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Taft High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

6530 West Bryn Mawr Ave

Chicago IL, 60631, Cook County

Phone: 773-534-1000

Ranking:

High School:

(520 out of 666, bottom 22%)
Elementary/Middle School:

(3 out of 3,028, top 0%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 12

School District: Chicago Public School District 299

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:	178		183		165		162		154		157		136
Total Students:	3,152		3,060		2,914		2,830		2,686		2,819		2,596
Grade 7:	96	3.0%	131	4.3%	117	4.0%	136	4.8%	111	4.1%	108	3.8%	97	3.7%
Grade 8:	129	4.1%	109	3.6%	133	4.6%	121	4.3%	104	3.9%	100	3.5%	81	3.1%
Grade 9:	791	25.1%	810	26.5%	706	24.2%	717	25.3%	786	29.3%	803	28.5%	720	27.7%
Grade 10:	709	22.5%	692	22.6%	731	25.1%	711	25.1%	709	26.4%	664	23.6%	814	31.4%
Grade 11:	696	22.1%	713	23.3%	623	21.4%	640	22.6%	482	17.9%	522	18.5%	562	21.6%
Grade 12:	731	23.2%	605	19.8%	601	20.6%	505	17.8%	494	18.4%	622	22.1%	322	12.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	1,617	51.3%	1,607	52.5%	1,545	53.0%	1,505	53.2%	1,451	54.0%	1,274	45.2%	1,289	49.7%
Female:	1,535	48.7%	1,453	47.5%	1,369	47.0%	1,325	46.8%	1,227	45.7%	1,537	54.5%	1,149	44.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	9	0.3%	11	0.4%	13	0.4%	19	0.7%	11	0.4%	12	0.4%	4	0.2%
Asian:	246	7.8%	218	7.1%	203	7.0%	203	7.2%	227	8.5%	230	8.2%	216	8.3%
Hispanic:	1,249	39.6%	1,224	40.0%	1,147	39.4%	1,062	37.5%	916	34.1%	911	32.3%	719	27.7%
Black:	69	2.2%	71	2.3%	69	2.4%	78	2.8%	94	3.5%	100	3.5%	73	2.8%
White:	1,519	48.2%	1,472	48.1%	1,427	49.0%	1,412	49.9%	1,438	53.5%	1,566	55.6%	1,430	55.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	3	0.1%	2	0.1%	2	0.1%	4	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	57	1.8%	62	2.0%	53	1.8%	52	1.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	1,479	46.9%	1,504	49.2%	468	16.1%	1,276	45.1%	1,189	44.3%	980	34.8%	930	35.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	427	13.5%	313	10.2%	1,271	43.6%	379	13.4%	483	18.0%	466	16.5%	465	17.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.68		16.68		17.66		17.47		17.44		18.00		19.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ISAT
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	100.0%	62.0%	76.0%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	100.0%	65.9%	79.4%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	100.0%	68.2%	80.4%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	100.0%	72.4%	82.7%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	100%	76.0%	84.4%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	100.0%	77.6%	84.3%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	100.0%	79.0%	84.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	100.0%	53.3%	59.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	100.0%	62.8%	72%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	100.0%	62.9%	73.3%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	100.0%	69.5%	77.7%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	100.0%	69.2%	77.5%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	99.1%	67.6%	77.4%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	100.0%	72.6%	78.8%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	100.0%	70.9%	78.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	96.9%	51.9%	58.5%
2003	Science	7th Grade	% met std	100.0%	56.2%	73.7%
2004	Science	7th Grade	% met std	100.0%	56.0%	74.4%
2005	Science	7th Grade	% met std	100.1%	54.5%	74.6%
2006	Science	7th Grade	% met std	100.0%	68.4%	80.9%
2007	Science	7th Grade	% met std	100.0%	62.5%	79.3%
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	100.0%	63.2%	79.2%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	100.0%	64.8%	79.5%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	100.0%	70.6%	82.4%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	100.0%	73.0%	81.9%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	100.0%	71.8%	79.9%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	100.0%	73.0%	79.0%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	93.6%	30.7%	53.1%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	100.0%	33.3%	54.4%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	97.4%	32.3%	54.3%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	100.0%	64.6%	78.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	100.0%	71.1%	81.3%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	100.0%	69.3%	80.3%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	100.0%	72.8%	81.7%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	100.0%	76.5%	83.7%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	100.0%	81.4%	86.3%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	100.0%	80.6%	85.0%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	98.2%	53.9%	58.9%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	98.4%	50.5%	63.7%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	100.0%	54.6%	67.1%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	98.7%	59.4%	72.8%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	98.9%	72.1%	79.2%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	100.0%	77.9%	81.7%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	100.0%	75.0%	81.4%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	100.0%	77.6%	83.6%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	100.0%	78.1%	84.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	100.0%	80.7%	85.0%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	100.0%	83.1%	86.2%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	95.3%	52.5%	59.8%
PSAE
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	28.7%	27.4%	53.3%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	29.1%	27.8%	53.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	35%	27.5%	52.8%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	34.4%	30.5%	53.7%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	39.9%	29.2%	52.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	40.6%	28.3%	53.0%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	42.1%	26.6%	51.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	43.2%	28.8%	52.7%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	29.8%	29.4%	51.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	35.8%	32.2%	51.6%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	41.1%	33.2%	51.8%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	34.1%	36.2%	56.4%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	34.0%	36.3%	56.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	46.9%	41.2%	59.5%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	40.4%	39.4%	58.4%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	38.9%	34.8%	54.0%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	39.5%	30.4%	53.3%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	48.5%	33.9%	56.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	44.3%	32.9%	54.0%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	35.9%	30.9%	51.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	40.2%	31.8%	50.6%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	50.4%	36.2%	54.8%
2003	Science	11th Grade	% met std	28.2%	23.5%	51.3%
2004	Science	11th Grade	% met std	30.3%	27.0%	52.9%
2005	Science	11th Grade	% met std	33.0%	26.2%	52.5%
2006	Science	11th Grade	% met std	30.1%	24.7%	50.8%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	29.4%	26.1%	51.0%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	33.9%	24.4%	51.2%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	35.8%	23.1%	50.5%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	40.7%	26.1%	52.4%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	29.9%	24.6%	49.2%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	34.7%	29.0%	51.7%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	35.5%	26.5%	49.4%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Taft 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.