Fairhill School
601 West Somerset St Philadelphia PA, 19133, Philadelphia County Phone: 215-227-4406 Ranking:  (2,167 out of 2,311, bottom 6%)*Type: Regular School Status: Closed Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8 School District: Philadelphia City School District Title I Eligible School: 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: | NA | NA | 36 | 39 | 41 | 44 | 38 | 45 | ||||||
| Total Students: | NA | NA | 502 | 529 | 595 | 568 | 584 | 612 | ||||||
| Prekindergarten: | NA | NA | 28 | 5.6% | 5 | 0.9% | 39 | 6.6% | 38 | 6.7% | 31 | 5.3% | 19 | 3.1% |
| Kindergarten: | NA | NA | 53 | 10.6% | 71 | 13.4% | 59 | 9.9% | 64 | 11.3% | 55 | 9.4% | 60 | 9.8% |
| Grade 1: | NA | NA | 64 | 12.7% | 56 | 10.6% | 67 | 11.3% | 70 | 12.3% | 60 | 10.3% | 71 | 11.6% |
| Grade 2: | NA | NA | 59 | 11.8% | 73 | 13.8% | 74 | 12.4% | 59 | 10.4% | 71 | 12.2% | 62 | 10.1% |
| Grade 3: | NA | NA | 66 | 13.1% | 67 | 12.7% | 58 | 9.7% | 61 | 10.7% | 57 | 9.8% | 63 | 10.3% |
| Grade 4: | NA | NA | 56 | 11.2% | 54 | 10.2% | 61 | 10.3% | 61 | 10.7% | 68 | 11.6% | 67 | 10.9% |
| Grade 5: | NA | NA | 46 | 9.2% | 56 | 10.6% | 62 | 10.4% | 57 | 10.0% | 57 | 9.8% | 76 | 12.4% |
| Grade 6: | NA | NA | 45 | 9.0% | 48 | 9.1% | 60 | 10.1% | 52 | 9.2% | 69 | 11.8% | 55 | 9.0% |
| Grade 7: | NA | NA | 43 | 8.6% | 53 | 10.0% | 53 | 8.9% | 62 | 10.9% | 48 | 8.2% | 71 | 11.6% |
| Grade 8: | NA | NA | 42 | 8.4% | 46 | 8.7% | 62 | 10.4% | 44 | 7.7% | 68 | 11.6% | 68 | 11.1% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | NA | NA | 247 | 49.2% | 286 | 54.1% | 309 | 51.9% | 290 | 51.1% | 308 | 52.7% | 310 | 50.7% |
| Female: | NA | NA | 255 | 50.8% | 243 | 45.9% | 286 | 48.1% | 261 | 46.0% | 265 | 45.4% | 298 | 48.7% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | NA | NA | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% |
| Asian: | NA | NA | 3 | 0.6% | 3 | 0.6% | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Hispanic: | NA | NA | 372 | 74.1% | 395 | 74.7% | 456 | 76.6% | 437 | 76.9% | 455 | 77.9% | 479 | 78.3% |
| Black: | NA | NA | 109 | 21.7% | 113 | 21.4% | 121 | 20.3% | 112 | 19.7% | 119 | 20.4% | 131 | 21.4% |
| White: | NA | NA | 3 | 0.6% | 5 | 0.9% | 5 | 0.8% | 7 | 1.2% | 6 | 1.0% | 1 | 0.2% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | NA | NA | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | NA | NA | 15 | 3.0% | 13 | 2.5% | 11 | 1.8% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | NA | NA | 474 | 94.4% | 524 | 99.1% | 556 | 93.4% | 530 | 93.3% | 503 | 86.1% | 530 | 86.6% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | NA | NA | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 28 | 4.8% | 30 | 4.9% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | NA | NA | 13.89 | 13.54 | 14.44 | 12.81 | 15.20 | 13.50 | ||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| PSSA | ||||||
| 2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 51% | 52% | 81% |
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71% | 59% | 83% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 66.2% | 52.4% | 78.5% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80% | 55.3% | 80.5% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 61.8% | 59.5% | 81.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74.2% | 66.5% | 84.5% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 28.3% | 66.8% | 83.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 17.9% | 49.4% | 80% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 29% | 37% | 68% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 55% | 42% | 69% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 60% | 46.6% | 72.8% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 66.6% | 52.1% | 76.8% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 58.2% | 54% | 77% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 64.5% | 52.6% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 30.2% | 58.3% | 77.2% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 16.7% | 44.6% | 74.1% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 34.4% | 51.3% | 77.2% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.3% | 53% | 78% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.2% | 55.2% | 79.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 45% | 61.2% | 81.8% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 50.9% | 66.1% | 84.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 54.7% | 68.2% | 85.2% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 32.4% | 55.9% | 82.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 6.6% | 36.1% | 68.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 56.7% | 42.8% | 70.1% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 53.4% | 42.8% | 70.1% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 28.3% | 47.3% | 72.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 23.7% | 49.5% | 72.9% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 39.6% | 51.7% | 73.3% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 16.7% | 41.8% | 72.1% |
| 2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 56% | 52.8% | 81.5% |
| 2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 32.2% | 53.9% | 83.4% |
| 2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 45.6% | 53.3% | 81.4% |
| 2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 60.3% | 56.8% | 82.9% |
| 2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 26.7% | 49% | 82.3% |
| 2003 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 30.3% | 23.1% | 56.3% |
| 2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 54.6% | 30.7% | 61.8% |
| 2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.9% | 45.8% | 69% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.4% | 41.6% | 66.9% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 74% | 44.7% | 71% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.6% | 49.7% | 73.2% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.2% | 52.4% | 73.5% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 50.9% | 52.3% | 74.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 19.2% | 56.5% | 76.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 15% | 45.1% | 73.3% |
| 2003 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 21.1% | 23.4% | 58% |
| 2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 38.2% | 31.6% | 62.7% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 43% | 35.1% | 64.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 48.9% | 31.6% | 60.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 68% | 31.9% | 60% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 62% | 36.3% | 61.6% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 44.2% | 40% | 64.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 41.8% | 40.3% | 64.1% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 9.6% | 45.8% | 67.3% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 12.2% | 34.5% | 65% |
| 2006 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 16.9% | 31.7% | 54.1% |
| 2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 22.4% | 25.7% | 57.3% |
| 2008 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 11.4% | 28.3% | 57.3% |
| 2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 21.6% | 32.3% | 58.1% |
| 2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 38.2% | 35% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 15.7% | 39.5% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 15.6% | 31.6% | 64.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 35.3% | 40.6% | 68% |
| 2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 51.4% | 46.7% | 69.6% |
| 2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 72% | 49.7% | 72.3% |
| 2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 51.5% | 54.3% | 75.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 56% | 57.2% | 78% |
| 2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 37.3% | 61.3% | 78.8% |
| 2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 6.5% | 52.3% | 77.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 26.5% | 35.6% | 65.9% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 26.4% | 36.6% | 63.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 52% | 40.1% | 66.9% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 34.8% | 42.7% | 67.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 40% | 45.2% | 68.8% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 24% | 45.4% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 15.6% | 42% | 68.5% |
| 2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.4% | 39.4% | 66.5% |
| 2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 44.3% | 40.2% | 67.2% |
| 2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 50% | 48.4% | 70.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 35.6% | 53.7% | 75.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 38.9% | 57.1% | 77.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 16% | 58.7% | 78.6% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 39.6% | 56.2% | 80.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 24.6% | 39.4% | 68.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 42.6% | 40.7% | 66.8% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 40.6% | 47.8% | 70% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 42.2% | 50.2% | 71.4% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 27.8% | 53.3% | 73.5% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 24.5% | 55.7% | 76% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 20.9% | 51.7% | 76% |
| 2003 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 8.4% | 19.7% | 51.3% |
| 2004 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 29.8% | 30.9% | 57.9% |
| 2005 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 48.3% | 39.4% | 62.9% |
| 2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 25.8% | 37% | 62.2% |
| 2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 62.2% | 43.9% | 67.9% |
| 2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 59.7% | 48.9% | 70.4% |
| 2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 47.6% | 50.6% | 71.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 34.9% | 55.6% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 24.1% | 57% | 76.9% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 15.1% | 52.4% | 76.4% |
| 2003 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 13.6% | 30.4% | 63.4% |
| 2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 40.4% | 41.2% | 68.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 43.1% | 39.6% | 64.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 25.8% | 44.5% | 70.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 47.2% | 49.4% | 75% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 62.9% | 55.9% | 78.3% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 55.8% | 62% | 80.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 55.8% | 67% | 81.9% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 37.9% | 62.6% | 81.8% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 33.3% | 57.9% | 79.8% |
| 2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 17.2% | 21% | 52.7% |
| 2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 8.2% | 22.2% | 54.8% |
| 2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 9.8% | 25.9% | 57.2% |
| 2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 8.6% | 25.9% | 58.3% |
| 2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 5.9% | 23.6% | 59.7% |
| 2006 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 45.8% | 41.2% | 66.1% |
| 2007 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 48.9% | 45.7% | 71.8% |
| 2008 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 49.2% | 40.8% | 69.1% |
| 2009 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 51.6% | 46.7% | 71.2% |
| 2010 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 69.8% | 52.4% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 33.3% | 50.3% | 73.1% |
| 2012 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 13.2% | 48.2% | 72.7% |
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* Fairhill School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.