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Furness Horace High School
1900 South 3rd St Philadelphia PA, 19148, Philadelphia County Phone: 215-952-6226 Ranking:  (580 out of 626, bottom 7%)*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: | 37 | 37 | 43 | 61 | 63 | 52 | 49 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 694 | 550 | 591 | 597 | 643 | 724 | 796 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 210 | 30.3% | 150 | 27.3% | 155 | 26.2% | 171 | 28.6% | 179 | 27.8% | 193 | 26.7% | 241 | 30.3% |
| Grade 10: | 179 | 25.8% | 131 | 23.8% | 171 | 28.9% | 181 | 30.3% | 158 | 24.6% | 202 | 27.9% | 248 | 31.2% |
| Grade 11: | 157 | 22.6% | 138 | 25.1% | 160 | 27.1% | 115 | 19.3% | 126 | 19.6% | 185 | 25.6% | 179 | 22.5% |
| Grade 12: | 148 | 21.3% | 131 | 23.8% | 105 | 17.8% | 130 | 21.8% | 180 | 28.0% | 144 | 19.9% | 128 | 16.1% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 415 | 59.8% | 321 | 58.4% | 319 | 54.0% | 314 | 52.6% | 327 | 50.9% | 374 | 51.7% | 420 | 52.8% |
| Female: | 279 | 40.2% | 229 | 41.6% | 272 | 46.0% | 283 | 47.4% | 303 | 47.1% | 336 | 46.4% | 369 | 46.4% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.3% |
| Asian: | 357 | 51.4% | 271 | 49.3% | 254 | 43.0% | 233 | 39.0% | 204 | 31.7% | 206 | 28.5% | 221 | 27.8% |
| Hispanic: | 92 | 13.3% | 66 | 12.0% | 55 | 9.3% | 53 | 8.9% | 62 | 9.6% | 74 | 10.2% | 77 | 9.7% |
| Black: | 174 | 25.1% | 161 | 29.3% | 209 | 35.4% | 234 | 39.2% | 292 | 45.4% | 338 | 46.7% | 397 | 49.9% |
| White: | 61 | 8.8% | 42 | 7.6% | 66 | 11.2% | 68 | 11.4% | 79 | 12.3% | 98 | 13.5% | 96 | 12.1% |
| 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: | 9 | 1.3% | 9 | 1.6% | 5 | 0.8% | 8 | 1.3% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 691 | 99.6% | 547 | 99.5% | 588 | 99.5% | 594 | 99.5% | 640 | 99.5% | 531 | 73.3% | 583 | 73.2% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 89 | 12.3% | 98 | 12.3% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 18.95 | 14.69 | 13.68 | 9.86 | 10.21 | 14.00 | 16.40 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| PSSA | ||||||
| 2003 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 13.3% | 21.6% | 49.1% |
| 2004 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 31.3% | 22.9% | 49.1% |
| 2005 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 15.1% | 23.1% | 50.9% |
| 2006 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 15.6% | 26.9% | 52% |
| 2007 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 26.1% | 31% | 53.7% |
| 2008 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 27% | 32.6% | 55.9% |
| 2009 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 20.7% | 31.6% | 55.6% |
| 2010 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 51.1% | 36.3% | 59.6% |
| 2011 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 63.2% | 38.2% | 60.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 41.5% | 37.5% | 60% |
| 2003 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 16.8% | 30.1% | 59.2% |
| 2004 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 13.6% | 27% | 60.8% |
| 2005 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 21.6% | 30.6% | 65% |
| 2006 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 14% | 33.1% | 65.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 22.5% | 35.1% | 65.4% |
| 2008 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 19.7% | 37.3% | 64.7% |
| 2009 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 22.5% | 38% | 65.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 30.1% | 42.6% | 67.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 42.2% | 44.4% | 69.1% |
| 2012 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 27.1% | 43.3% | 67.8% |
| 2008 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 3.1% | 13.2% | 35.7% |
| 2009 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 5.6% | 14.9% | 39.7% |
| 2010 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 1.1% | 16.3% | 39.8% |
| 2011 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 1.1% | 15.7% | 40.8% |
| 2012 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 4.3% | 15.5% | 41.8% |
| 2005 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 41.4% | 38.4% | 69% |
| 2006 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 69.4% | 67.7% | 85.6% |
| 2007 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 69.9% | 72.4% | 87.9% |
| 2008 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 64.5% | 70.5% | 85.8% |
| 2009 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 53.1% | 64.3% | 82.7% |
| 2010 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 56.7% | 64.2% | 80.7% |
| 2011 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 71.6% | 66.5% | 84.7% |
| 2012 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 47.2% | 62.6% | 82.9% |
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* Furness Horace 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.