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Lankenau High School
201 Spring Ln
Philadelphia PA, 19128, Philadelphia County
Phone: 215-487-4465
Ranking: 
(481 out of 626, bottom 23%)*
(481 out of 626, bottom 23%)*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: | 10 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 315 | 320 | 282 | 270 | 297 | 296 | 288 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 67 | 21.3% | 104 | 32.5% | 97 | 34.4% | 52 | 19.3% | 71 | 23.9% | 69 | 23.3% | 95 | 33.0% |
| Grade 10: | 103 | 32.7% | 93 | 29.1% | 46 | 16.3% | 75 | 27.8% | 70 | 23.6% | 94 | 31.8% | 76 | 26.4% |
| Grade 11: | 93 | 29.5% | 47 | 14.7% | 77 | 27.3% | 67 | 24.8% | 86 | 29.0% | 70 | 23.6% | 72 | 25.0% |
| Grade 12: | 52 | 16.5% | 76 | 23.8% | 62 | 22.0% | 76 | 28.1% | 70 | 23.6% | 63 | 21.3% | 45 | 15.6% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 156 | 49.5% | 146 | 45.6% | 124 | 44.0% | 107 | 39.6% | 111 | 37.4% | 103 | 34.8% | 100 | 34.7% |
| Female: | 159 | 50.5% | 174 | 54.4% | 158 | 56.0% | 163 | 60.4% | 176 | 59.3% | 184 | 62.2% | 183 | 63.5% |
| 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: | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Hispanic: | 12 | 3.8% | 10 | 3.1% | 10 | 3.5% | 6 | 2.2% | 3 | 1.0% | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Black: | 297 | 94.3% | 301 | 94.1% | 264 | 93.6% | 257 | 95.2% | 289 | 97.3% | 294 | 99.3% | 287 | 99.7% |
| White: | 2 | 0.6% | 3 | 0.9% | 6 | 2.1% | 4 | 1.5% | 3 | 1.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| 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: | 3 | 1.0% | 5 | 1.6% | 2 | 0.7% | 2 | 0.7% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 189 | 60.0% | 192 | 60.0% | 279 | 98.9% | 267 | 98.9% | 294 | 99.0% | 104 | 35.1% | NA | NA |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 20 | 6.3% | 15 | 4.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 22 | 7.4% | NA | NA |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 30.52 | 21.83 | 21.25 | 16.15 | 18.56 | 18.50 | 18.30 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| PSSA | ||||||
| 2006 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 37.6% | 26.9% | 52% |
| 2007 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 37.5% | 31% | 53.7% |
| 2008 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 59.7% | 32.6% | 55.9% |
| 2009 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 51.4% | 31.6% | 55.6% |
| 2010 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 53.5% | 36.3% | 59.6% |
| 2011 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 56.4% | 38.2% | 60.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 42.7% | 37.5% | 60% |
| 2006 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 51.6% | 33.1% | 65.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 37.5% | 35.1% | 65.4% |
| 2008 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 67.1% | 37.3% | 64.7% |
| 2009 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 68% | 38% | 65.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 65.1% | 42.6% | 67.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 74.2% | 44.4% | 69.1% |
| 2012 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 64% | 43.3% | 67.8% |
| 2008 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 6% | 13.2% | 35.7% |
| 2009 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 9.2% | 14.9% | 39.7% |
| 2010 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 16.9% | 16.3% | 39.8% |
| 2011 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 11.4% | 15.7% | 40.8% |
| 2012 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 8.8% | 15.5% | 41.8% |
| 2006 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 80.9% | 67.7% | 85.6% |
| 2007 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 85.4% | 72.4% | 87.9% |
| 2008 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 85.3% | 70.5% | 85.8% |
| 2009 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 91.7% | 64.3% | 82.7% |
| 2010 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 65.5% | 64.2% | 80.7% |
| 2011 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 67.2% | 66.5% | 84.7% |
| 2012 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 70.4% | 62.6% | 82.9% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Lankenau 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.