% | 52.4% | 73.5% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.1% | 52.3% | 74.4% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.3% | 56.5% | 76.3% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 75.7% | 45.1% | 73.3% |
2003 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 48.1% | 23.4% | 58% |
2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.8% | 31.6% | 62.7% |
2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.6% | 35.1% | 64.2% |
2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.2% | 31.6% | 60.6% |
2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.6% | 31.9% | 60% |
2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.4% | 36.3% | 61.6% |
2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.8% | 40% | 64.5% |
2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.3% | 40.3% | 64.1% |
2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 45.8% | 67.3% |
2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 61.8% | 34.5% | 65% |
2006 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 48.4% | 31.7% | 54.1% |
2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.5% | 25.7% | 57.3% |
2008 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 57.5% | 28.3% | 57.3% |
2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 52.1% | 32.3% | 58.1% |
2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 57% | 35% | 61.8% |
2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 61.7% | 39.5% | 67.1% |
2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 50.9% | 31.6% | 64.2% |
2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 90.6% | 40.6% | 68% |
2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 79.9% | 46.7% | 69.6% |
2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 86.6% | 49.7% | 72.3% |
2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 54.3% | 75.7% |
2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 92.6% | 57.2% | 78% |
2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 73.8% | 61.3% | 78.8% |
2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 66% | 52.3% | 77.2% |
2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 81.1% | 35.6% | 65.9% |
2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 71.2% | 36.6% | 63.5% |
2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 77% | 40.1% | 66.9% |
2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 82.2% | 42.7% | 67.6% |
2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 79.3% | 45.2% | 68.8% |
2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 69.5% | 45.4% | 69.9% |
2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 69.1% | 42% | 68.5% |
2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.3% | 39.4% | 66.5% |
2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.7% | 40.2% | 67.2% |
2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.8% | 48.4% | 70.6% |
2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.3% | 53.7% | 75.3% |
2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.5% | 57.1% | 77.9% |
2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.9% | 58.7% | 78.6% |
2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 75.4% | 56.2% | 80.1% |
2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.6% | 39.4% | 68.1% |
2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.2% | 40.7% | 66.8% |
2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.7% | 47.8% | 70% |
2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 90.6% | 50.2% | 71.4% |
2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 53.3% | 73.5% |
2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 90.4% | 55.7% | 76% |
2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 83% | 51.7% | 76% |
2003 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 47.1% | 19.7% | 51.3% |
2004 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 72.2% | 30.9% | 57.9% |
2005 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 82.9% | 39.4% | 62.9% |
2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 83.7% | 37% | 62.2% |
2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 92.2% | 43.9% | 67.9% |
2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 92.7% | 48.9% | 70.4% |
2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 85.2% | 50.6% | 71.3% |
2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 86.9% | 55.6% | 75.2% |
2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.4% | 57% | 76.9% |
2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.5% | 52.4% | 76.4% |
2003 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 69.3% | 30.4% | 63.4% |
2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 79.7% | 41.2% | 68.9% |
2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 81.9% | 39.6% | 64.1% |
2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 80.1% | 44.5% | 70.6% |
2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 93.8% | 49.4% | 75% |
2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 96.6% | 55.9% | 78.3% |
2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 97.9% | 62% | 80.5% |
2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 97.6% | 67% | 81.9% |
2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 95.8% | 62.6% | 81.8% |
2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 98.9% | 57.9% | 79.8% |
2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 77.5% | 21% | 52.7% |
2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 71% | 22.2% | 54.8% |
2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 74.7% | 25.9% | 57.2% |
2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 72.6% | 25.9% | 58.3% |
2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 67.1% | 23.6% | 59.7% |
2006 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 59.2% | 41.2% | 66.1% |
2007 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 82.2% | 45.7% | 71.8% |
2008 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.6% | 40.8% | 69.1% |
2009 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.2% | 46.7% | 71.2% |
2010 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 94% | 52.4% | 75.2% |
2011 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 93.5% | 50.3% | 73.1% |
2012 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.5% | 48.2% | 72.7% |
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* Conwell Russell Middle School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.