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Penrose School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

2515 South 78th St

Philadelphia PA, 19153, Philadelphia County

Phone: 215-492-6455

Ranking:

(2,114 out of 2,311, bottom 9%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten 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:	36		38		41		42		47		41		40
Total Students:	699		643		605		605		607		675		689
Kindergarten:	78	11.2%	94	14.6%	69	11.4%	70	11.6%	71	11.7%	81	12.0%	81	11.8%
Grade 1:	104	14.9%	74	11.5%	69	11.4%	81	13.4%	73	12.0%	90	13.3%	96	13.9%
Grade 2:	66	9.4%	72	11.2%	76	12.6%	72	11.9%	72	11.9%	90	13.3%	92	13.4%
Grade 3:	72	10.3%	70	10.9%	62	10.2%	72	11.9%	74	12.2%	81	12.0%	91	13.2%
Grade 4:	59	8.4%	68	10.6%	81	13.4%	68	11.2%	82	13.5%	86	12.7%	85	12.3%
Grade 5:	66	9.4%	65	10.1%	63	10.4%	75	12.4%	79	13.0%	72	10.7%	65	9.4%
Grade 6:	87	12.4%	72	11.2%	68	11.2%	63	10.4%	64	10.5%	59	8.7%	61	8.9%
Grade 7:	83	11.9%	67	10.4%	64	10.6%	58	9.6%	50	8.2%	50	7.4%	72	10.4%
Grade 8:	84	12.0%	61	9.5%	53	8.8%	46	7.6%	42	6.9%	66	9.8%	46	6.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	354	50.6%	331	51.5%	300	49.6%	308	50.9%	305	50.2%	356	52.7%	367	53.3%
Female:	345	49.4%	312	48.5%	305	50.4%	297	49.1%	273	45.0%	296	43.9%	303	44.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	27	3.9%	23	3.6%	22	3.6%	12	2.0%	13	2.1%	14	2.1%	14	2.0%
Hispanic:	15	2.1%	11	1.7%	16	2.6%	16	2.6%	16	2.6%	18	2.7%	17	2.5%
Black:	585	83.7%	553	86.0%	514	85.0%	536	88.6%	540	89.0%	608	90.1%	618	89.7%
White:	11	1.6%	11	1.7%	13	2.1%	16	2.6%	17	2.8%	20	3.0%	25	3.6%
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:	60	8.6%	45	7.0%	40	6.6%	25	4.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	696	99.6%	640	99.5%	602	99.5%	602	99.5%	604	99.5%	447	66.2%	451	65.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	74	11.0%	74	10.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.41		17.04		14.76		14.40		12.91		16.50		17.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	52%	52%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	59%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	45.7%	52.4%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	59.5%	55.3%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	64.8%	59.5%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	63.8%	66.5%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	67.7%	66.8%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	48.1%	49.4%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	31%	37%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	47%	42%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	41.4%	46.6%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	58.3%	52.1%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.8%	54%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	58.6%	52.6%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67.7%	58.3%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	42.3%	44.6%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	52.5%	51.3%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	50%	53%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	50.7%	55.2%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	57.7%	61.2%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.9%	66.1%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75%	68.2%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	51.4%	55.9%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	36.3%	36.1%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	44.5%	42.8%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	46.9%	42.8%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	56.4%	47.3%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	60.5%	49.5%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.8%	51.7%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	43.1%	41.8%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	36.1%	52.8%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	38%	53.9%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	51.4%	53.3%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	35.9%	56.8%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	40.8%	49%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	5.1%	23.1%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	32.9%	30.7%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59.7%	45.8%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	48.2%	41.6%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	46.6%	44.7%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63.5%	49.7%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	57.6%	52.4%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	43.4%	52.3%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	54.9%	56.5%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	46%	45.1%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	27.6%	23.4%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	42.2%	31.6%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	29.9%	35.1%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	40%	31.6%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	39.6%	31.9%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	49.2%	36.3%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	39%	40%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	37.6%	40.3%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	50%	45.8%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	29.4%	34.5%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	41.5%	31.7%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	38.9%	25.7%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	54.2%	28.3%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	46.6%	32.3%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	50%	35%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	25.8%	39.5%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	24%	31.6%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	50%	40.6%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	52.8%	46.7%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	60.8%	49.7%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	56.4%	54.3%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	54.7%	57.2%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80%	61.3%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	57.9%	52.3%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	53.5%	35.6%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	48.6%	36.6%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	50%	40.1%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	43.6%	42.7%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	36.4%	45.2%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	55.5%	45.4%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	45.6%	42%	68.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	46.7%	40.2%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	39.4%	48.4%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	40.3%	53.7%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	55.3%	57.1%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	61%	58.7%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	64.4%	56.2%	80.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	51.2%	40.7%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	41%	47.8%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	48.1%	50.2%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	55.4%	53.3%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.8%	55.7%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70%	51.7%	76%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	57.7%	48.9%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	34.4%	50.6%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	52.5%	55.6%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	47.5%	57%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	54.8%	52.4%	76.4%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.1%	55.9%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.7%	62%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.5%	67%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	52.5%	62.6%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	57.9%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	25.5%	21%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	37.3%	22.2%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	22.5%	25.9%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	13.9%	25.9%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	18.2%	23.6%	59.7%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	20%	40.8%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	44.1%	46.7%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	32.5%	52.4%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	31.8%	50.3%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	19%	48.2%	72.7%

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