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Decatur Stephen School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

3500 Academy Rd

Philadelphia PA, 19154, Philadelphia County

Phone: 215-281-2606

Ranking:

(1,426 out of 2,311, bottom 38%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

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:	54		55		54		50		50		44		46
Total Students:	1,028		1,016		964		896		845		782		783
Kindergarten:	121	11.8%	120	11.8%	120	12.4%	105	11.7%	105	12.4%	91	11.6%	76	9.7%
Grade 1:	124	12.1%	126	12.4%	117	12.1%	117	13.1%	118	14.0%	89	11.4%	92	11.7%
Grade 2:	126	12.3%	119	11.7%	113	11.7%	113	12.6%	89	10.5%	91	11.6%	84	10.7%
Grade 3:	116	11.3%	119	11.7%	118	12.2%	98	10.9%	109	12.9%	92	11.8%	99	12.6%
Grade 4:	121	11.8%	108	10.6%	104	10.8%	114	12.7%	97	11.5%	106	13.6%	60	7.7%
Grade 5:	109	10.6%	101	9.9%	113	11.7%	99	11.0%	110	13.0%	59	7.5%	69	8.8%
Grade 6:	102	9.9%	109	10.7%	98	10.2%	115	12.8%	59	7.0%	64	8.2%	97	12.4%
Grade 7:	109	10.6%	102	10.0%	117	12.1%	65	7.3%	68	8.0%	93	11.9%	94	12.0%
Grade 8:	100	9.7%	112	11.0%	63	6.5%	69	7.7%	89	10.5%	97	12.4%	112	14.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	549	53.4%	548	53.9%	515	53.4%	478	53.3%	411	48.6%	403	51.5%	415	53.0%
Female:	479	46.6%	468	46.1%	449	46.6%	418	46.7%	391	46.3%	350	44.8%	346	44.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%
Asian:	56	5.4%	58	5.7%	55	5.7%	58	6.5%	54	6.4%	54	6.9%	57	7.3%
Hispanic:	94	9.1%	103	10.1%	94	9.8%	103	11.5%	98	11.6%	102	13.0%	99	12.6%
Black:	146	14.2%	144	14.2%	129	13.4%	109	12.2%	106	12.5%	93	11.9%	112	14.3%
White:	629	61.2%	630	62.0%	620	64.3%	583	65.1%	551	65.2%	511	65.3%	497	63.5%
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:	101	9.8%	79	7.8%	64	6.6%	41	4.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	555	54.0%	508	50.0%	425	44.1%	390	43.5%	352	41.7%	306	39.1%	325	41.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	78	7.6%	96	9.4%	87	9.0%	77	8.6%	108	12.8%	82	10.5%	93	11.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.15		18.60		17.91		17.75		16.75		17.60		16.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	52%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	59%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.1%	52.4%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.5%	55.3%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.4%	59.5%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.8%	66.5%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.8%	66.8%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72.3%	49.4%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	55%	37%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	53%	42%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.2%	46.6%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.3%	52.1%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.9%	54%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.5%	52.6%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.1%	58.3%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.7%	44.6%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	56.7%	51.3%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80%	53%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.6%	55.2%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.6%	61.2%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.5%	66.1%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.9%	68.2%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.2%	55.9%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	43.2%	36.1%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67.8%	42.8%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	60.3%	42.8%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.2%	47.3%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	49.5%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63.8%	51.7%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	55.5%	41.8%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	77.9%	52.8%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88.5%	53.9%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80.4%	53.3%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	77.2%	56.8%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	74.3%	49%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	17.8%	23.1%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	44.9%	30.7%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.5%	45.8%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	54.6%	41.6%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63.7%	44.7%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.4%	49.7%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.6%	52.4%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79%	52.3%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.5%	56.5%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	55.6%	45.1%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	22.1%	23.4%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	48.1%	31.6%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.5%	35.1%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	53.9%	31.6%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	53.9%	31.9%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75%	36.3%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.4%	40%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.2%	40.3%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.2%	45.8%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	46.2%	34.5%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	25.2%	31.7%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	42%	25.7%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	57.1%	28.3%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	44.8%	32.3%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	49.5%	35%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	36.6%	39.5%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	29.5%	31.6%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	72.9%	40.6%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	63.6%	46.7%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.8%	49.7%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	94.6%	54.3%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.5%	57.2%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.4%	61.3%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.8%	52.3%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	56.2%	35.6%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	56.2%	36.6%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.1%	40.1%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80.4%	42.7%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.3%	45.2%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.4%	45.4%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.6%	42%	68.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	69.3%	40.2%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88.1%	48.4%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.7%	53.7%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83.4%	57.1%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.7%	58.7%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75.3%	56.2%	80.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.4%	40.7%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.3%	47.8%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.8%	50.2%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.8%	53.3%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.6%	55.7%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.3%	51.7%	76%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.2%	48.9%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	90.8%	50.6%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	93.1%	55.6%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85.3%	57%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65%	52.4%	76.4%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.2%	55.9%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92%	62%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.6%	67%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.3%	62.6%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.6%	57.9%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	41.1%	21%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	50.6%	22.2%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	50%	25.9%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	54.4%	25.9%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	35%	23.6%	59.7%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	74%	40.8%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	82.8%	46.7%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	87.3%	52.4%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	77.9%	50.3%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	45%	48.2%	72.7%

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* Decatur Stephen 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.