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Girls High School
1400 West Olney Ave
Philadelphia PA, 19141, Philadelphia County
Phone: 215-276-5258
Ranking: 
(23 out of 626, top 4%)*
(23 out of 626, top 4%)*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: | 44 | 60 | 53 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 51 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 1,110 | 1,170 | 993 | 1,124 | 1,103 | 1,044 | 1,103 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 279 | 25.1% | 424 | 36.2% | 242 | 24.4% | 291 | 25.9% | 325 | 29.5% | 244 | 23.4% | 298 | 27.0% |
| Grade 10: | 377 | 34.0% | 231 | 19.7% | 284 | 28.6% | 303 | 27.0% | 231 | 20.9% | 284 | 27.2% | 268 | 24.3% |
| Grade 11: | 204 | 18.4% | 260 | 22.2% | 267 | 26.9% | 228 | 20.3% | 278 | 25.2% | 252 | 24.1% | 253 | 22.9% |
| Grade 12: | 250 | 22.5% | 255 | 21.8% | 200 | 20.1% | 271 | 24.1% | 239 | 21.7% | 230 | 22.0% | 249 | 22.6% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 19 | 1.7% | 11 | 1.0% | 15 | 1.4% | 17 | 1.5% |
| Female: | 1,110 | 100.0% | 1,170 | 100.0% | 993 | 100.0% | 1,105 | 98.3% | 1,077 | 97.6% | 1,015 | 97.2% | 1,076 | 97.6% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.3% |
| Asian: | 186 | 16.8% | 176 | 15.0% | 165 | 16.6% | 193 | 17.2% | 184 | 16.7% | 169 | 16.2% | 161 | 14.6% |
| Hispanic: | 117 | 10.5% | 127 | 10.9% | 86 | 8.7% | 93 | 8.3% | 87 | 7.9% | 85 | 8.1% | 90 | 8.2% |
| Black: | 715 | 64.4% | 775 | 66.2% | 655 | 66.0% | 726 | 64.6% | 709 | 64.3% | 658 | 63.0% | 715 | 64.8% |
| White: | 64 | 5.8% | 80 | 6.8% | 77 | 7.8% | 101 | 9.0% | 114 | 10.3% | 124 | 11.9% | 128 | 11.6% |
| 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: | 28 | 2.5% | 12 | 1.0% | 10 | 1.0% | 10 | 0.9% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 753 | 67.8% | 714 | 61.0% | 369 | 37.2% | 498 | 44.3% | 474 | 43.0% | 429 | 41.1% | 445 | 40.3% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 73 | 6.6% | 94 | 8.0% | 42 | 4.2% | 97 | 8.6% | 88 | 8.0% | 82 | 7.9% | 99 | 9.0% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 25.41 | 19.38 | 18.77 | 19.74 | 19.36 | 18.20 | 21.70 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| PSSA | ||||||
| 2003 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 63.2% | 21.6% | 49.1% |
| 2004 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 78% | 22.9% | 49.1% |
| 2005 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 75.3% | 23.1% | 50.9% |
| 2006 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 79.6% | 26.9% | 52% |
| 2007 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 77% | 31% | 53.7% |
| 2008 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 79.3% | 32.6% | 55.9% |
| 2009 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 76.3% | 31.6% | 55.6% |
| 2010 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 77.1% | 36.3% | 59.6% |
| 2011 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 82.4% | 38.2% | 60.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 67.7% | 37.5% | 60% |
| 2003 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 86% | 30.1% | 59.2% |
| 2004 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 80.3% | 27% | 60.8% |
| 2005 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 88.1% | 30.6% | 65% |
| 2006 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 89.6% | 33.1% | 65.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 86.8% | 35.1% | 65.4% |
| 2008 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 85.3% | 37.3% | 64.7% |
| 2009 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 88.1% | 38% | 65.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 90.8% | 42.6% | 67.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 44.4% | 69.1% |
| 2012 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 76.5% | 43.3% | 67.8% |
| 2008 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 19.4% | 13.2% | 35.7% |
| 2009 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 29.3% | 14.9% | 39.7% |
| 2010 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 30.6% | 16.3% | 39.8% |
| 2011 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 27.4% | 15.7% | 40.8% |
| 2012 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 20% | 15.5% | 41.8% |
| 2005 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 93.3% | 38.4% | 69% |
| 2006 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 99.6% | 67.7% | 85.6% |
| 2007 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 99.7% | 72.4% | 87.9% |
| 2008 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 99.5% | 70.5% | 85.8% |
| 2009 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 99.6% | 64.3% | 82.7% |
| 2010 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 95.1% | 64.2% | 80.7% |
| 2011 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 100% | 66.5% | 84.7% |
| 2012 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 98.4% | 62.6% | 82.9% |
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* Girls High School was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.