Farrell Louis H School
8300 Castor Ave Philadelphia PA, 19152, Philadelphia County Phone: 215-728-5009 Ranking:  (1,773 out of 2,311, bottom 23%)*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: | 53 | 56 | 58 | 58 | 51 | 50 | 48 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 995 | 984 | 953 | 926 | 872 | 819 | 820 | |||||||
| Kindergarten: | 102 | 10.3% | 122 | 12.4% | 118 | 12.4% | 107 | 11.6% | 98 | 11.2% | 77 | 9.4% | 66 | 8.0% |
| Grade 1: | 125 | 12.6% | 125 | 12.7% | 134 | 14.1% | 112 | 12.1% | 100 | 11.5% | 82 | 10.0% | 90 | 11.0% |
| Grade 2: | 120 | 12.1% | 128 | 13.0% | 108 | 11.3% | 101 | 10.9% | 84 | 9.6% | 93 | 11.4% | 79 | 9.6% |
| Grade 3: | 131 | 13.2% | 114 | 11.6% | 102 | 10.7% | 95 | 10.3% | 103 | 11.8% | 67 | 8.2% | 98 | 12.0% |
| Grade 4: | 118 | 11.9% | 102 | 10.4% | 96 | 10.1% | 116 | 12.5% | 64 | 7.3% | 90 | 11.0% | 98 | 12.0% |
| Grade 5: | 104 | 10.5% | 92 | 9.3% | 107 | 11.2% | 70 | 7.6% | 88 | 10.1% | 97 | 11.8% | 94 | 11.5% |
| Grade 6: | 100 | 10.1% | 109 | 11.1% | 82 | 8.6% | 97 | 10.5% | 107 | 12.3% | 100 | 12.2% | 95 | 11.6% |
| Grade 7: | 107 | 10.8% | 90 | 9.1% | 101 | 10.6% | 110 | 11.9% | 110 | 12.6% | 108 | 13.2% | 95 | 11.6% |
| Grade 8: | 88 | 8.8% | 102 | 10.4% | 105 | 11.0% | 118 | 12.7% | 118 | 13.5% | 105 | 12.8% | 105 | 12.8% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 495 | 49.7% | 503 | 51.1% | 477 | 50.1% | 480 | 51.8% | 424 | 48.6% | 422 | 51.5% | 419 | 51.1% |
| Female: | 500 | 50.3% | 481 | 48.9% | 476 | 49.9% | 446 | 48.2% | 374 | 42.9% | 346 | 42.2% | 357 | 43.5% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 2 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.2% |
| Asian: | 120 | 12.1% | 130 | 13.2% | 126 | 13.2% | 129 | 13.9% | 114 | 13.1% | 111 | 13.6% | 103 | 12.6% |
| Hispanic: | 153 | 15.4% | 149 | 15.1% | 138 | 14.5% | 128 | 13.8% | 120 | 13.8% | 102 | 12.5% | 88 | 10.7% |
| Black: | 167 | 16.8% | 166 | 16.9% | 161 | 16.9% | 136 | 14.7% | 125 | 14.3% | 122 | 14.9% | 137 | 16.7% |
| White: | 411 | 41.3% | 407 | 41.4% | 410 | 43.0% | 432 | 46.7% | 445 | 51.0% | 439 | 53.6% | 450 | 54.9% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 141 | 14.2% | 130 | 13.2% | 116 | 12.2% | 98 | 10.6% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 676 | 67.9% | NA | NA | 431 | 45.2% | 447 | 48.3% | 451 | 51.7% | 412 | 50.3% | 415 | 50.6% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 63 | 6.3% | NA | NA | 79 | 8.3% | 67 | 7.2% | 59 | 6.8% | 48 | 5.9% | 41 | 5.0% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 18.62 | 17.58 | 16.47 | 15.86 | 16.95 | 16.20 | 17.30 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| PSSA | ||||||
| 2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74% | 52% | 81% |
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77% | 59% | 83% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.3% | 52.4% | 78.5% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.8% | 55.3% | 80.5% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.2% | 59.5% | 81.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71% | 66.5% | 84.5% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78.4% | 66.8% | 83.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.3% | 49.4% | 80% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 64% | 37% | 68% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 56% | 42% | 69% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 72.6% | 46.6% | 72.8% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 60% | 52.1% | 76.8% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 69.6% | 54% | 77% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 47.3% | 52.6% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 72.4% | 58.3% | 77.2% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 55.2% | 44.6% | 74.1% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 70.7% | 51.3% | 77.2% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.8% | 53% | 78% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 70.3% | 55.2% | 79.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.2% | 61.2% | 81.8% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.9% | 66.1% | 84.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 69.5% | 68.2% | 85.2% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 79% | 55.9% | 82.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 56% | 36.1% | 68.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 53.2% | 42.8% | 70.1% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.1% | 42.8% | 70.1% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 47.1% | 47.3% | 72.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 52.6% | 49.5% | 72.9% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 53.7% | 51.7% | 73.3% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 65.9% | 41.8% | 72.1% |
| 2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.9% | 52.8% | 81.5% |
| 2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 60.2% | 53.9% | 83.4% |
| 2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 56.9% | 53.3% | 81.4% |
| 2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 67.6% | 56.8% | 82.9% |
| 2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.6% | 49% | 82.3% |
| 2003 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.1% | 23.1% | 56.3% |
| 2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 67% | 30.7% | 61.8% |
| 2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.4% | 45.8% | 69% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.3% | 41.6% | 66.9% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.2% | 44.7% | 71% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.1% | 49.7% | 73.2% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.3% | 52.4% | 73.5% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 59.3% | 52.3% | 74.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.9% | 56.5% | 76.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 64.3% | 45.1% | 73.3% |
| 2003 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 36.4% | 23.4% | 58% |
| 2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 48.4% | 31.6% | 62.7% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 51.2% | 35.1% | 64.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 50% | 31.6% | 60.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 58% | 31.9% | 60% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 54.6% | 36.3% | 61.6% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 52.1% | 40% | 64.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 37.6% | 40.3% | 64.1% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 50.8% | 45.8% | 67.3% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 48.2% | 34.5% | 65% |
| 2006 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 37.2% | 31.7% | 54.1% |
| 2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 31.3% | 25.7% | 57.3% |
| 2008 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 54.7% | 28.3% | 57.3% |
| 2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 52.4% | 32.3% | 58.1% |
| 2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 34.5% | 35% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 56.7% | 39.5% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 55.4% | 31.6% | 64.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 63.5% | 40.6% | 68% |
| 2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 71.3% | 46.7% | 69.6% |
| 2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 73.7% | 49.7% | 72.3% |
| 2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 79.3% | 54.3% | 75.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 76.9% | 57.2% | 78% |
| 2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 66% | 61.3% | 78.8% |
| 2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 75.3% | 52.3% | 77.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 55.9% | 35.6% | 65.9% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 58.5% | 36.6% | 63.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 58.9% | 40.1% | 66.9% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 66% | 42.7% | 67.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 67.6% | 45.2% | 68.8% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 60.9% | 45.4% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 57.1% | 42% | 68.5% |
| 2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 62% | 39.4% | 66.5% |
| 2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 60.2% | 40.2% | 67.2% |
| 2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 73.9% | 48.4% | 70.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 72.3% | 53.7% | 75.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 80.8% | 57.1% | 77.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.7% | 58.7% | 78.6% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.1% | 56.2% | 80.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.6% | 39.4% | 68.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.4% | 40.7% | 66.8% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 74% | 47.8% | 70% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 70.5% | 50.2% | 71.4% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 79.2% | 53.3% | 73.5% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.7% | 55.7% | 76% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 77.4% | 51.7% | 76% |
| 2003 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 47% | 19.7% | 51.3% |
| 2004 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 67% | 30.9% | 57.9% |
| 2005 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 75.3% | 39.4% | 62.9% |
| 2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 60.6% | 37% | 62.2% |
| 2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 70.4% | 43.9% | 67.9% |
| 2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 67.3% | 48.9% | 70.4% |
| 2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 74.1% | 50.6% | 71.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 81% | 55.6% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 77% | 57% | 76.9% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 77.5% | 52.4% | 76.4% |
| 2003 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 54.3% | 30.4% | 63.4% |
| 2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 73.7% | 41.2% | 68.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 64.4% | 39.6% | 64.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 59.2% | 44.5% | 70.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 72.4% | 49.4% | 75% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 77.9% | 55.9% | 78.3% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 85.6% | 62% | 80.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.1% | 67% | 81.9% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 83.9% | 62.6% | 81.8% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 57.9% | 79.8% |
| 2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 50.5% | 21% | 52.7% |
| 2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 51.4% | 22.2% | 54.8% |
| 2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 46.5% | 25.9% | 57.2% |
| 2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 40.2% | 25.9% | 58.3% |
| 2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 49.4% | 23.6% | 59.7% |
| 2006 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 61.2% | 41.2% | 66.1% |
| 2007 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 62.4% | 45.7% | 71.8% |
| 2008 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 55.3% | 40.8% | 69.1% |
| 2009 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 66.4% | 46.7% | 71.2% |
| 2010 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 79.8% | 52.4% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 71.9% | 50.3% | 73.1% |
| 2012 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 85.4% | 48.2% | 72.7% |
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* Farrell Louis H School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.