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Roxborough High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

6498 Ridge Ave

Philadelphia PA, 19128, Philadelphia County

Phone: 215-487-4464

Ranking:

(598 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:	41		42		41		59		65		59		57
Total Students:	617		476		534		651		821		896		913
Grade 9:	133	21.6%	106	22.3%	139	26.0%	194	29.8%	239	29.1%	305	34.0%	239	26.2%
Grade 10:	128	20.7%	119	25.0%	150	28.1%	139	21.4%	218	26.6%	194	21.7%	258	28.3%
Grade 11:	159	25.8%	137	28.8%	91	17.0%	159	24.4%	138	16.8%	212	23.7%	172	18.8%
Grade 12:	197	31.9%	114	23.9%	154	28.8%	159	24.4%	226	27.5%	185	20.6%	244	26.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	333	54.0%	254	53.4%	296	55.4%	365	56.1%	454	55.3%	488	54.5%	488	53.5%
Female:	284	46.0%	222	46.6%	238	44.6%	286	43.9%	350	42.6%	391	43.6%	414	45.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	1	0.1%
Asian:	5	0.8%	7	1.5%	7	1.3%	6	0.9%	9	1.1%	14	1.6%	16	1.8%
Hispanic:	25	4.1%	17	3.6%	18	3.4%	17	2.6%	13	1.6%	17	1.9%	16	1.8%
Black:	502	81.4%	359	75.4%	419	78.5%	524	80.5%	686	83.6%	748	83.5%	770	84.3%
White:	77	12.5%	89	18.7%	84	15.7%	96	14.7%	102	12.4%	106	11.8%	103	11.3%
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:	8	1.3%	4	0.8%	5	0.9%	6	0.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	614	99.5%	473	99.4%	531	99.4%	648	99.5%	818	99.6%	570	63.6%	577	63.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	102	11.4%	104	11.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.05		11.42		13.13		10.97		12.63		15.20		16.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	10.5%	21.6%	N/A
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	16.5%	22.9%	N/A
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	16.1%	23.1%	N/A
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	21.3%	26.9%	N/A
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	24.2%	31%	N/A
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	12.2%	32.6%	N/A
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	9.1%	31.6%	N/A
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	5.6%	36.3%	N/A
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	23.2%	38.2%	N/A
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	18%	37.5%	N/A
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	18%	30.1%	N/A
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	25.5%	27%	N/A
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	23.9%	30.6%	N/A
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	34.3%	33.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	29.1%	35.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	24.4%	37.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	11.8%	38%	N/A
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	18.8%	42.6%	N/A
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	25.6%	44.4%	N/A
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	32.1%	43.3%	N/A
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	0.6%	13.2%	N/A
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	1.1%	14.9%	N/A
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	2.4%	16.3%	N/A
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	3.3%	15.7%	N/A
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	1.4%	15.5%	N/A
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	22.8%	38.4%	N/A
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	69.4%	67.7%	N/A
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	79.6%	72.4%	N/A
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	86.1%	70.5%	N/A
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	57.7%	64.3%	N/A
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	23.1%	64.2%	N/A
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	65%	66.5%	N/A
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	38.7%	62.6%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Roxborough 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.