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Carver High School
1600 West Norris St
Philadelphia PA, 19121, Philadelphia County
Phone: 215-684-5079
Ranking: 
(21 out of 626, top 3%)*
(21 out of 626, top 3%)*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: | 32 | 26 | 24 | 28 | 26 | 31 | 31 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 753 | 750 | 723 | 706 | 637 | 592 | 604 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 201 | 26.7% | 218 | 29.1% | 162 | 22.4% | 201 | 28.5% | 195 | 30.6% | 197 | 33.3% | 127 | 21.0% |
| Grade 10: | 204 | 27.1% | 176 | 23.5% | 196 | 27.1% | 194 | 27.5% | 200 | 31.4% | 124 | 20.9% | 122 | 20.2% |
| Grade 11: | 173 | 23.0% | 183 | 24.4% | 186 | 25.7% | 189 | 26.8% | 122 | 19.2% | 121 | 20.4% | 153 | 25.3% |
| Grade 12: | 175 | 23.2% | 173 | 23.1% | 179 | 24.8% | 122 | 17.3% | 120 | 18.8% | 150 | 25.3% | 202 | 33.4% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 450 | 59.8% | 427 | 56.9% | 401 | 55.5% | 404 | 57.2% | 359 | 56.4% | 323 | 54.6% | 317 | 52.5% |
| Female: | 303 | 40.2% | 323 | 43.1% | 322 | 44.5% | 302 | 42.8% | 263 | 41.3% | 252 | 42.6% | 275 | 45.5% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 3 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.6% | 2 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.5% | 3 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.3% |
| Asian: | 75 | 10.0% | 74 | 9.9% | 64 | 8.9% | 58 | 8.2% | 49 | 7.7% | 54 | 9.1% | 51 | 8.4% |
| Hispanic: | 49 | 6.5% | 53 | 7.1% | 44 | 6.1% | 40 | 5.7% | 40 | 6.3% | 41 | 6.9% | 32 | 5.3% |
| Black: | 583 | 77.4% | 585 | 78.0% | 587 | 81.2% | 580 | 82.2% | 522 | 81.9% | 468 | 79.1% | 485 | 80.3% |
| White: | 25 | 3.3% | 21 | 2.8% | 16 | 2.2% | 19 | 2.7% | 16 | 2.5% | 17 | 2.9% | 26 | 4.3% |
| 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: | 18 | 2.4% | 14 | 1.9% | 8 | 1.1% | 7 | 1.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 372 | 49.4% | 368 | 49.1% | 720 | 99.6% | 703 | 99.6% | 634 | 99.5% | 198 | 33.4% | 153 | 25.3% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 29 | 3.9% | 29 | 3.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 20 | 3.4% | 13 | 2.2% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 23.53 | 29.40 | 29.78 | 25.27 | 24.62 | 19.30 | 19.80 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| PSSA | ||||||
| 2003 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 64.5% | 21.6% | 49.1% |
| 2004 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 74% | 22.9% | 49.1% |
| 2005 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 62.9% | 23.1% | 50.9% |
| 2006 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 70.5% | 26.9% | 52% |
| 2007 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 81.7% | 31% | 53.7% |
| 2008 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 81.6% | 32.6% | 55.9% |
| 2009 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 83.9% | 31.6% | 55.6% |
| 2010 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 84.7% | 36.3% | 59.6% |
| 2011 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 76% | 38.2% | 60.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 86.5% | 37.5% | 60% |
| 2003 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 77.6% | 30.1% | 59.2% |
| 2004 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 87.4% | 27% | 60.8% |
| 2005 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 86.3% | 30.6% | 65% |
| 2006 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 87.9% | 33.1% | 65.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 83.9% | 35.1% | 65.4% |
| 2008 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 84.2% | 37.3% | 64.7% |
| 2009 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 89% | 38% | 65.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 87.9% | 42.6% | 67.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 80.4% | 44.4% | 69.1% |
| 2012 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 88.8% | 43.3% | 67.8% |
| 2008 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 27.8% | 13.2% | 35.7% |
| 2009 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 40.2% | 14.9% | 39.7% |
| 2010 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 39% | 16.3% | 39.8% |
| 2011 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 35% | 15.7% | 40.8% |
| 2012 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 30.3% | 15.5% | 41.8% |
| 2005 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 92.8% | 38.4% | 69% |
| 2006 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 92.7% | 67.7% | 85.6% |
| 2007 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 98.2% | 72.4% | 87.9% |
| 2008 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 98.1% | 70.5% | 85.8% |
| 2009 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 97.4% | 64.3% | 82.7% |
| 2010 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 94.3% | 64.2% | 80.7% |
| 2011 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 94.3% | 66.5% | 84.7% |
| 2012 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 98.3% | 62.6% | 82.9% |
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* Carver High School was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.