Motivation High School
78th St And Buist Ave
Philadelphia PA, 19153, Philadelphia County
Phone: 215-492-6451
Ranking: 
(193 out of 648, top 30%)*
(193 out of 648, top 30%)*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
| 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 13 | 14 | 13 | |||
| Total Students: | 221 | 215 | 208 | |||
| Grade 9: | 46 | 20.8% | 46 | 21.4% | 50 | 24.0% |
| Grade 10: | 57 | 25.8% | 54 | 25.1% | 65 | 31.3% |
| Grade 11: | 53 | 24.0% | 65 | 30.2% | 58 | 27.9% |
| Grade 12: | 65 | 29.4% | 50 | 23.3% | 35 | 16.8% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||
| Male: | 80 | 36.2% | 70 | 32.6% | 91 | 43.8% |
| Female: | 131 | 59.3% | 136 | 63.3% | 111 | 53.4% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian/Pacific Islander: | 14 | 6.3% | 16 | 7.4% | 13 | 6.3% |
| Hispanic: | 4 | 1.8% | 1 | 0.5% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Black | 197 | 89.1% | 193 | 89.8% | 185 | 88.9% |
| White: | 4 | 1.8% | 4 | 1.9% | 8 | 3.8% |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 73 | 33.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 1 | 0.5% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 17.00 | 15.50 | 16.00 | |||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| PSSA | ||||||
| 2006 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 55.4% | 26.9% | 52% |
| 2007 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 59.4% | 31% | 53.7% |
| 2008 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 80.8% | 32.6% | 55.9% |
| 2009 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 61% | 31.6% | 55.6% |
| 2010 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 57.7% | 36.3% | 59.6% |
| 2011 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 60.8% | 38.2% | 60.3% |
| 2006 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 55.3% | 33.1% | 65.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 65.6% | 35.1% | 65.4% |
| 2008 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 63.4% | 37.3% | 64.7% |
| 2009 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 68.7% | 38% | 65.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 61.5% | 42.6% | 67.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 70.5% | 44.4% | 69.1% |
| 2008 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 21.2% | 13.2% | 35.7% |
| 2009 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 20.4% | 14.9% | 39.7% |
| 2010 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 15.4% | 16.3% | 39.8% |
| 2011 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 21.5% | 15.7% | 40.8% |
| 2006 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 94.8% | 67.7% | 85.6% |
| 2007 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 96.9% | 72.4% | 87.9% |
| 2008 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 98.1% | 70.5% | 85.8% |
| 2009 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 93.8% | 64.3% | 82.7% |
| 2010 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 96.1% | 64.2% | 80.7% |
| 2011 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 100% | 66.5% | 84.7% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Motivation High School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.