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PS 55 Benjamin Franklin Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

450 St Paul's Place

Bronx NY, 10456, Bronx County

Phone: 718-681-6227

Ranking:

(3,284 out of 3,424, bottom 4%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

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:	45		47		56		53		57		59		45
Total Students:	694		670		711		699		709		664		703
Prekindergarten:	35	5.0%	36	5.4%	35	4.9%	36	5.2%	36	5.1%	32	4.8%	31	4.4%
Kindergarten:	100	14.4%	100	14.9%	104	14.6%	93	13.3%	107	15.1%	74	11.1%	92	13.1%
Grade 1:	104	15.0%	114	17.0%	110	15.5%	139	19.9%	97	13.7%	104	15.7%	122	17.4%
Grade 2:	114	16.4%	107	16.0%	117	16.5%	108	15.5%	117	16.5%	118	17.8%	101	14.4%
Grade 3:	126	18.2%	129	19.3%	113	15.9%	109	15.6%	95	13.4%	81	12.2%	100	14.2%
Grade 4:	128	18.4%	98	14.6%	95	13.4%	131	18.7%	89	12.6%	91	13.7%	97	13.8%
Grade 5:	86	12.4%	86	12.8%	135	19.0%	78	11.2%	93	13.1%	96	14.5%	81	11.5%
Ungraded:	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	5	0.7%	75	10.6%	68	10.2%	79	11.2%
Student By Gender:
Male:	352	50.7%	350	52.2%	395	55.6%	375	53.6%	371	52.3%	362	54.5%	381	54.2%
Female:	342	49.3%	320	47.8%	316	44.4%	324	46.4%	330	46.5%	294	44.3%	318	45.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	4	0.6%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%
Hispanic:	349	50.3%	331	49.4%	355	49.9%	364	52.1%	392	55.3%	362	54.5%	388	55.2%
Black:	345	49.7%	339	50.6%	353	49.6%	331	47.4%	313	44.1%	298	44.9%	310	44.1%
White:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	2	0.3%	2	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:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	618	89.0%	610	91.0%	640	90.0%	600	85.8%	NA	NA	639	96.2%	666	94.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	10	1.4%	14	2.1%	12	1.7%	13	1.9%	NA	NA	18	2.7%	34	4.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.43		14.26		12.70		13.18		12.44		11.30		15.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	35%	45%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	32%	40%	67%
2008	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	29%	41%	70%
2009	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	48%	52%	76%
2010	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	15%	28%	55%
2011	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	11%	32%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	13%	29%	56%
2013	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	3.2%	11.9%	31.1%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	60%	80%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	71%	85%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	80%	90%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	87%	93%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	25%	37%	59%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	24%	39%	59%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	19%	36%	61%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	14.4%	14.4%	34.2%
2006	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	27%	43%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	32%	41%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	29%	42%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	45%	56%	77%
2010	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	20%	31%	57%
2011	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	18%	33%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	29%	35%	60%
2013	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	4.4%	10.3%	30.3%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	43%	51%	78%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	67%	61%	81%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	66%	68%	83%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	73%	77%	87%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	43%	39%	64%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	32%	43%	67%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	34%	47%	69%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	9.5%	14%	36.3%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	38%	58%	86%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	56%	59%	85%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	41%	60%	86%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	42%	71%	88%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	75%	72%	89%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	42%	72%	88%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	68%	72%	89%
2006	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	25%	37%	67%
2007	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	30%	34%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	47%	49%	78%
2009	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	50%	56%	83%
2010	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	19%	27%	53%
2011	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	43%	29%	53%
2012	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	16%	32%	58%
2013	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	1.2%	13.1%	30.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	33%	38%	68%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	50%	47%	76%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86%	65%	83%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82%	72%	88%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	43%	42%	65%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	52%	45%	66%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	36%	46%	66%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	3.6%	12.7%	29.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	25%	41%	82%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	24%	34%	78%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	46%	49%	85%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	46%	55%	86%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	34%	61%	86%

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* PS 55 Benjamin Franklin Primary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.