West Philadelphia High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

4901 Chestnut St

Philadelphia PA, 19139, Philadelphia County

Phone: 215-471-2902

Ranking:

(621 out of 626, bottom 1%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

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:	51		56		60		66		72		60		58
Total Students:	661		815		803		839		829		891		968
Grade 9:	189	28.6%	236	29.0%	279	34.7%	206	24.6%	249	30.0%	268	30.1%	403	41.6%
Grade 10:	172	26.0%	239	29.3%	218	27.1%	224	26.7%	215	25.9%	275	30.9%	272	28.1%
Grade 11:	166	25.1%	201	24.7%	176	21.9%	204	24.3%	181	21.8%	218	24.5%	205	21.2%
Grade 12:	134	20.3%	139	17.1%	130	16.2%	205	24.4%	184	22.2%	130	14.6%	88	9.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	350	53.0%	462	56.7%	436	54.3%	463	55.2%	433	52.2%	456	51.2%	537	55.5%
Female:	311	47.0%	353	43.3%	367	45.7%	376	44.8%	384	46.3%	424	47.6%	425	43.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%
Asian:	9	1.4%	8	1.0%	6	0.7%	4	0.5%	6	0.7%	3	0.3%	1	0.1%
Hispanic:	8	1.2%	6	0.7%	8	1.0%	7	0.8%	6	0.7%	6	0.7%	5	0.5%
Black:	635	96.1%	789	96.8%	781	97.3%	819	97.6%	808	97.5%	875	98.2%	955	98.7%
White:	5	0.8%	6	0.7%	5	0.6%	6	0.7%	4	0.5%	3	0.3%	4	0.4%
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:	4	0.6%	6	0.7%	3	0.4%	3	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	658	99.5%	812	99.6%	800	99.6%	836	99.6%	826	99.6%	758	85.1%	822	84.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	73	8.2%	79	8.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.96		14.59		13.33		12.65		11.51		14.80		16.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	2.6%	21.6%	N/A
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	2.6%	22.9%	N/A
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	10.6%	23.1%	N/A
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	7%	26.9%	N/A
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	5.5%	31%	N/A
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	8.2%	32.6%	N/A
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	8%	31.6%	N/A
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	2.2%	36.3%	N/A
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	15.4%	38.2%	N/A
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	13%	37.5%	N/A
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	7.9%	30.1%	N/A
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	9.2%	27%	N/A
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	13.7%	30.6%	N/A
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	18.1%	33.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	6.2%	35.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	14%	37.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	11%	38%	N/A
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	16.1%	42.6%	N/A
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	15.9%	44.4%	N/A
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	18.7%	43.3%	N/A
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	0%	13.2%	N/A
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	0.6%	14.9%	N/A
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	1%	16.3%	N/A
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	3.4%	15.7%	N/A
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	0.6%	15.5%	N/A
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	20.5%	38.4%	N/A
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	53.3%	67.7%	N/A
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	51.5%	72.4%	N/A
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	40.7%	70.5%	N/A
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	40.1%	64.3%	N/A
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	44.1%	64.2%	N/A
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	44.7%	66.5%	N/A
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	25%	62.6%	N/A

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* West Philadelphia 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.