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Fairhill School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

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%	N/A
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	59%	N/A
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	66.2%	52.4%	N/A
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	55.3%	N/A
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	61.8%	59.5%	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74.2%	66.5%	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	28.3%	66.8%	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	17.9%	49.4%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	29%	37%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	55%	42%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	60%	46.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66.6%	52.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	58.2%	54%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64.5%	52.6%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	30.2%	58.3%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	16.7%	44.6%	N/A
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	34.4%	51.3%	N/A
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.3%	53%	N/A
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	74.2%	55.2%	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	45%	61.2%	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	50.9%	66.1%	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	54.7%	68.2%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	32.4%	55.9%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	6.6%	36.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	56.7%	42.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	53.4%	42.8%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	28.3%	47.3%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	23.7%	49.5%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	39.6%	51.7%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	16.7%	41.8%	N/A
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	56%	52.8%	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	32.2%	53.9%	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	45.6%	53.3%	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	60.3%	56.8%	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	26.7%	49%	N/A
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	30.3%	23.1%	N/A
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	54.6%	30.7%	N/A
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63.9%	45.8%	N/A
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.4%	41.6%	N/A
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74%	44.7%	N/A
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.6%	49.7%	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.2%	52.4%	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	50.9%	52.3%	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	19.2%	56.5%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	15%	45.1%	N/A
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	21.1%	23.4%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	38.2%	31.6%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	43%	35.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	48.9%	31.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68%	31.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62%	36.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	44.2%	40%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	41.8%	40.3%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	9.6%	45.8%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	12.2%	34.5%	N/A
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	16.9%	31.7%	N/A
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	22.4%	25.7%	N/A
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	11.4%	28.3%	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	21.6%	32.3%	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	38.2%	35%	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	15.7%	39.5%	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	15.6%	31.6%	N/A
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	35.3%	40.6%	N/A
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	51.4%	46.7%	N/A
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	72%	49.7%	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	51.5%	54.3%	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	56%	57.2%	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	37.3%	61.3%	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	6.5%	52.3%	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	26.5%	35.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	26.4%	36.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	52%	40.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	34.8%	42.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	40%	45.2%	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	24%	45.4%	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	15.6%	42%	N/A
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	47.4%	39.4%	N/A
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	44.3%	40.2%	N/A
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	50%	48.4%	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	35.6%	53.7%	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	38.9%	57.1%	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	16%	58.7%	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	39.6%	56.2%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	24.6%	39.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	42.6%	40.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	40.6%	47.8%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	42.2%	50.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	27.8%	53.3%	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	24.5%	55.7%	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	20.9%	51.7%	N/A
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	8.4%	19.7%	N/A
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	29.8%	30.9%	N/A
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	48.3%	39.4%	N/A
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	25.8%	37%	N/A
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62.2%	43.9%	N/A
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	59.7%	48.9%	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	47.6%	50.6%	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	34.9%	55.6%	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	24.1%	57%	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	15.1%	52.4%	N/A
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	13.6%	30.4%	N/A
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	40.4%	41.2%	N/A
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	43.1%	39.6%	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	25.8%	44.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	47.2%	49.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	62.9%	55.9%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	55.8%	62%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	55.8%	67%	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	37.9%	62.6%	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	33.3%	57.9%	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	17.2%	21%	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	8.2%	22.2%	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	9.8%	25.9%	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	8.6%	25.9%	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	5.9%	23.6%	N/A
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	45.8%	41.2%	N/A
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	48.9%	45.7%	N/A
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	49.2%	40.8%	N/A
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	51.6%	46.7%	N/A
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	69.8%	52.4%	N/A
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	33.3%	50.3%	N/A
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	13.2%	48.2%	N/A

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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.