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Taggart John H School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

400 West Porter St

Philadelphia PA, 19148, Philadelphia County

Phone: 215-952-6228

Ranking:

(2,224 out of 2,495, bottom 11%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten 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

	2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	39		32		34
Total Students:	453		413		444
Prekindergarten:	35	7.7%	18	4.4%	18	4.1%
Kindergarten:	46	10.2%	41	9.9%	47	10.6%
Grade 1:	43	9.5%	46	11.1%	52	11.7%
Grade 2:	48	10.6%	44	10.7%	49	11.0%
Grade 3:	44	9.7%	49	11.9%	41	9.2%
Grade 4:	53	11.7%	44	10.7%	52	11.7%
Grade 5:	47	10.4%	46	11.1%	43	9.7%
Grade 6:	48	10.6%	43	10.4%	41	9.2%
Grade 7:	50	11.0%	41	9.9%	43	9.7%
Grade 8:	39	8.6%	41	9.9%	58	13.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	226	49.9%	209	50.6%	226	50.9%
Female:	198	43.7%	179	43.3%	198	44.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander:	208	45.9%	176	42.6%	196	44.1%
Hispanic:	60	13.2%	39	9.4%	42	9.5%
Black	97	21.4%	112	27.1%	106	23.9%
White:	67	14.8%	69	16.7%	84	18.9%
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	418	92.3%	298	72.2%	317	71.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	45	10.9%	47	10.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.56		12.90		13.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	51%	52%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	52%	59%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	66.7%	52.4%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	60.5%	55.3%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	65.8%	59.5%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	63.4%	66.5%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	52.6%	66.8%	83.5%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	21%	37%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	22%	42%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	41.7%	46.6%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	42.1%	52.1%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	56.1%	54%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	41.5%	52.6%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	36.8%	58.3%	77.2%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	43.9%	51.3%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	45.6%	53%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	64.1%	55.2%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	56.4%	61.2%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	67.4%	66.1%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	60.5%	68.2%	85.2%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	19.5%	36.1%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	34.8%	42.8%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	30.7%	42.8%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	38.5%	47.3%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	47.8%	49.5%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	42.1%	51.7%	73.3%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	55%	52.8%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	45.9%	53.9%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	50%	53.3%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	56.7%	56.8%	82.9%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	31.8%	23.1%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	46.1%	30.7%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	42.8%	45.8%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	44.9%	41.6%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	51.2%	44.7%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	40%	49.7%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59.6%	52.4%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	51.1%	52.3%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	54%	56.5%	76.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	27.3%	23.4%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	33.8%	31.6%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	36.8%	35.1%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	30.6%	31.6%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	32.6%	31.9%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	22.5%	36.3%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	23.8%	40%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	34.9%	40.3%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	42%	45.8%	67.3%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	24%	31.7%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	13.6%	25.7%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	15.4%	28.3%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	21.4%	32.3%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	33.3%	35%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	44.9%	39.5%	67.1%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	57.9%	40.6%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82%	46.7%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75%	49.7%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	66.6%	54.3%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80%	57.2%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	63%	61.3%	78.8%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	44.8%	35.6%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	56.4%	36.6%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	58.4%	40.1%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	45.3%	42.7%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	50%	45.2%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	50%	45.4%	69.9%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	44.6%	39.4%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	45.3%	40.2%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	59%	48.4%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80%	53.7%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	42.3%	57.1%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	63.6%	58.7%	78.6%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	55.4%	39.4%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	48.2%	40.7%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.5%	47.8%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	54.2%	50.2%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	47.8%	53.3%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	50%	55.7%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	14.8%	19.7%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	44.1%	30.9%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	33.3%	39.4%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	37.9%	37%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	58.6%	43.9%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	50%	48.9%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	50.6%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69%	55.6%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	43.2%	57%	76.9%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	31.5%	30.4%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	42.4%	41.2%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	29.1%	39.6%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	30.3%	44.5%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	56.9%	49.4%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.6%	55.9%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.3%	62%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	67%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	54.6%	62.6%	81.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	20%	21%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	23.1%	22.2%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	22%	25.9%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	11.1%	25.9%	58.3%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	57.8%	41.2%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	67.8%	45.7%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	53.1%	40.8%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	60%	46.7%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	52.5%	52.4%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	43.2%	50.3%	73.1%

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* Taggart John H School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.