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Middle Years Alternative Middle School
4725 Fairmont Ave Philadelphia PA, 19139, Philadelphia County Phone: 215-471-6400 Ranking:  (1,476 out of 2,311, bottom 36%)*Type: Regular Middle School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Grade 5 to Grade 8 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: | 17 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 300 | 302 | 257 | 244 | 276 | 280 | 297 | |||||||
| Grade 5: | 45 | 15.0% | 47 | 15.6% | 47 | 18.3% | 44 | 18.0% | 52 | 18.8% | 59 | 21.1% | 65 | 21.9% |
| Grade 6: | 60 | 20.0% | 70 | 23.2% | 77 | 30.0% | 54 | 22.1% | 81 | 29.3% | 73 | 26.1% | 78 | 26.3% |
| Grade 7: | 89 | 29.7% | 114 | 37.7% | 57 | 22.2% | 80 | 32.8% | 65 | 23.6% | 75 | 26.8% | 77 | 25.9% |
| Grade 8: | 106 | 35.3% | 71 | 23.5% | 76 | 29.6% | 66 | 27.0% | 78 | 28.3% | 73 | 26.1% | 77 | 25.9% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 123 | 41.0% | 127 | 42.1% | 100 | 38.9% | 103 | 42.2% | 113 | 40.9% | 117 | 41.8% | 132 | 44.4% |
| Female: | 177 | 59.0% | 175 | 57.9% | 157 | 61.1% | 141 | 57.8% | 151 | 54.7% | 153 | 54.6% | 161 | 54.2% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 2 | 0.7% | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.7% |
| Asian: | 29 | 9.7% | 21 | 7.0% | 15 | 5.8% | 11 | 4.5% | 14 | 5.1% | 21 | 7.5% | 20 | 6.7% |
| Hispanic: | 7 | 2.3% | 7 | 2.3% | 4 | 1.6% | 4 | 1.6% | 4 | 1.4% | 4 | 1.4% | 7 | 2.4% |
| Black: | 245 | 81.7% | 256 | 84.8% | 220 | 85.6% | 218 | 89.3% | 246 | 89.1% | 238 | 85.0% | 240 | 80.8% |
| White: | 4 | 1.3% | 7 | 2.3% | 7 | 2.7% | 5 | 2.0% | 7 | 2.5% | 14 | 5.0% | 28 | 9.4% |
| 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: | 13 | 4.3% | 10 | 3.3% | 10 | 3.9% | 6 | 2.5% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 297 | 99.0% | 299 | 99.0% | 254 | 98.8% | 241 | 98.8% | 273 | 98.9% | NA | NA | 215 | 72.4% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | 79 | 26.6% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 17.65 | 14.38 | 16.06 | 14.72 | 16.65 | 16.90 | 16.90 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| PSSA | ||||||
| 2003 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 15% | 23.1% | 56.3% |
| 2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 34.3% | 30.7% | 61.8% |
| 2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.3% | 45.8% | 69% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.1% | 41.6% | 66.9% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 53.3% | 44.7% | 71% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.3% | 49.7% | 73.2% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 37.9% | 52.4% | 73.5% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 44.3% | 52.3% | 74.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 50% | 56.5% | 76.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.1% | 45.1% | 73.3% |
| 2003 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 51.6% | 23.4% | 58% |
| 2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 51.5% | 31.6% | 62.7% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.4% | 35.1% | 64.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 52.8% | 31.6% | 60.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 51.6% | 31.9% | 60% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 49.2% | 36.3% | 61.6% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 41.3% | 40% | 64.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 40.4% | 40.3% | 64.1% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 43.1% | 45.8% | 67.3% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 46.5% | 34.5% | 65% |
| 2006 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 36.1% | 31.7% | 54.1% |
| 2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 32.8% | 25.7% | 57.3% |
| 2008 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 6.3% | 28.3% | 57.3% |
| 2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 20.7% | 32.3% | 58.1% |
| 2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 25% | 35% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 29.5% | 39.5% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 33.3% | 31.6% | 64.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 62.2% | 40.6% | 68% |
| 2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 75.4% | 46.7% | 69.6% |
| 2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 80.8% | 49.7% | 72.3% |
| 2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 69.7% | 54.3% | 75.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 66.6% | 57.2% | 78% |
| 2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 61.8% | 61.3% | 78.8% |
| 2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 80.6% | 52.3% | 77.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 68.9% | 35.6% | 65.9% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 57.5% | 36.6% | 63.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 62.8% | 40.1% | 66.9% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 57.6% | 42.7% | 67.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 58% | 45.2% | 68.8% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 49.1% | 45.4% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 58.5% | 42% | 68.5% |
| 2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.7% | 39.4% | 66.5% |
| 2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.5% | 40.2% | 67.2% |
| 2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.7% | 48.4% | 70.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.7% | 53.7% | 75.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 78.1% | 57.1% | 77.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 81% | 58.7% | 78.6% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.4% | 56.2% | 80.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 80.9% | 39.4% | 68.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.9% | 40.7% | 66.8% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 93.4% | 47.8% | 70% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 73.3% | 50.2% | 71.4% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 73.5% | 53.3% | 73.5% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.1% | 55.7% | 76% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 74.6% | 51.7% | 76% |
| 2003 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 43.4% | 19.7% | 51.3% |
| 2004 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 58.2% | 30.9% | 57.9% |
| 2005 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 72.1% | 39.4% | 62.9% |
| 2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 76.6% | 37% | 62.2% |
| 2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 83.1% | 43.9% | 67.9% |
| 2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 78.6% | 48.9% | 70.4% |
| 2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 80.3% | 50.6% | 71.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 78.5% | 55.6% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 72.7% | 57% | 76.9% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 76% | 52.4% | 76.4% |
| 2003 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 81.1% | 30.4% | 63.4% |
| 2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 83.7% | 41.2% | 68.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 78.5% | 39.6% | 64.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 82.5% | 44.5% | 70.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 86% | 49.4% | 75% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 86.7% | 55.9% | 78.3% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 94.4% | 62% | 80.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.4% | 67% | 81.9% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.4% | 62.6% | 81.8% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 94.7% | 57.9% | 79.8% |
| 2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 41.9% | 21% | 52.7% |
| 2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 28.2% | 22.2% | 54.8% |
| 2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 39.2% | 25.9% | 57.2% |
| 2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 32.3% | 25.9% | 58.3% |
| 2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 42.4% | 23.6% | 59.7% |
| 2006 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 84.6% | 41.2% | 66.1% |
| 2007 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 93.8% | 45.7% | 71.8% |
| 2008 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 85.3% | 40.8% | 69.1% |
| 2009 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 85.7% | 46.7% | 71.2% |
| 2010 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 84.8% | 52.4% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 62.1% | 50.3% | 73.1% |
| 2012 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 64.9% | 48.2% | 72.7% |
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* Middle Years Alternative Middle 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.