Franklin Benjamin High School
550 North Broad St Philadelphia PA, 19130, Philadelphia County Phone: 215-299-4662 Ranking:  (605 out of 626, bottom 3%)*Type: Regular High School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12 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: | 51 | 40 | 41 | 55 | 57 | 45 | 47 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 843 | 546 | 592 | 678 | 676 | 630 | 710 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 250 | 29.7% | 182 | 33.3% | 213 | 36.0% | 195 | 28.8% | 191 | 28.3% | 152 | 24.1% | 247 | 34.8% |
| Grade 10: | 226 | 26.8% | 150 | 27.5% | 132 | 22.3% | 155 | 22.9% | 154 | 22.8% | 207 | 32.9% | 171 | 24.1% |
| Grade 11: | 203 | 24.1% | 103 | 18.9% | 125 | 21.1% | 125 | 18.4% | 176 | 26.0% | 123 | 19.5% | 96 | 13.5% |
| Grade 12: | 164 | 19.5% | 111 | 20.3% | 122 | 20.6% | 189 | 27.9% | 137 | 20.3% | 133 | 21.1% | 179 | 25.2% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 477 | 56.6% | 301 | 55.1% | 324 | 54.7% | 349 | 51.5% | 332 | 49.1% | 294 | 46.7% | 364 | 51.3% |
| Female: | 366 | 43.4% | 245 | 44.9% | 268 | 45.3% | 329 | 48.5% | 335 | 49.6% | 324 | 51.4% | 340 | 47.9% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 33 | 3.9% | 32 | 5.9% | 31 | 5.2% | 36 | 5.3% | 20 | 3.0% | 19 | 3.0% | 27 | 3.8% |
| Hispanic: | 95 | 11.3% | 76 | 13.9% | 54 | 9.1% | 51 | 7.5% | 49 | 7.2% | 41 | 6.5% | 35 | 4.9% |
| Black: | 699 | 82.9% | 427 | 78.2% | 497 | 84.0% | 579 | 85.4% | 598 | 88.5% | 557 | 88.4% | 635 | 89.4% |
| White: | 8 | 0.9% | 4 | 0.7% | 5 | 0.8% | 6 | 0.9% | 7 | 1.0% | 9 | 1.4% | 11 | 1.5% |
| 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: | 8 | 0.9% | 5 | 0.9% | 4 | 0.7% | 4 | 0.6% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 840 | 99.6% | 543 | 99.5% | 589 | 99.5% | 664 | 97.9% | 658 | 97.3% | 520 | 82.5% | 576 | 81.1% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 44 | 7.0% | 49 | 6.9% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 16.64 | 13.49 | 14.56 | 12.33 | 11.86 | 14.00 | 15.30 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| PSSA | ||||||
| 2003 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 1.9% | 21.6% | 49.1% |
| 2004 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 2.8% | 22.9% | 49.1% |
| 2005 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 1% | 23.1% | 50.9% |
| 2006 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 5.7% | 26.9% | 52% |
| 2007 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 10.4% | 31% | 53.7% |
| 2008 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 15.2% | 32.6% | 55.9% |
| 2009 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 20.4% | 31.6% | 55.6% |
| 2010 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 18.4% | 36.3% | 59.6% |
| 2011 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 25.9% | 38.2% | 60.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 16.5% | 37.5% | 60% |
| 2003 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 5.7% | 30.1% | 59.2% |
| 2004 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 8% | 27% | 60.8% |
| 2005 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 3.6% | 30.6% | 65% |
| 2006 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 9.2% | 33.1% | 65.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 7.1% | 35.1% | 65.4% |
| 2008 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 18.8% | 37.3% | 64.7% |
| 2009 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 19.8% | 38% | 65.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 28% | 42.6% | 67.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 22.3% | 44.4% | 69.1% |
| 2012 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 20.9% | 43.3% | 67.8% |
| 2008 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 0% | 13.2% | 35.7% |
| 2009 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 2.2% | 14.9% | 39.7% |
| 2010 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 2.7% | 16.3% | 39.8% |
| 2011 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 1.3% | 15.7% | 40.8% |
| 2012 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 2.8% | 15.5% | 41.8% |
| 2005 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 11.7% | 38.4% | 69% |
| 2006 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 51.9% | 67.7% | 85.6% |
| 2007 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 61.9% | 72.4% | 87.9% |
| 2008 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 53.5% | 70.5% | 85.8% |
| 2009 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 61.6% | 64.3% | 82.7% |
| 2010 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 70% | 64.2% | 80.7% |
| 2011 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 47.6% | 66.5% | 84.7% |
| 2012 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 50% | 62.6% | 82.9% |
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* Franklin Benjamin High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.