Washington Grover Jr School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

201 East Olney Ave

Philadelphia PA, 19120, Philadelphia County

Phone: 215-456-0422

Ranking:

(2,083 out of 2,311, bottom 10%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 5 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

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	35		48		48		53		54		59		55
Total Students:	591		653		716		761		799		849		957
Grade 5:	124	21.0%	151	23.1%	137	19.1%	162	21.3%	164	20.5%	143	16.8%	198	20.7%
Grade 6:	162	27.4%	146	22.4%	187	26.1%	202	26.5%	171	21.4%	201	23.7%	229	23.9%
Grade 7:	139	23.5%	177	27.1%	204	28.5%	184	24.2%	217	27.2%	239	28.2%	274	28.6%
Grade 8:	166	28.1%	179	27.4%	188	26.3%	213	28.0%	247	30.9%	266	31.3%	256	26.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	319	54.0%	330	50.5%	356	49.7%	377	49.5%	412	51.6%	447	52.7%	524	54.8%
Female:	272	46.0%	323	49.5%	360	50.3%	384	50.5%	369	46.2%	388	45.7%	425	44.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	3	0.4%	3	0.4%	3	0.3%
Asian:	96	16.2%	102	15.6%	103	14.4%	100	13.1%	116	14.5%	130	15.3%	137	14.3%
Hispanic:	84	14.2%	83	12.7%	95	13.3%	100	13.1%	110	13.8%	118	13.9%	148	15.5%
Black:	380	64.3%	443	67.8%	494	69.0%	529	69.5%	542	67.8%	572	67.4%	642	67.1%
White:	14	2.4%	11	1.7%	8	1.1%	18	2.4%	18	2.3%	20	2.4%	23	2.4%
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:	16	2.7%	13	2.0%	15	2.1%	13	1.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	588	99.5%	650	99.5%	713	99.6%	758	99.6%	796	99.6%	560	66.0%	622	65.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	94	11.1%	104	10.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.90		13.55		14.81		14.47		14.73		14.50		17.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	10.6%	23.1%	N/A
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	22.7%	30.7%	N/A
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	48.9%	45.8%	N/A
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	37.6%	41.6%	N/A
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	39.3%	44.7%	N/A
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	41.4%	49.7%	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	45.6%	52.4%	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	36.4%	52.3%	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	44%	56.5%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	39.2%	45.1%	N/A
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	16.4%	23.4%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	27.6%	31.6%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	25.3%	35.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	29%	31.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	24.6%	31.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	33.3%	36.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	38.9%	40%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	35.7%	40.3%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	42.6%	45.8%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	26.2%	34.5%	N/A
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	36.3%	31.7%	N/A
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	16.1%	25.7%	N/A
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	32.2%	28.3%	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	34.6%	32.3%	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	45.2%	35%	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	44.4%	39.5%	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	23.8%	31.6%	N/A
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	54.4%	40.6%	N/A
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	46%	46.7%	N/A
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	46.3%	49.7%	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	41.9%	54.3%	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	51.7%	57.2%	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	44.6%	61.3%	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	58.6%	52.3%	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	38.3%	35.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	37.7%	36.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	36.2%	40.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	37.3%	42.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	42%	45.2%	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	32.2%	45.4%	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	36%	42%	N/A
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	41.7%	39.4%	N/A
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	52.8%	40.2%	N/A
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	58.5%	48.4%	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	57.5%	53.7%	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	47.9%	57.1%	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	61.2%	58.7%	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	50.6%	56.2%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	41.9%	39.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	48.3%	40.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	58%	47.8%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	48.7%	50.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	59.8%	53.3%	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60.8%	55.7%	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	44.8%	51.7%	N/A
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	17.9%	19.7%	N/A
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	30.1%	30.9%	N/A
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	32.8%	39.4%	N/A
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	38.6%	37%	N/A
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	42.7%	43.9%	N/A
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	57.9%	48.9%	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	59.5%	50.6%	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60.5%	55.6%	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	53.7%	57%	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62.5%	52.4%	N/A
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	29.4%	30.4%	N/A
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	48.8%	41.2%	N/A
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	47.5%	39.6%	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	58.8%	44.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	49.8%	49.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.7%	55.9%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.5%	62%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.5%	67%	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.5%	62.6%	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.1%	57.9%	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	15.3%	21%	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	14.8%	22.2%	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	13%	25.9%	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	16.1%	25.9%	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	20.3%	23.6%	N/A
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	42.4%	41.2%	N/A
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	50.5%	45.7%	N/A
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	61.2%	40.8%	N/A
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	75.1%	46.7%	N/A
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	79.6%	52.4%	N/A
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	74.1%	50.3%	N/A
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	70.9%	48.2%	N/A

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* Washington Grover Jr School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.