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Smith Walter G School
1900 Wharton St Philadelphia PA, 19146, Philadelphia County Phone: 215-952-6222 Ranking:  (2,292 out of 2,311, bottom 1%)*Type: Regular School Status: Closed Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8 School District: Philadelphia City School District Title I Eligible School: 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: | NA | NA | 27 | 28 | 26 | 27 | 24 | 26 | ||||||
| Total Students: | NA | NA | 393 | 423 | 437 | 378 | 432 | 482 | ||||||
| Kindergarten: | NA | NA | 56 | 14.2% | 47 | 11.1% | 51 | 11.7% | 36 | 9.5% | 53 | 12.3% | 59 | 12.2% |
| Grade 1: | NA | NA | 43 | 10.9% | 49 | 11.6% | 48 | 11.0% | 54 | 14.3% | 57 | 13.2% | 55 | 11.4% |
| Grade 2: | NA | NA | 43 | 10.9% | 50 | 11.8% | 59 | 13.5% | 56 | 14.8% | 47 | 10.9% | 53 | 11.0% |
| Grade 3: | NA | NA | 43 | 10.9% | 58 | 13.7% | 53 | 12.1% | 34 | 9.0% | 50 | 11.6% | 53 | 11.0% |
| Grade 4: | NA | NA | 48 | 12.2% | 50 | 11.8% | 37 | 8.5% | 38 | 10.1% | 48 | 11.1% | 49 | 10.2% |
| Grade 5: | NA | NA | 43 | 10.9% | 39 | 9.2% | 39 | 8.9% | 41 | 10.8% | 49 | 11.3% | 49 | 10.2% |
| Grade 6: | NA | NA | 40 | 10.2% | 38 | 9.0% | 39 | 8.9% | 41 | 10.8% | 39 | 9.0% | 39 | 8.1% |
| Grade 7: | NA | NA | 41 | 10.4% | 37 | 8.7% | 46 | 10.5% | 39 | 10.3% | 31 | 7.2% | 49 | 10.2% |
| Grade 8: | NA | NA | 36 | 9.2% | 55 | 13.0% | 47 | 10.8% | 26 | 6.9% | 42 | 9.7% | 57 | 11.8% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | NA | NA | 195 | 49.6% | 213 | 50.4% | 223 | 51.0% | 182 | 48.1% | 204 | 47.2% | 227 | 47.1% |
| Female: | NA | NA | 198 | 50.4% | 210 | 49.6% | 214 | 49.0% | 177 | 46.8% | 214 | 49.5% | 250 | 51.9% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | NA | NA | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 4 | 0.9% | 5 | 1.0% |
| Asian: | NA | NA | 3 | 0.8% | 2 | 0.5% | 3 | 0.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% |
| Hispanic: | NA | NA | 7 | 1.8% | 9 | 2.1% | 8 | 1.8% | 8 | 2.1% | 4 | 0.9% | 4 | 0.8% |
| Black: | NA | NA | 357 | 90.8% | 389 | 92.0% | 404 | 92.4% | 358 | 94.7% | 415 | 96.1% | 469 | 97.3% |
| White: | NA | NA | 5 | 1.3% | 4 | 0.9% | 4 | 0.9% | 1 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.4% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | NA | NA | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | NA | NA | 21 | 5.3% | 19 | 4.5% | 18 | 4.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | NA | NA | 390 | 99.2% | 420 | 99.3% | 419 | 95.9% | 365 | 96.6% | 387 | 89.6% | 413 | 85.7% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | NA | NA | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 23 | 5.3% | 25 | 5.2% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | NA | NA | 14.78 | 15.33 | 16.73 | 13.92 | 17.90 | 18.40 | ||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| PSSA | ||||||
| 2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 33% | 52% | 81% |
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 47% | 59% | 83% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 54.7% | 52.4% | 78.5% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 54.2% | 55.3% | 80.5% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 41.3% | 59.5% | 81.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 43.7% | 66.5% | 84.5% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 12.2% | 66.8% | 83.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 24.4% | 49.4% | 80% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 30% | 37% | 68% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 26% | 42% | 69% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 40.5% | 46.6% | 72.8% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 47.9% | 52.1% | 76.8% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 37% | 54% | 77% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 21.9% | 52.6% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 14.6% | 58.3% | 77.2% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 16.3% | 44.6% | 74.1% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 34.8% | 51.3% | 77.2% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 39.7% | 53% | 78% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 40.9% | 55.2% | 79.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 35.7% | 61.2% | 81.8% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 45.5% | 66.1% | 84.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 39.4% | 68.2% | 85.2% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 24.4% | 55.9% | 82.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 17.3% | 36.1% | 68.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 28.3% | 42.8% | 70.1% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 13.7% | 42.8% | 70.1% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 35.7% | 47.3% | 72.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 24.2% | 49.5% | 72.9% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 27.2% | 51.7% | 73.3% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 11.1% | 41.8% | 72.1% |
| 2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 43.6% | 52.8% | 81.5% |
| 2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 39.6% | 53.9% | 83.4% |
| 2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 17.6% | 53.3% | 81.4% |
| 2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 18.2% | 56.8% | 82.9% |
| 2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 17.8% | 49% | 82.3% |
| 2003 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 8.3% | 23.1% | 56.3% |
| 2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 14% | 30.7% | 61.8% |
| 2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.2% | 45.8% | 69% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.9% | 41.6% | 66.9% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 31.6% | 44.7% | 71% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 46.8% | 49.7% | 73.2% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 40% | 52.4% | 73.5% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 36.6% | 52.3% | 74.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 33.3% | 56.5% | 76.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 33.4% | 45.1% | 73.3% |
| 2003 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 11.7% | 23.4% | 58% |
| 2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 15.3% | 31.6% | 62.7% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.4% | 35.1% | 64.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 42.2% | 31.6% | 60.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 13.1% | 31.9% | 60% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 27.6% | 36.3% | 61.6% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 22.2% | 40% | 64.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 27.5% | 40.3% | 64.1% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 25% | 45.8% | 67.3% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 19.5% | 34.5% | 65% |
| 2006 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 23.8% | 31.7% | 54.1% |
| 2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 7.1% | 25.7% | 57.3% |
| 2008 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 27.3% | 28.3% | 57.3% |
| 2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 19.5% | 32.3% | 58.1% |
| 2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 7.5% | 35% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 19.4% | 39.5% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 8.8% | 31.6% | 64.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 18.9% | 40.6% | 68% |
| 2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 14% | 46.7% | 69.6% |
| 2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 22.2% | 49.7% | 72.3% |
| 2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 36.1% | 54.3% | 75.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 31% | 57.2% | 78% |
| 2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 26.5% | 61.3% | 78.8% |
| 2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 33.3% | 52.3% | 77.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 26.4% | 35.6% | 65.9% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 23.3% | 36.6% | 63.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 29.6% | 40.1% | 66.9% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 11.1% | 42.7% | 67.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 9.5% | 45.2% | 68.8% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 23.5% | 45.4% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 25% | 42% | 68.5% |
| 2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 5.6% | 40.2% | 67.2% |
| 2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 36.6% | 48.4% | 70.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 33.3% | 53.7% | 75.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 37.2% | 57.1% | 77.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 25% | 58.7% | 78.6% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 30.6% | 56.2% | 80.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 14.9% | 40.7% | 66.8% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 36.6% | 47.8% | 70% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 37.9% | 50.2% | 71.4% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 34.3% | 53.3% | 73.5% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 32.5% | 55.7% | 76% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 27.8% | 51.7% | 76% |
| 2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 21.6% | 48.9% | 70.4% |
| 2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 46.5% | 50.6% | 71.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 29.2% | 55.6% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 30% | 57% | 76.9% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 34% | 52.4% | 76.4% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 35.3% | 55.9% | 78.3% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 52.3% | 62% | 80.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 37.5% | 67% | 81.9% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 22.5% | 62.6% | 81.8% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 44.7% | 57.9% | 79.8% |
| 2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 0% | 21% | 52.7% |
| 2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 6.8% | 22.2% | 54.8% |
| 2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 4.2% | 25.9% | 57.2% |
| 2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 0% | 25.9% | 58.3% |
| 2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 4.3% | 23.6% | 59.7% |
| 2008 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 13.5% | 40.8% | 69.1% |
| 2009 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 17.1% | 46.7% | 71.2% |
| 2010 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 21.7% | 52.4% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 7.7% | 50.3% | 73.1% |
| 2012 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 23.3% | 48.2% | 72.7% |
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* Smith Walter G School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.