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World Communications Charter School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

51220 South Broad St

Philadelphia PA, 19146, Philadelphia County

Phone: 215-735-3198

Ranking:

High School:

(448 out of 626, bottom 28%)
Elementary/Middle School:

(1,915 out of 2,311, bottom 17%)*

Type: Regular Other School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 12

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:	36		32		31		27		31		25		NA	NA
Total Students:	626		561		502		510		493		467		456
Grade 6:	33	5.3%	30	5.3%	35	7.0%	23	4.5%	30	6.1%	23	4.9%	21	4.6%
Grade 7:	70	11.2%	88	15.7%	52	10.4%	55	10.8%	66	13.4%	46	9.9%	66	14.5%
Grade 8:	81	12.9%	52	9.3%	48	9.6%	66	12.9%	59	12.0%	66	14.1%	55	12.1%
Grade 9:	152	24.3%	150	26.7%	160	31.9%	129	25.3%	138	28.0%	116	24.8%	119	26.1%
Grade 10:	110	17.6%	105	18.7%	72	14.3%	86	16.9%	84	17.0%	87	18.6%	65	14.3%
Grade 11:	101	16.1%	62	11.1%	70	13.9%	92	18.0%	67	13.6%	62	13.3%	80	17.5%
Grade 12:	79	12.6%	74	13.2%	65	12.9%	59	11.6%	47	9.5%	67	14.3%	50	11.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	2	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	287	45.8%	245	43.7%	214	42.6%	211	41.4%	203	41.2%	184	39.4%	187	41.0%
Female:	339	54.2%	316	56.3%	288	57.4%	299	58.6%	282	57.2%	275	58.9%	265	58.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.5%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	8	1.3%	7	1.2%	16	3.2%	19	3.7%	10	2.0%	14	3.0%	2	0.4%
Hispanic:	17	2.7%	16	2.9%	11	2.2%	12	2.4%	11	2.2%	10	2.1%	7	1.5%
Black:	591	94.4%	527	93.9%	469	93.4%	474	92.9%	469	95.1%	442	94.6%	446	97.8%
White:	1	0.2%	4	0.7%	3	0.6%	3	0.6%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.3%	3	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	4	0.6%	3	0.5%	3	0.6%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	536	85.6%	366	65.2%	404	80.5%	92	18.0%	411	83.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	11	1.8%	108	19.3%	19	3.8%	12	2.4%	43	8.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.44		17.53		16.19		18.89		15.90		18.70		NA	NA

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	14.8%	14.8%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	29.2%	N/A	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.4%	N/A	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.3%	N/A	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	34.3%	N/A	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	61.3%	N/A	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.9%	N/A	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	40.8%	N/A	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	43.3%	N/A	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	15.6%	N/A	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	55.6%	55.6%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	45.8%	N/A	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	51.4%	N/A	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.5%	N/A	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	49.3%	N/A	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	38.7%	N/A	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.8%	N/A	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	70%	N/A	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	50%	N/A	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	32.8%	N/A	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	8.2%	N/A	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	18.6%	N/A	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	21.9%	N/A	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	28.4%	N/A	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	6.6%	N/A	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	82.3%	N/A	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	96.9%	N/A	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	98.5%	N/A	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93.2%	N/A	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93.4%	N/A	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	86%	N/A	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	84.7%	N/A	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	74.2%	N/A	82.9%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	38.9%	N/A	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	52%	N/A	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	71.5%	N/A	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	50%	N/A	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	66.7%	N/A	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	61.1%	N/A	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	39.3%	N/A	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	47.1%	N/A	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	33.3%	N/A	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	50%	N/A	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	50%	N/A	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.7%	N/A	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	44.4%	N/A	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	39.2%	N/A	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	35.8%	N/A	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	62.5%	N/A	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	47.3%	N/A	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.6%	N/A	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	64.3%	N/A	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68.5%	N/A	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	69.7%	N/A	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	31.3%	N/A	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	57.1%	N/A	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	52.7%	N/A	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	44.7%	N/A	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.5%	N/A	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	59.5%	N/A	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.5%	N/A	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	34.2%	34.2%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	29.1%	N/A	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	44.7%	N/A	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.2%	N/A	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	44.5%	N/A	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	73.5%	N/A	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	52.5%	N/A	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.7%	N/A	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.3%	N/A	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	63.7%	N/A	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	58.2%	58.2%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	46.9%	N/A	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.1%	N/A	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.1%	N/A	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	54.8%	N/A	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.5%	N/A	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.4%	N/A	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	N/A	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.9%	N/A	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	N/A	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	36.7%	N/A	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	18.9%	N/A	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	28.5%	N/A	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	39.7%	N/A	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	23.5%	N/A	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	79%	N/A	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	93.5%	N/A	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	66%	N/A	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	46.8%	N/A	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	74.4%	N/A	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	72.4%	N/A	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	65.6%	N/A	72.7%

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* World Communications Charter School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.