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Freire Charter School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

2027 Chestnut St

Philadelphia PA, 19103, Philadelphia County

Phone: 215-557-8555

Ranking:

(321 out of 648, top 50%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Freire Charter School

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	20		16		19
Total Students:	505		495		417
Grade 9:	238	47.1%	207	41.8%	134	32.1%
Grade 10:	124	24.6%	105	21.2%	112	26.9%
Grade 11:	69	13.7%	101	20.4%	92	22.1%
Grade 12:	74	14.7%	82	16.6%	76	18.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	182	36.0%	187	37.8%	165	39.6%
Female:	315	62.4%	300	60.6%	248	59.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander:	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%
Hispanic:	3	0.6%	4	0.8%	4	1.0%
Black	499	98.8%	489	98.8%	412	98.8%
White:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	251	49.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	66	13.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student-Teacher Ratio:	25.22		30.60		21.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	2.8%	2.8%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	8.5%	N/A	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	25.5%	N/A	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	19.6%	N/A	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	29.5%	N/A	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	26.4%	N/A	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54.2%	N/A	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	84.9%	N/A	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	79.1%	N/A	60.3%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	19.5%	19.5%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	22%	N/A	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	27.5%	N/A	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	35.3%	N/A	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	50%	N/A	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	53.9%	N/A	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67%	N/A	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76.2%	N/A	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.7%	N/A	69.1%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	5.5%	N/A	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	9.7%	N/A	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	11.1%	N/A	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	10.2%	N/A	40.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	46%	N/A	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	98%	N/A	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.1%	N/A	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	97.8%	N/A	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88.6%	N/A	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93.7%	N/A	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93.5%	N/A	84.7%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	6.3%	6.3%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	13.3%	N/A	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	20.6%	N/A	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	35%	N/A	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	41.7%	N/A	67.9%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	9.4%	9.4%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	37.7%	N/A	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	34.9%	N/A	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	51.6%	N/A	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	60.4%	N/A	75%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	36.5%	N/A	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80.8%	N/A	71.8%

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* Freire Charter School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.