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Overbrook High School
5898 Lancaster Ave Philadelphia PA, 19131, Philadelphia County Phone: 215-581-5507 Ranking:  (603 out of 626, bottom 4%)*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: | 51 | 59 | 80 | 108 | 102 | 90 | 80 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 970 | 996 | 1,392 | 1,560 | 1,595 | 1,645 | 1,786 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 221 | 22.8% | 231 | 23.2% | 223 | 16.0% | 345 | 22.1% | 346 | 21.7% | 464 | 28.2% | 503 | 28.2% |
| Grade 10: | 301 | 31.0% | 289 | 29.0% | 391 | 28.1% | 449 | 28.8% | 525 | 32.9% | 476 | 28.9% | 536 | 30.0% |
| Grade 11: | 240 | 24.7% | 270 | 27.1% | 284 | 20.4% | 373 | 23.9% | 363 | 22.8% | 325 | 19.8% | 363 | 20.3% |
| Grade 12: | 208 | 21.4% | 206 | 20.7% | 494 | 35.5% | 355 | 22.8% | 331 | 20.8% | 344 | 20.9% | 352 | 19.7% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 562 | 57.9% | 559 | 56.1% | 734 | 52.7% | 822 | 52.7% | 800 | 50.2% | 837 | 50.9% | 929 | 52.0% |
| Female: | 408 | 42.1% | 437 | 43.9% | 658 | 47.3% | 738 | 47.3% | 781 | 49.0% | 798 | 48.5% | 847 | 47.4% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 3 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.1% | 5 | 0.3% |
| Hispanic: | 18 | 1.9% | 22 | 2.2% | 23 | 1.7% | 23 | 1.5% | 13 | 0.8% | 18 | 1.1% | 11 | 0.6% |
| Black: | 941 | 97.0% | 963 | 96.7% | 1,348 | 96.8% | 1,518 | 97.3% | 1,564 | 98.1% | 1,617 | 98.3% | 1,759 | 98.5% |
| White: | 5 | 0.5% | 4 | 0.4% | 8 | 0.6% | 10 | 0.6% | 9 | 0.6% | 6 | 0.4% | 5 | 0.3% |
| 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: | 2 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.3% | 7 | 0.5% | 6 | 0.4% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 967 | 99.7% | 993 | 99.7% | 1,227 | 88.1% | 1,522 | 97.6% | 1,565 | 98.1% | 1,176 | 71.5% | 1,257 | 70.4% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 202 | 12.3% | 216 | 12.1% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 19.13 | 16.79 | 17.35 | 14.43 | 15.58 | 18.20 | 22.30 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| PSSA | ||||||
| 2003 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 2% | 21.6% | 49.1% |
| 2004 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 4.4% | 22.9% | 49.1% |
| 2005 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 5.3% | 23.1% | 50.9% |
| 2006 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 9.4% | 26.9% | 52% |
| 2007 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 14.5% | 31% | 53.7% |
| 2008 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 14.9% | 32.6% | 55.9% |
| 2009 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 13.5% | 31.6% | 55.6% |
| 2010 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 15.1% | 36.3% | 59.6% |
| 2011 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 15.2% | 38.2% | 60.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 11.2% | 37.5% | 60% |
| 2003 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 11.7% | 30.1% | 59.2% |
| 2004 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 13% | 27% | 60.8% |
| 2005 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 12.3% | 30.6% | 65% |
| 2006 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 15.5% | 33.1% | 65.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 22.9% | 35.1% | 65.4% |
| 2008 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 20.8% | 37.3% | 64.7% |
| 2009 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 14.6% | 38% | 65.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 24% | 42.6% | 67.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 24.8% | 44.4% | 69.1% |
| 2012 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 17.7% | 43.3% | 67.8% |
| 2008 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 3.1% | 13.2% | 35.7% |
| 2009 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 1.3% | 14.9% | 39.7% |
| 2010 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 2.8% | 16.3% | 39.8% |
| 2011 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 1.7% | 15.7% | 40.8% |
| 2012 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 0% | 15.5% | 41.8% |
| 2005 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 26.3% | 38.4% | 69% |
| 2006 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 66.8% | 67.7% | 85.6% |
| 2007 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 73.5% | 72.4% | 87.9% |
| 2008 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 78.5% | 70.5% | 85.8% |
| 2009 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 61.8% | 64.3% | 82.7% |
| 2010 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 56.2% | 64.2% | 80.7% |
| 2011 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 48.9% | 66.5% | 84.7% |
| 2012 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 49.6% | 62.6% | 82.9% |
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* Overbrook 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.