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West Philadelphia High School
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% | 49.1% |
| 2004 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 2.6% | 22.9% | 49.1% |
| 2005 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 10.6% | 23.1% | 50.9% |
| 2006 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 7% | 26.9% | 52% |
| 2007 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 5.5% | 31% | 53.7% |
| 2008 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 8.2% | 32.6% | 55.9% |
| 2009 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 8% | 31.6% | 55.6% |
| 2010 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 2.2% | 36.3% | 59.6% |
| 2011 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 15.4% | 38.2% | 60.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 13% | 37.5% | 60% |
| 2003 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 7.9% | 30.1% | 59.2% |
| 2004 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 9.2% | 27% | 60.8% |
| 2005 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 13.7% | 30.6% | 65% |
| 2006 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 18.1% | 33.1% | 65.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 6.2% | 35.1% | 65.4% |
| 2008 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 14% | 37.3% | 64.7% |
| 2009 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 11% | 38% | 65.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 16.1% | 42.6% | 67.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 15.9% | 44.4% | 69.1% |
| 2012 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 18.7% | 43.3% | 67.8% |
| 2008 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 0% | 13.2% | 35.7% |
| 2009 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 0.6% | 14.9% | 39.7% |
| 2010 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 1% | 16.3% | 39.8% |
| 2011 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 3.4% | 15.7% | 40.8% |
| 2012 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 0.6% | 15.5% | 41.8% |
| 2005 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 20.5% | 38.4% | 69% |
| 2006 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 53.3% | 67.7% | 85.6% |
| 2007 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 51.5% | 72.4% | 87.9% |
| 2008 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 40.7% | 70.5% | 85.8% |
| 2009 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 40.1% | 64.3% | 82.7% |
| 2010 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 44.1% | 64.2% | 80.7% |
| 2011 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 44.7% | 66.5% | 84.7% |
| 2012 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 25% | 62.6% | 82.9% |
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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.