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Howe Julia Ward School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

5800 North 13th St

Philadelphia PA, 19141, Philadelphia County

Phone: 215-276-5270

Ranking:

(2,179 out of 2,311, bottom 6%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

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:	14		15		20		22		22		19		19
Total Students:	266		274		293		322		293		271		311
Kindergarten:	44	16.5%	42	15.3%	37	12.6%	56	17.4%	43	14.7%	52	19.2%	48	15.4%
Grade 1:	46	17.3%	43	15.7%	60	20.5%	56	17.4%	66	22.5%	41	15.1%	48	15.4%
Grade 2:	43	16.2%	51	18.6%	59	20.1%	59	18.3%	38	13.0%	42	15.5%	54	17.4%
Grade 3:	48	18.0%	45	16.4%	51	17.4%	51	15.8%	47	16.0%	51	18.8%	43	13.8%
Grade 4:	38	14.3%	51	18.6%	50	17.1%	49	15.2%	57	19.5%	38	14.0%	60	19.3%
Grade 5:	47	17.7%	42	15.3%	36	12.3%	50	15.5%	41	14.0%	47	17.3%	58	18.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	136	51.1%	155	56.6%	160	54.6%	173	53.7%	159	54.3%	144	53.1%	162	52.1%
Female:	130	48.9%	119	43.4%	133	45.4%	149	46.3%	120	41.0%	118	43.5%	143	46.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.4%	1	0.4%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	1	0.4%	1	0.4%	2	0.7%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	5	1.9%	5	1.8%	10	3.4%	6	1.9%	5	1.7%	3	1.1%	6	1.9%
Black:	239	89.8%	248	90.5%	264	90.1%	304	94.4%	281	95.9%	265	97.8%	302	97.1%
White:	1	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	2	0.7%	1	0.3%
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:	19	7.1%	19	6.9%	16	5.5%	11	3.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	263	98.9%	271	98.9%	290	99.0%	319	99.1%	290	99.0%	204	75.3%	229	73.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	32	11.8%	36	11.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.55		18.00		14.65		14.64		13.32		14.30		16.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	34%	52%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	46%	59%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	56.6%	52.4%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	47.4%	55.3%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	38.3%	59.5%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	47.7%	66.5%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	65.1%	66.8%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	35.5%	49.4%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	28%	37%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	56%	42%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	49%	46.6%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	47.4%	52.1%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	40.4%	54%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	28.6%	52.6%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	58.1%	58.3%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	31.1%	44.6%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	33.4%	51.3%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	69.6%	53%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	46.9%	55.2%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	38.9%	61.2%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	46.3%	66.1%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	52.6%	68.2%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	37.3%	55.9%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	37%	36.1%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	54.4%	42.8%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	53%	42.8%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	30.6%	47.3%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	25.5%	49.5%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	42.1%	51.7%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	23.3%	41.8%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	64%	52.8%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	38.9%	53.9%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	28.3%	53.3%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	52.6%	56.8%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	35.5%	49%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	53.5%	23.1%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.8%	30.7%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.1%	45.8%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.5%	41.6%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.3%	44.7%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.9%	49.7%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.9%	52.4%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	55.6%	52.3%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	57.1%	56.5%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60%	45.1%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.4%	23.4%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.1%	31.6%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.3%	35.1%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	43.1%	31.6%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	54.8%	31.9%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.9%	36.3%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	33.3%	40%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	41.6%	40.3%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	46.9%	45.8%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	30%	34.5%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	18.2%	31.7%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	21.2%	25.7%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	37.7%	28.3%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	16.3%	32.3%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	16.7%	35%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	34%	39.5%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	40%	31.6%	64.2%

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