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Jeremiah E Burke High High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

60 Washington St

Dorchester MA, 02121, Suffolk County

Phone: 617-635-9837

Ranking:

(291 out of 298, bottom 2%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Boston 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:	40		47		50		57		52		57		53
Total Students:	536		603		638		697		779		791		730
Grade 9:	117	21.8%	178	29.5%	188	29.5%	210	30.1%	282	36.2%	345	43.6%	314	43.0%
Grade 10:	154	28.7%	116	19.2%	132	20.7%	181	26.0%	180	23.1%	174	22.0%	132	18.1%
Grade 11:	126	23.5%	140	23.2%	148	23.2%	135	19.4%	184	23.6%	144	18.2%	146	20.0%
Grade 12:	137	25.6%	163	27.0%	169	26.5%	167	24.0%	129	16.6%	127	16.1%	138	18.9%
Ungraded:	2	0.4%	6	1.0%	1	0.2%	4	0.6%	4	0.5%	1	0.1%	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	298	55.6%	325	53.9%	324	50.8%	347	49.8%	404	51.9%	410	51.8%	386	52.9%
Female:	238	44.4%	278	46.1%	314	49.2%	350	50.2%	375	48.1%	381	48.2%	322	44.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	3	0.4%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%
Asian:	5	0.9%	5	0.8%	5	0.8%	14	2.0%	19	2.4%	21	2.7%	20	2.7%
Hispanic:	108	20.1%	120	19.9%	202	31.7%	182	26.1%	180	23.1%	187	23.6%	150	20.5%
Black:	407	75.9%	454	75.3%	411	64.4%	476	68.3%	542	69.6%	535	67.6%	522	71.5%
White:	13	2.4%	12	2.0%	7	1.1%	6	0.9%	13	1.7%	23	2.9%	20	2.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	3	0.5%	3	0.5%	4	0.6%	3	0.4%	4	0.5%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	2	0.4%	9	1.5%	10	1.6%	14	2.0%	19	2.4%	19	2.4%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	412	76.9%	415	68.8%	462	72.4%	501	71.9%	543	69.7%	538	68.0%	416	57.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	15	2.8%	14	2.3%	22	3.4%	29	4.2%	35	4.5%	47	5.9%	46	6.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.30		12.90		12.87		12.26		14.87		13.90		13.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCAS
2003	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	12.0%	35.6%	61%
2004	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	13%	38%	62%
2005	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	18%	38%	65%
2006	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	18%	51%	70%
2007	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	25%	50%	71%
2008	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	30%	58%	74%
2009	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	31%	64%	81%
2010	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	29%	60%	78%
2011	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	41%	67%	84%
2012	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	50%	73%	88%
2013	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	72%	79%	91%
2003	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	10.7%	36.1%	51%
2004	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	12%	42%	57%
2005	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	12%	39%	62%
2006	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	16%	53%	67%
2007	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	28%	55%	69%
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	27%	59%	72%
2009	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	41%	62%	75%
2010	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	28%	60%	75%
2011	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	33%	59%	74%
2012	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	50%	65%	78%
2013	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	45%	64%	80%
2008	Science and Technology/Engineering	10th Grade	% proficient	8%	29%	57%
2009	Science and Technology/Engineering	10th Grade	% proficient	1%	34%	61%
2010	Science and Technology/Engineering	10th Grade	% proficient	5%	36%	65%
2011	Science and Technology/Engineering	10th Grade	% proficient	7%	39%	67%
2012	Science and Technology/Engineering	10th Grade	% proficient	29%	46%	69%
2013	Science and Technology/Engineering	10th Grade	% proficient	41%	49%	71%
2007	Biology	End of course	% proficient	8%	28%	42%
2008	Biology	End of course	% proficient	1%	32%	55%
2009	Biology	End of course	% proficient	14%	37%	61%
2010	Biology	End of course	% proficient	4%	39%	63%
2011	Biology	End of course	% proficient	6%	59%	71%
2012	Biology	End of course	% proficient	15%	55%	72%
2007	Introductory Physics	End of course	% proficient	4%	18%	48%
2008	Introductory Physics	End of course	% proficient	1%	13%	55%
2009	Introductory Physics	End of course	% proficient	4%	24%	57%
2010	Introductory Physics	End of course	% proficient	6%	25%	55%
2011	Introductory Physics	End of course	% proficient	27%	34%	61%
2012	Introductory Physics	End of course	% proficient	45%	37%	63%
2013	Introductory Physics	End of course	% proficient	33%	35%	63%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Jeremiah E Burke High 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.