Washington Grover Jr School
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% | 56.3% |
| 2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 22.7% | 30.7% | 61.8% |
| 2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 48.9% | 45.8% | 69% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 37.6% | 41.6% | 66.9% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 39.3% | 44.7% | 71% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 41.4% | 49.7% | 73.2% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 45.6% | 52.4% | 73.5% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 36.4% | 52.3% | 74.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 44% | 56.5% | 76.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 39.2% | 45.1% | 73.3% |
| 2003 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 16.4% | 23.4% | 58% |
| 2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 27.6% | 31.6% | 62.7% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 25.3% | 35.1% | 64.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 29% | 31.6% | 60.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 24.6% | 31.9% | 60% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 33.3% | 36.3% | 61.6% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 38.9% | 40% | 64.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 35.7% | 40.3% | 64.1% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 42.6% | 45.8% | 67.3% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 26.2% | 34.5% | 65% |
| 2006 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 36.3% | 31.7% | 54.1% |
| 2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 16.1% | 25.7% | 57.3% |
| 2008 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 32.2% | 28.3% | 57.3% |
| 2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 34.6% | 32.3% | 58.1% |
| 2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 45.2% | 35% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 44.4% | 39.5% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 23.8% | 31.6% | 64.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 54.4% | 40.6% | 68% |
| 2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 46% | 46.7% | 69.6% |
| 2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 46.3% | 49.7% | 72.3% |
| 2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 41.9% | 54.3% | 75.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 51.7% | 57.2% | 78% |
| 2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 44.6% | 61.3% | 78.8% |
| 2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 58.6% | 52.3% | 77.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 38.3% | 35.6% | 65.9% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 37.7% | 36.6% | 63.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 36.2% | 40.1% | 66.9% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 37.3% | 42.7% | 67.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 42% | 45.2% | 68.8% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 32.2% | 45.4% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 36% | 42% | 68.5% |
| 2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 41.7% | 39.4% | 66.5% |
| 2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 52.8% | 40.2% | 67.2% |
| 2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.5% | 48.4% | 70.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 57.5% | 53.7% | 75.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.9% | 57.1% | 77.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.2% | 58.7% | 78.6% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 50.6% | 56.2% | 80.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 41.9% | 39.4% | 68.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.3% | 40.7% | 66.8% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 58% | 47.8% | 70% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.7% | 50.2% | 71.4% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 59.8% | 53.3% | 73.5% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 60.8% | 55.7% | 76% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 44.8% | 51.7% | 76% |
| 2003 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 17.9% | 19.7% | 51.3% |
| 2004 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 30.1% | 30.9% | 57.9% |
| 2005 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 32.8% | 39.4% | 62.9% |
| 2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 38.6% | 37% | 62.2% |
| 2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 42.7% | 43.9% | 67.9% |
| 2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 57.9% | 48.9% | 70.4% |
| 2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 59.5% | 50.6% | 71.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 60.5% | 55.6% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 53.7% | 57% | 76.9% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 62.5% | 52.4% | 76.4% |
| 2003 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 29.4% | 30.4% | 63.4% |
| 2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 48.8% | 41.2% | 68.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 47.5% | 39.6% | 64.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 58.8% | 44.5% | 70.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 49.8% | 49.4% | 75% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 64.7% | 55.9% | 78.3% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 76.5% | 62% | 80.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 75.5% | 67% | 81.9% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 73.5% | 62.6% | 81.8% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 67.1% | 57.9% | 79.8% |
| 2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 15.3% | 21% | 52.7% |
| 2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 14.8% | 22.2% | 54.8% |
| 2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 13% | 25.9% | 57.2% |
| 2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 16.1% | 25.9% | 58.3% |
| 2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 20.3% | 23.6% | 59.7% |
| 2006 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 42.4% | 41.2% | 66.1% |
| 2007 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 50.5% | 45.7% | 71.8% |
| 2008 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 61.2% | 40.8% | 69.1% |
| 2009 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 75.1% | 46.7% | 71.2% |
| 2010 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 79.6% | 52.4% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 74.1% | 50.3% | 73.1% |
| 2012 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 70.9% | 48.2% | 72.7% |
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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.