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Peirce Thomas M School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

2300 West Cambria St

Philadelphia PA, 19132, Philadelphia County

Phone: 215-227-4411

Ranking:

(2,252 out of 2,311, bottom 3%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6

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:	26		25		26		23		31		23		23
Total Students:	422		436		456		454		448		427		436
Prekindergarten:	31	7.3%	55	12.6%	57	12.5%	62	13.7%	54	12.1%	55	12.9%	56	12.8%
Kindergarten:	89	21.1%	87	20.0%	73	16.0%	52	11.5%	71	15.8%	58	13.6%	47	10.8%
Grade 1:	80	19.0%	63	14.4%	52	11.4%	75	16.5%	62	13.8%	54	12.6%	59	13.5%
Grade 2:	65	15.4%	44	10.1%	72	15.8%	64	14.1%	52	11.6%	58	13.6%	60	13.8%
Grade 3:	42	10.0%	59	13.5%	57	12.5%	53	11.7%	59	13.2%	59	13.8%	59	13.5%
Grade 4:	61	14.5%	48	11.0%	48	10.5%	53	11.7%	59	13.2%	57	13.3%	57	13.1%
Grade 5:	37	8.8%	37	8.5%	48	10.5%	51	11.2%	55	12.3%	43	10.1%	31	7.1%
Grade 6:	17	4.0%	43	9.9%	49	10.7%	44	9.7%	36	8.0%	43	10.1%	67	15.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	203	48.1%	206	47.2%	215	47.1%	224	49.3%	216	48.2%	214	50.1%	217	49.8%
Female:	219	51.9%	230	52.8%	241	52.9%	230	50.7%	221	49.3%	202	47.3%	212	48.6%
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:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	7	1.7%	7	1.6%	5	1.1%	8	1.8%	5	1.1%	7	1.6%	3	0.7%
Black:	399	94.5%	421	96.6%	444	97.4%	438	96.5%	438	97.8%	414	97.0%	428	98.2%
White:	3	0.7%	3	0.7%	3	0.7%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	3	0.7%	2	0.5%
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	3.1%	5	1.1%	4	0.9%	6	1.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	391	92.7%	381	87.4%	399	87.5%	392	86.3%	394	87.9%	345	80.8%	342	78.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	21	4.9%	21	4.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.42		17.44		17.54		19.77		14.45		18.60		19.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	27%	52%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	59%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	25%	52.4%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	19.3%	55.3%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	40.8%	59.5%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	67.8%	66.5%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	66.8%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	30.6%	49.4%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	22%	37%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	52%	42%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	27.3%	46.6%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	31.6%	52.1%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	26.4%	54%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	53.6%	52.6%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	48%	58.3%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	34.7%	44.6%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	34.8%	51.3%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	46.3%	53%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	51.9%	55.2%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	40.4%	61.2%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70.9%	66.1%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	56.8%	68.2%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	39.5%	55.9%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	22.1%	36.1%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	36.6%	42.8%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	44.3%	42.8%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	33.4%	47.3%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	47.2%	49.5%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	31.4%	51.7%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	32.6%	41.8%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	46%	52.8%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	44.9%	53.9%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	67.3%	53.3%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	57.7%	56.8%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	43.2%	49%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	8.9%	23.1%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	25.7%	30.7%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	16.1%	45.8%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	37.2%	41.6%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	19.1%	44.7%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	25%	49.7%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	40.5%	52.4%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	56.6%	52.3%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	46.9%	56.5%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	22.5%	45.1%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	24%	23.4%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	25.7%	31.6%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	14.7%	35.1%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	15.7%	31.6%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	9.5%	31.9%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	0%	36.3%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	31%	40%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	35.8%	40.3%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	22.4%	45.8%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	10%	34.5%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	33.3%	31.7%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	14.5%	25.7%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	6.9%	28.3%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	16.7%	32.3%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	40.4%	35%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	34.7%	39.5%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	27.5%	31.6%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	45.4%	40.6%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	49.3%	46.7%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	40%	49.7%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	37.5%	54.3%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	54%	57.2%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75%	61.3%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	45.6%	52.3%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	29.1%	35.6%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	30.9%	36.6%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	22.7%	40.1%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	20%	42.7%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	24.3%	45.2%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	47.8%	45.4%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	23.9%	42%	68.5%

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* Peirce Thomas M School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.