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Independence Charter School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

1600 Lombard St

Philadelphia PA, 19146, Philadelphia County

Phone: 215-238-8000

Ranking:

(1,455 out of 2,311, bottom 37%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

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:	59		54		56		53		60		57		58
Total Students:	816		814		788		775		748		722		688
Kindergarten:	90	11.0%	92	11.3%	88	11.2%	88	11.4%	86	11.5%	85	11.8%	87	12.6%
Grade 1:	96	11.8%	94	11.5%	93	11.8%	95	12.3%	92	12.3%	85	11.8%	92	13.4%
Grade 2:	94	11.5%	93	11.4%	96	12.2%	97	12.5%	91	12.2%	96	13.3%	92	13.4%
Grade 3:	96	11.8%	96	11.8%	94	11.9%	91	11.7%	91	12.2%	89	12.3%	94	13.7%
Grade 4:	98	12.0%	96	11.8%	94	11.9%	97	12.5%	88	11.8%	93	12.9%	80	11.6%
Grade 5:	93	11.4%	89	10.9%	92	11.7%	87	11.2%	81	10.8%	70	9.7%	81	11.8%
Grade 6:	86	10.5%	90	11.1%	83	10.5%	87	11.2%	65	8.7%	77	10.7%	78	11.3%
Grade 7:	82	10.0%	81	10.0%	85	10.8%	65	8.4%	73	9.8%	81	11.2%	46	6.7%
Grade 8:	81	9.9%	83	10.2%	63	8.0%	68	8.8%	81	10.8%	46	6.4%	38	5.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	402	49.3%	397	48.8%	395	50.1%	375	48.4%	318	42.5%	312	43.2%	288	41.9%
Female:	414	50.7%	417	51.2%	393	49.9%	400	51.6%	372	49.7%	362	50.1%	361	52.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	38	4.7%	39	4.8%	37	4.7%	31	4.0%	24	3.2%	22	3.0%	18	2.6%
Hispanic:	134	16.4%	127	15.6%	105	13.3%	97	12.5%	81	10.8%	87	12.0%	80	11.6%
Black:	395	48.4%	417	51.2%	426	54.1%	433	55.9%	409	54.7%	409	56.6%	406	59.0%
White:	188	23.0%	192	23.6%	191	24.2%	187	24.1%	184	24.6%	164	22.7%	149	21.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	60	7.4%	39	4.8%	29	3.7%	27	3.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	339	41.5%	342	42.0%	311	39.5%	278	35.9%	266	35.6%	278	38.5%	NA	NA
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	98	12.0%	89	10.9%	110	14.0%	83	10.7%	81	10.8%	104	14.4%	NA	NA
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.95		15.07		14.07		14.62		12.40		12.70		11.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	61%	N/A	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	N/A	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	59%	N/A	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77.2%	N/A	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70.8%	N/A	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.2%	N/A	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.5%	N/A	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.8%	N/A	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	59%	N/A	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	N/A	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.4%	N/A	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.5%	N/A	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	61.8%	N/A	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.1%	N/A	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.1%	N/A	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.4%	N/A	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	68.2%	N/A	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	56.3%	N/A	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	68%	N/A	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.8%	N/A	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.7%	N/A	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.2%	N/A	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.7%	N/A	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67%	N/A	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	62.5%	N/A	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.1%	N/A	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.7%	N/A	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.3%	N/A	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.6%	N/A	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70%	N/A	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82%	N/A	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88.2%	N/A	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	78.2%	N/A	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81.2%	N/A	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	72.3%	N/A	82.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	42.3%	N/A	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.5%	N/A	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	58.4%	N/A	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	47.5%	N/A	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.5%	N/A	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.3%	N/A	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.2%	N/A	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.8%	N/A	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.5%	N/A	73.3%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	42.2%	N/A	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	55%	N/A	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	48.4%	N/A	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	50.1%	N/A	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56.6%	N/A	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.1%	N/A	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.2%	N/A	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	54.8%	N/A	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.9%	N/A	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	38.3%	N/A	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	62%	N/A	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68%	N/A	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	61%	N/A	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	82.9%	N/A	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	72.1%	N/A	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	N/A	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	68.4%	N/A	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.5%	N/A	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81%	N/A	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75%	N/A	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79%	N/A	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81.6%	N/A	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80%	N/A	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71%	N/A	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	58.5%	N/A	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62%	N/A	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	55.2%	N/A	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	53.9%	N/A	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.4%	N/A	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	58.2%	N/A	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.9%	N/A	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70%	N/A	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	82.2%	N/A	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	82.9%	N/A	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83.3%	N/A	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	74.6%	N/A	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	87.9%	N/A	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.5%	N/A	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65%	N/A	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.2%	N/A	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.4%	N/A	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.2%	N/A	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.4%	N/A	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.3%	N/A	76%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	N/A	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75.6%	N/A	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.2%	N/A	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.3%	N/A	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72%	N/A	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.2%	N/A	76.4%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.5%	N/A	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81%	N/A	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.6%	N/A	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.2%	N/A	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.3%	N/A	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.3%	N/A	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	35.1%	N/A	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	47.7%	N/A	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	55.6%	N/A	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	52.9%	N/A	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	45.2%	N/A	59.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	78%	N/A	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	89.2%	N/A	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	75%	N/A	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	88.9%	N/A	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	92.7%	N/A	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	88.5%	N/A	72.7%

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* Independence Charter School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.