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Franklin Benjamin School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

5735 Rising Sun Ave

Philadelphia PA, 19120, Philadelphia County

Phone: 215-728-5017

Ranking:

(2,212 out of 2,311, bottom 4%)*

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:	52		55		55		62		62		57		55
Total Students:	997		984		1,031		1,072		1,040		1,078		1,101
Kindergarten:	101	10.1%	96	9.8%	101	9.8%	119	11.1%	109	10.5%	108	10.0%	99	9.0%
Grade 1:	112	11.2%	105	10.7%	118	11.4%	113	10.5%	119	11.4%	124	11.5%	113	10.3%
Grade 2:	98	9.8%	100	10.2%	116	11.3%	136	12.7%	116	11.2%	119	11.0%	111	10.1%
Grade 3:	102	10.2%	109	11.1%	128	12.4%	107	10.0%	123	11.8%	98	9.1%	110	10.0%
Grade 4:	124	12.4%	129	13.1%	107	10.4%	136	12.7%	93	8.9%	109	10.1%	130	11.8%
Grade 5:	129	12.9%	110	11.2%	129	12.5%	104	9.7%	108	10.4%	131	12.2%	130	11.8%
Grade 6:	99	9.9%	132	13.4%	96	9.3%	109	10.2%	124	11.9%	124	11.5%	128	11.6%
Grade 7:	129	12.9%	99	10.1%	108	10.5%	132	12.3%	115	11.1%	131	12.2%	148	13.4%
Grade 8:	103	10.3%	104	10.6%	128	12.4%	116	10.8%	133	12.8%	134	12.4%	132	12.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	515	51.7%	517	52.5%	536	52.0%	547	51.0%	486	46.7%	510	47.3%	530	48.1%
Female:	482	48.3%	467	47.5%	495	48.0%	525	49.0%	487	46.8%	516	47.9%	532	48.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.2%	4	0.4%	2	0.2%
Asian:	57	5.7%	51	5.2%	47	4.6%	48	4.5%	46	4.4%	42	3.9%	55	5.0%
Hispanic:	211	21.2%	232	23.6%	244	23.7%	259	24.2%	212	20.4%	221	20.5%	205	18.6%
Black:	613	61.5%	598	60.8%	635	61.6%	647	60.4%	684	65.8%	725	67.3%	756	68.7%
White:	30	3.0%	28	2.8%	33	3.2%	42	3.9%	37	3.6%	42	3.9%	48	4.4%
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:	86	8.6%	75	7.6%	72	7.0%	76	7.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	821	82.3%	806	81.9%	721	69.9%	864	80.6%	718	69.0%	703	65.2%	707	64.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	52	5.2%	61	6.2%	64	6.2%	59	5.5%	95	9.1%	92	8.5%	84	7.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.17		18.02		18.64		17.18		16.67		18.80		19.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	56%	52%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	61%	59%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	50.9%	52.4%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	48%	55.3%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	52.1%	59.5%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	59.9%	66.5%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	58.9%	66.8%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	45.9%	49.4%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	48%	37%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	42%	42%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	43.5%	46.6%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	47%	52.1%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	40.4%	54%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	49.5%	52.6%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	42%	58.3%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	41.4%	44.6%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	49.6%	51.3%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	46.2%	53%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	33.6%	55.2%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	49.1%	61.2%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	53.2%	66.1%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	50.4%	68.2%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	44.9%	55.9%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	38.5%	36.1%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	40%	42.8%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	25.9%	42.8%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	35.5%	47.3%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	31.5%	49.5%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	44.7%	51.7%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	25.2%	41.8%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	37.4%	52.8%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	30.5%	53.9%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	41.8%	53.3%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	40.8%	56.8%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	32.3%	49%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	20.9%	23.1%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	35.9%	30.7%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	46.1%	45.8%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	43.4%	41.6%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	40.1%	44.7%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	46.3%	49.7%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	40.3%	52.4%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	42.7%	52.3%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	34.1%	56.5%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	42.4%	45.1%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	37.2%	23.4%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	47.8%	31.6%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	43%	35.1%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	31.8%	31.6%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	21.3%	31.9%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	32%	36.3%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	26.9%	40%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	29.1%	40.3%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	28.5%	45.8%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	33%	34.5%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	27.3%	31.7%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	36.9%	25.7%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	25.2%	28.3%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	32.2%	32.3%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	37.1%	35%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	36.6%	39.5%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	22.2%	31.6%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	32.3%	40.6%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	40.2%	46.7%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	40.2%	49.7%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	40.3%	54.3%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	44.1%	57.2%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	43.3%	61.3%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	60%	52.3%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	33.9%	35.6%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	26.2%	36.6%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	30.4%	40.1%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	38.6%	42.7%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	31.7%	45.2%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	28.3%	45.4%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	39.3%	42%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	53%	39.4%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	20.7%	40.2%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	43%	48.4%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	59.7%	53.7%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	51.4%	57.1%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	51.2%	58.7%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	54.1%	56.2%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	48.5%	39.4%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	29.8%	40.7%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	38.3%	47.8%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	43.6%	50.2%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	45.7%	53.3%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	53.7%	55.7%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	41%	51.7%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	55.8%	19.7%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	59.7%	30.9%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	56%	39.4%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	49%	37%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	47.3%	43.9%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	31.2%	48.9%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	55.1%	50.6%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.1%	55.6%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62.8%	57%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	42.3%	52.4%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	57.6%	30.4%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.4%	41.2%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	54.4%	39.6%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	39.5%	44.5%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	57.1%	49.4%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	42.9%	55.9%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	60.6%	62%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.2%	67%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	62.9%	62.6%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	58.5%	57.9%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	9.2%	21%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	10.2%	22.2%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	18.8%	25.9%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	22.1%	25.9%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	13.6%	23.6%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	31%	41.2%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	51.9%	45.7%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	23.1%	40.8%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	40.7%	46.7%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	62.5%	52.4%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	47.8%	50.3%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	50.4%	48.2%	72.7%

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* Franklin Benjamin School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.