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Dick William School
2498 West Diamond St Philadelphia PA, 19121, Philadelphia County Phone: 215-684-5081 Ranking:  (2,183 out of 2,311, bottom 6%)*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: | 28 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 21 | 22 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 459 | 347 | 312 | 335 | 302 | 277 | 329 | |||||||
| Kindergarten: | 62 | 13.5% | 38 | 11.0% | 37 | 11.9% | 32 | 9.6% | 27 | 8.9% | 16 | 5.8% | 24 | 7.3% |
| Grade 1: | 61 | 13.3% | 46 | 13.3% | 43 | 13.8% | 36 | 10.7% | 20 | 6.6% | 26 | 9.4% | 31 | 9.4% |
| Grade 2: | 55 | 12.0% | 51 | 14.7% | 34 | 10.9% | 26 | 7.8% | 30 | 9.9% | 30 | 10.8% | 34 | 10.3% |
| Grade 3: | 67 | 14.6% | 41 | 11.8% | 25 | 8.0% | 34 | 10.1% | 28 | 9.3% | 31 | 11.2% | 41 | 12.5% |
| Grade 4: | 62 | 13.5% | 24 | 6.9% | 35 | 11.2% | 24 | 7.2% | 29 | 9.6% | 40 | 14.4% | 27 | 8.2% |
| Grade 5: | 40 | 8.7% | 34 | 9.8% | 22 | 7.1% | 31 | 9.3% | 37 | 12.3% | 20 | 7.2% | 36 | 10.9% |
| Grade 6: | 47 | 10.2% | 28 | 8.1% | 30 | 9.6% | 38 | 11.3% | 27 | 8.9% | 38 | 13.7% | 27 | 8.2% |
| Grade 7: | 38 | 8.3% | 28 | 8.1% | 42 | 13.5% | 33 | 9.9% | 39 | 12.9% | 28 | 10.1% | 30 | 9.1% |
| Grade 8: | 27 | 5.9% | 40 | 11.5% | 33 | 10.6% | 42 | 12.5% | 30 | 9.9% | 29 | 10.5% | 41 | 12.5% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 245 | 53.4% | 180 | 51.9% | 160 | 51.3% | 165 | 49.3% | 142 | 47.0% | 133 | 48.0% | 162 | 49.2% |
| Female: | 214 | 46.6% | 167 | 48.1% | 152 | 48.7% | 170 | 50.7% | 149 | 49.3% | 136 | 49.1% | 163 | 49.5% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Hispanic: | 15 | 3.3% | 5 | 1.4% | 3 | 1.0% | 3 | 0.9% | 2 | 0.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% |
| Black: | 427 | 93.0% | 328 | 94.5% | 299 | 95.8% | 326 | 97.3% | 297 | 98.3% | 275 | 99.3% | 328 | 99.7% |
| White: | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.7% | 0 | 0.0% |
| 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: | 16 | 3.5% | 14 | 4.0% | 9 | 2.9% | 6 | 1.8% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 456 | 99.3% | 330 | 95.1% | 301 | 96.5% | 296 | 88.4% | 267 | 88.4% | 245 | 88.4% | 267 | 81.2% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 10 | 3.6% | 11 | 3.3% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 16.39 | 15.77 | 13.57 | 13.96 | 11.62 | 13.20 | 15.00 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| PSSA | ||||||
| 2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 44% | 52% | 81% |
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 34% | 59% | 83% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 44.4% | 52.4% | 78.5% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 38.5% | 55.3% | 80.5% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 48.3% | 59.5% | 81.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 53.8% | 66.5% | 84.5% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 50% | 66.8% | 83.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 50% | 49.4% | 80% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 28% | 37% | 68% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 12% | 42% | 69% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 44.4% | 46.6% | 72.8% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 28.2% | 52.1% | 76.8% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 41.3% | 54% | 77% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 30.7% | 52.6% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 42.8% | 58.3% | 77.2% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 27.2% | 44.6% | 74.1% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 28.5% | 51.3% | 77.2% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 30.6% | 53% | 78% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 58.3% | 55.2% | 79.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.4% | 61.2% | 81.8% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 50% | 66.1% | 84.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.7% | 68.2% | 85.2% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 51.7% | 55.9% | 82.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 3.6% | 36.1% | 68.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 19.4% | 42.8% | 70.1% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 33.3% | 42.8% | 70.1% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 42.1% | 47.3% | 72.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 25% | 49.5% | 72.9% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 43.8% | 51.7% | 73.3% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 31% | 41.8% | 72.1% |
| 2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 52.1% | 52.8% | 81.5% |
| 2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 45% | 53.9% | 83.4% |
| 2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 28.6% | 53.3% | 81.4% |
| 2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 38.1% | 56.8% | 82.9% |
| 2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 43.8% | 49% | 82.3% |
| 2003 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 6.5% | 23.1% | 56.3% |
| 2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 17.4% | 30.7% | 61.8% |
| 2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 39% | 45.8% | 69% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 31.4% | 41.6% | 66.9% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 21.9% | 44.7% | 71% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 34.2% | 49.7% | 73.2% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 52.4% | 73.5% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 45.9% | 52.3% | 74.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 51.8% | 56.5% | 76.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 36.4% | 45.1% | 73.3% |
| 2003 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 16.1% | 23.4% | 58% |
| 2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 19.6% | 31.6% | 62.7% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 17.1% | 35.1% | 64.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 5.7% | 31.6% | 60.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 3.1% | 31.9% | 60% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 21.1% | 36.3% | 61.6% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 33.4% | 40% | 64.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 12.5% | 40.3% | 64.1% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 46.1% | 45.8% | 67.3% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 27.8% | 34.5% | 65% |
| 2006 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 18.2% | 31.7% | 54.1% |
| 2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 3.2% | 25.7% | 57.3% |
| 2008 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 18.9% | 28.3% | 57.3% |
| 2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 33.3% | 32.3% | 58.1% |
| 2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 25.6% | 35% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 44.8% | 39.5% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.6% | 31.6% | 64.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 34.7% | 40.6% | 68% |
| 2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 40.7% | 46.7% | 69.6% |
| 2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 21.5% | 49.7% | 72.3% |
| 2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 42.5% | 54.3% | 75.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 73.9% | 57.2% | 78% |
| 2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 58.1% | 61.3% | 78.8% |
| 2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 40% | 52.3% | 77.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 14.3% | 35.6% | 65.9% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 0% | 36.6% | 63.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 3.6% | 40.1% | 66.9% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 12.5% | 42.7% | 67.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 40% | 45.2% | 68.8% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 24.1% | 45.4% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 29.2% | 42% | 68.5% |
| 2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 20.9% | 39.4% | 66.5% |
| 2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 17.4% | 40.2% | 67.2% |
| 2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 57.7% | 48.4% | 70.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 53.9% | 53.7% | 75.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 72.2% | 57.1% | 77.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.6% | 58.7% | 78.6% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 62.5% | 56.2% | 80.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 34.9% | 39.4% | 68.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 19.6% | 40.7% | 66.8% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 34.6% | 47.8% | 70% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 23% | 50.2% | 71.4% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 46.3% | 53.3% | 73.5% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 57.7% | 55.7% | 76% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 50% | 51.7% | 76% |
| 2004 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 10% | 30.9% | 57.9% |
| 2005 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 29.2% | 39.4% | 62.9% |
| 2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 24.1% | 37% | 62.2% |
| 2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 25% | 43.9% | 67.9% |
| 2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 50% | 48.9% | 70.4% |
| 2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 51.7% | 50.6% | 71.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 81% | 55.6% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 74.3% | 57% | 76.9% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 86.2% | 52.4% | 76.4% |
| 2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 40% | 41.2% | 68.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 20.9% | 39.6% | 64.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 51.7% | 44.5% | 70.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 33.3% | 49.4% | 75% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 36.8% | 55.9% | 78.3% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 31% | 62% | 80.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 62.5% | 67% | 81.9% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 72.8% | 62.6% | 81.8% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 51.7% | 57.9% | 79.8% |
| 2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 0% | 21% | 52.7% |
| 2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 0% | 22.2% | 54.8% |
| 2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 8% | 25.9% | 57.2% |
| 2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 10.5% | 25.9% | 58.3% |
| 2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 0% | 23.6% | 59.7% |
| 2006 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 59.3% | 41.2% | 66.1% |
| 2007 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 40% | 45.7% | 71.8% |
| 2008 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 23.1% | 40.8% | 69.1% |
| 2009 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 25.9% | 46.7% | 71.2% |
| 2010 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 62.5% | 52.4% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 60.9% | 50.3% | 73.1% |
| 2012 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 72.4% | 48.2% | 72.7% |
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* Dick William School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.