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Pennell Joseph School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

1800 Nedro Ave

Philadelphia PA, 19141, Philadelphia County

Phone: 215-276-5267

Ranking:

(2,278 out of 2,311, bottom 1%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

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:	25		29		31		31		34		30		27
Total Students:	396		410		449		472		436		447		489
Prekindergarten:	25	6.3%	25	6.1%	23	5.1%	38	8.1%	37	8.5%	38	8.5%	38	7.8%
Kindergarten:	52	13.1%	59	14.4%	65	14.5%	64	13.6%	57	13.1%	54	12.1%	66	13.5%
Grade 1:	79	19.9%	65	15.9%	66	14.7%	69	14.6%	59	13.5%	73	16.3%	77	15.7%
Grade 2:	66	16.7%	51	12.4%	63	14.0%	60	12.7%	76	17.4%	64	14.3%	55	11.2%
Grade 3:	61	15.4%	50	12.2%	65	14.5%	80	16.9%	53	12.2%	53	11.9%	67	13.7%
Grade 4:	49	12.4%	60	14.6%	74	16.5%	50	10.6%	42	9.6%	57	12.8%	58	11.9%
Grade 5:	64	16.2%	58	14.1%	41	9.1%	48	10.2%	57	13.1%	54	12.1%	61	12.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	200	50.5%	222	54.1%	249	55.5%	270	57.2%	239	54.8%	241	53.9%	272	55.6%
Female:	196	49.5%	188	45.9%	200	44.5%	202	42.8%	189	43.3%	197	44.1%	211	43.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.3%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	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:	5	1.3%	3	0.7%	2	0.4%	5	1.1%	4	0.9%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%
Black:	380	96.0%	393	95.9%	434	96.7%	458	97.0%	426	97.7%	441	98.7%	481	98.4%
White:	5	1.3%	7	1.7%	6	1.3%	7	1.5%	6	1.4%	4	0.9%	5	1.0%
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:	5	1.3%	6	1.5%	6	1.3%	2	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	371	93.7%	385	93.9%	426	94.9%	434	91.9%	399	91.5%	317	70.9%	339	69.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	45	10.1%	48	9.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.84		14.04		14.48		15.13		12.82		14.90		18.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	40%	52%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	43%	59%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	42.6%	52.4%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	56.2%	55.3%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	52.1%	59.5%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	51%	66.5%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	56.7%	66.8%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	41%	49.4%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	38%	37%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	43%	42%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	40.8%	46.6%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	43.9%	52.1%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	33.4%	54%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	35.3%	52.6%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	39.2%	58.3%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	29.5%	44.6%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	36.1%	51.3%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	35%	53%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	41%	55.2%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	54%	61.2%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	39%	66.1%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	54.2%	68.2%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	34.4%	55.9%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	27.9%	36.1%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	30%	42.8%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	25%	42.8%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	34%	47.3%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	34.1%	49.5%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	35.4%	51.7%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	25.4%	41.8%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	40.8%	52.8%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	58.4%	53.9%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	28.5%	53.3%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	46.9%	56.8%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	32.4%	49%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	7.1%	23.1%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	29.9%	30.7%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	40.9%	45.8%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	30.3%	41.6%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	40.7%	44.7%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	35.7%	49.7%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	34.6%	52.4%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	42.3%	52.3%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	33.4%	56.5%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	32.4%	45.1%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	18.8%	23.4%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	35.1%	31.6%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	21.2%	35.1%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	23.7%	31.6%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	38.9%	31.9%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	25%	36.3%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	23.1%	40%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	19.2%	40.3%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	24.4%	45.8%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	35.1%	34.5%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	41.3%	31.7%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	26.4%	25.7%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	14%	28.3%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	17.6%	32.3%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	21.2%	35%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	21.7%	39.5%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	24.3%	31.6%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	17.7%	40.6%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	32.9%	46.7%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	40%	49.7%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	33.9%	54.3%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	32.7%	57.2%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	46.4%	61.3%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	25%	52.3%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	21.6%	35.6%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	23.9%	36.6%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	31.7%	40.1%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	37.7%	42.7%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	29.1%	45.2%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	25%	45.4%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	23%	42%	68.5%

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