Philadelphia Academy Charter School
11000 Roosevelt Blvd
Philadelphia PA, 19116, Philadelphia County
Phone: 215-676-8320
Ranking: | High School: (554 out of 626, bottom 12%) Elementary/Middle School: (981 out of 2,311, top 42%)* |
Type: Regular Other School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Kindergarten 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: | 87 | 88 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 93 | 96 | |||||||
Total Students: | 1,180 | 1,182 | 1,188 | 1,189 | 1,197 | 1,161 | 1,186 | |||||||
Kindergarten: | 68 | 5.8% | 68 | 5.8% | 69 | 5.8% | 66 | 5.6% | 68 | 5.7% | 63 | 5.4% | 61 | 5.1% |
Grade 1: | 68 | 5.8% | 70 | 5.9% | 66 | 5.6% | 69 | 5.8% | 68 | 5.7% | 70 | 6.0% | 62 | 5.2% |
Grade 2: | 70 | 5.9% | 69 | 5.8% | 69 | 5.8% | 68 | 5.7% | 71 | 5.9% | 73 | 6.3% | 71 | 6.0% |
Grade 3: | 68 | 5.8% | 70 | 5.9% | 69 | 5.8% | 71 | 6.0% | 75 | 6.3% | 75 | 6.5% | 71 | 6.0% |
Grade 4: | 70 | 5.9% | 72 | 6.1% | 69 | 5.8% | 79 | 6.6% | 77 | 6.4% | 76 | 6.5% | 75 | 6.3% |
Grade 5: | 69 | 5.8% | 70 | 5.9% | 80 | 6.7% | 77 | 6.5% | 78 | 6.5% | 74 | 6.4% | 75 | 6.3% |
Grade 6: | 92 | 7.8% | 98 | 8.3% | 94 | 7.9% | 93 | 7.8% | 90 | 7.5% | 92 | 7.9% | 80 | 6.7% |
Grade 7: | 97 | 8.2% | 92 | 7.8% | 92 | 7.7% | 87 | 7.3% | 95 | 7.9% | 91 | 7.8% | 88 | 7.4% |
Grade 8: | 91 | 7.7% | 89 | 7.5% | 89 | 7.5% | 95 | 8.0% | 91 | 7.6% | 92 | 7.9% | 97 | 8.2% |
Grade 9: | 128 | 10.8% | 127 | 10.7% | 127 | 10.7% | 120 | 10.1% | 130 | 10.9% | 121 | 10.4% | 126 | 10.6% |
Grade 10: | 123 | 10.4% | 125 | 10.6% | 118 | 9.9% | 121 | 10.2% | 121 | 10.1% | 117 | 10.1% | 120 | 10.1% |
Grade 11: | 122 | 10.3% | 107 | 9.1% | 120 | 10.1% | 120 | 10.1% | 125 | 10.4% | 101 | 8.7% | 109 | 9.2% |
Grade 12: | 114 | 9.7% | 125 | 10.6% | 126 | 10.6% | 119 | 10.0% | 103 | 8.6% | 107 | 9.2% | 115 | 9.7% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 4 | 0.3% | 5 | 0.4% | 9 | 0.8% | 36 | 3.0% |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 606 | 51.4% | 623 | 52.7% | 633 | 53.3% | 637 | 53.6% | 611 | 51.0% | 592 | 51.0% | 611 | 51.5% |
Female: | 574 | 48.6% | 559 | 47.3% | 555 | 46.7% | 552 | 46.4% | 571 | 47.7% | 556 | 47.9% | 567 | 47.8% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.2% | 4 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.3% |
Asian: | 34 | 2.9% | 40 | 3.4% | 35 | 2.9% | 28 | 2.4% | 28 | 2.3% | 20 | 1.7% | 24 | 2.0% |
Hispanic: | 64 | 5.4% | 62 | 5.2% | 63 | 5.3% | 59 | 5.0% | 52 | 4.3% | 48 | 4.1% | 39 | 3.3% |
Black: | 73 | 6.2% | 68 | 5.8% | 69 | 5.8% | 59 | 5.0% | 66 | 5.5% | 61 | 5.3% | 62 | 5.2% |
White: | 997 | 84.5% | 1,000 | 84.6% | 1,013 | 85.3% | 1,035 | 87.0% | 1,042 | 87.1% | 1,023 | 88.1% | 1,054 | 88.9% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 10 | 0.8% | 9 | 0.8% | 5 | 0.4% | 6 | 0.5% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 307 | 26.0% | 260 | 22.0% | 207 | 17.4% | 223 | 18.8% | 266 | 22.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 83 | 7.0% | 103 | 8.7% | 111 | 9.3% | 82 | 6.9% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 13.55 | 13.48 | 12.76 | 12.64 | 12.59 | 12.50 | 12.40 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
PSSA | ||||||
2006 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 6.1% | N/A | 52% |
2007 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 20.3% | N/A | 53.7% |
2008 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 24.3% | N/A | 55.9% |
2009 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 22.3% | N/A | 55.6% |
2010 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 22.7% | N/A | 59.6% |
2011 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 54.9% | N/A | 60.3% |
2012 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 50% | N/A | 60% |
2006 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 27.3% | N/A | 65.1% |
2007 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 37.3% | N/A | 65.4% |
2008 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 43.9% | N/A | 64.7% |
2009 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 46.1% | N/A | 65.2% |
2010 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 43.6% | N/A | 67.2% |
2011 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 69% | N/A | 69.1% |
2012 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 53.5% | N/A | 67.8% |
2008 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 15.7% | N/A | 35.7% |
2009 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 17.9% | N/A | 39.7% |
2010 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 10.1% | N/A | 39.8% |
2011 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 25% | N/A | 40.8% |
2012 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 18.4% | N/A | 41.8% |
2006 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 73.1% | N/A | 85.6% |
2007 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 87.2% | N/A | 87.9% |
2008 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 89.7% | N/A | 85.8% |
2009 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 84.4% | N/A | 82.7% |
2010 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 67.3% | N/A | 80.7% |
2011 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 83.9% | N/A | 84.7% |
2012 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 85.2% | N/A | 82.9% |
2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83% | N/A | 81% |
2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90% | N/A | 83% |
2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 69.1% | N/A | 78.5% |
2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.8% | N/A | 80.5% |
2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.8% | N/A | 81.7% |
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93% | N/A | 84.5% |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.2% | N/A | 83.5% |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91% | N/A | 80% |
2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73% | N/A | 68% |
2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70% | N/A | 69% |
2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 64.7% | N/A | 72.8% |
2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.3% | N/A | 76.8% |
2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.9% | N/A | 77% |
2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.9% | N/A | 75.2% |
2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.8% | N/A | 77.2% |
2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.6% | N/A | 74.1% |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.3% | N/A | 77.2% |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.6% | N/A | 78% |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.8% | N/A | 79.6% |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.5% | N/A | 81.8% |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 89% | N/A | 84.9% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.4% | N/A | 85.2% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.5% | N/A | 82.6% |
2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.9% | N/A | 68.1% |
2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.7% | N/A | 70.1% |
2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 70.4% | N/A | 70.1% |
2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 80% | N/A | 72.6% |
2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.8% | N/A | 72.9% |
2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.3% | N/A | 73.3% |
2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.3% | N/A | 72.1% |
2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 86% | N/A | 81.5% |
2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.7% | N/A | 83.4% |
2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.1% | N/A | 81.4% |
2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.5% | N/A | 82.9% |
2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 94% | N/A | 82.3% |
2003 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.9% | 69.9% | 56.3% |
2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.2% | N/A | 61.8% |
2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.1% | N/A | 69% |
2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.8% | N/A | 66.9% |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 68.1% | N/A | 71% |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.4% | N/A | 73.2% |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.6% | N/A | 73.5% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.5% | N/A | 74.4% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.4% | N/A | 76.3% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.4% | N/A | 73.3% |
2003 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 71.4% | 58% |
2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.3% | N/A | 62.7% |
2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.4% | N/A | 64.2% |
2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.6% | N/A | 60.6% |
2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.8% | N/A | 60% |
2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.1% | N/A | 61.6% |
2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.9% | N/A | 64.5% |
2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.6% | N/A | 64.1% |
2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.6% | N/A | 67.3% |
2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 69% | N/A | 65% |
2006 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.7% | N/A | 54.1% |
2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 54.9% | N/A | 57.3% |
2008 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.4% | N/A | 57.3% |
2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.4% | N/A | 58.1% |
2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.3% | N/A | 61.8% |
2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 73% | N/A | 67.1% |
2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 50% | N/A | 64.2% |
2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 78.5% | N/A | 68% |
2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 65.1% | N/A | 69.6% |
2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 72.6% | N/A | 72.3% |
2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 85.7% | N/A | 75.7% |
2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 82.3% | N/A | 78% |
2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 94.9% | N/A | 78.8% |
2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 92.1% | N/A | 77.2% |
2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 77.4% | N/A | 65.9% |
2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 66.3% | N/A | 63.5% |
2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 70% | N/A | 66.9% |
2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 80.3% | N/A | 67.6% |
2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 66.2% | N/A | 68.8% |
2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 78.4% | N/A | 69.9% |
2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 80.9% | N/A | 68.5% |
2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 77.1% | N/A | 66.5% |
2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 73.9% | N/A | 67.2% |
2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 60.9% | N/A | 70.6% |
2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.4% | N/A | 75.3% |
2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 83.7% | N/A | 77.9% |
2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.6% | N/A | 78.6% |
2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 97.6% | N/A | 80.1% |
2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 73.7% | N/A | 68.1% |
2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 77.1% | N/A | 66.8% |
2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.4% | N/A | 70% |
2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.5% | N/A | 71.4% |
2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 83.1% | N/A | 73.5% |
2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.6% | N/A | 76% |
2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 89% | N/A | 76% |
2003 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 48.6% | 48.6% | 51.3% |
2004 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 50.7% | N/A | 57.9% |
2005 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 62.7% | N/A | 62.9% |
2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 69.5% | N/A | 62.2% |
2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 60% | N/A | 67.9% |
2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 79.6% | N/A | 70.4% |
2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 67.1% | N/A | 71.3% |
2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 77.1% | N/A | 75.2% |
2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 93.3% | N/A | 76.9% |
2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 90.4% | N/A | 76.4% |
2003 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 69.5% | 69.5% | 63.4% |
2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 62.4% | N/A | 68.9% |
2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 64% | N/A | 64.1% |
2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 75.3% | N/A | 70.6% |
2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 81% | N/A | 75% |
2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 85.7% | N/A | 78.3% |
2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 78.4% | N/A | 80.5% |
2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 83.9% | N/A | 81.9% |
2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 86.6% | N/A | 81.8% |
2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.2% | N/A | 79.8% |
2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 76.3% | N/A | 52.7% |
2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 55.6% | N/A | 54.8% |
2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 55.6% | N/A | 57.2% |
2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 66.7% | N/A | 58.3% |
2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 71.1% | N/A | 59.7% |
2006 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 62.3% | N/A | 66.1% |
2007 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 65.9% | N/A | 71.8% |
2008 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 75.2% | N/A | 69.1% |
2009 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 75.5% | N/A | 71.2% |
2010 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 59.3% | N/A | 75.2% |
2011 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 70.6% | N/A | 73.1% |
2012 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 61.9% | N/A | 72.7% |
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* Philadelphia Academy Charter School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.