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Discovery Charter School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

4700 Parkside

Philadelphia PA, 19131, Philadelphia County

Phone: 215-879-8182

Ranking:

(2,024 out of 2,311, bottom 12%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

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:	35		35		36		33		34		27		28
Total Students:	760		721		654		612		562		487		461
Kindergarten:	112	14.7%	82	11.4%	73	11.2%	59	9.6%	64	11.4%	64	13.1%	54	11.7%
Grade 1:	81	10.7%	81	11.2%	72	11.0%	72	11.8%	69	12.3%	61	12.5%	58	12.6%
Grade 2:	81	10.7%	82	11.4%	74	11.3%	76	12.4%	73	13.0%	72	14.8%	46	10.0%
Grade 3:	82	10.8%	80	11.1%	72	11.0%	73	11.9%	75	13.3%	50	10.3%	43	9.3%
Grade 4:	86	11.3%	81	11.2%	75	11.5%	80	13.1%	55	9.8%	46	9.4%	47	10.2%
Grade 5:	78	10.3%	79	11.0%	72	11.0%	63	10.3%	47	8.4%	46	9.4%	47	10.2%
Grade 6:	78	10.3%	80	11.1%	74	11.3%	60	9.8%	72	12.8%	45	9.2%	46	10.0%
Grade 7:	83	10.9%	79	11.0%	70	10.7%	71	11.6%	57	10.1%	49	10.1%	61	13.2%
Grade 8:	79	10.4%	77	10.7%	72	11.0%	58	9.5%	50	8.9%	54	11.1%	59	12.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Student By Gender:
Male:	366	48.2%	344	47.7%	310	47.4%	298	48.7%	265	47.2%	213	43.7%	200	43.4%
Female:	394	51.8%	377	52.3%	344	52.6%	314	51.3%	289	51.4%	266	54.6%	257	55.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	1	0.1%	4	0.6%	4	0.6%	2	0.3%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%
Black:	759	99.9%	709	98.3%	643	98.3%	603	98.5%	556	98.9%	485	99.6%	459	99.6%
White:	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	3	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
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:	0	0.0%	6	0.8%	4	0.6%	4	0.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	483	63.6%	337	46.7%	367	56.1%	255	41.7%	276	49.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	43	5.7%	55	7.6%	62	9.5%	79	12.9%	83	14.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student-Teacher Ratio:	21.71		20.60		18.17		18.55		16.53		18.00		16.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	40%	N/A	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	45%	N/A	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	38.1%	N/A	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	44.9%	N/A	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	N/A	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.1%	N/A	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.3%	N/A	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.2%	N/A	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	32%	N/A	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	32%	N/A	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	36.6%	N/A	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	49%	N/A	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	N/A	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	52.7%	N/A	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	65.7%	N/A	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	60.2%	N/A	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	32%	N/A	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	24.4%	N/A	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	30.6%	N/A	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	69.6%	N/A	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	64.2%	N/A	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.2%	N/A	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.8%	N/A	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	34.7%	N/A	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	26.6%	N/A	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	34.7%	N/A	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	45.7%	N/A	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	51.9%	N/A	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	58.5%	N/A	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.8%	N/A	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	41.7%	N/A	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	43.4%	N/A	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	46.3%	N/A	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	73.7%	N/A	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	87.7%	N/A	82.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	16.7%	N/A	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	27.9%	N/A	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	26.5%	N/A	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	15.9%	N/A	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	20.4%	N/A	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	51.3%	N/A	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	48.9%	N/A	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.7%	N/A	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.5%	N/A	73.3%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	20.4%	N/A	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	23.5%	N/A	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	28%	N/A	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	18.2%	N/A	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	24.4%	N/A	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	36.6%	N/A	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	55.5%	N/A	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.8%	N/A	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	49.2%	N/A	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	54.4%	N/A	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	17.8%	N/A	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	30.6%	N/A	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	22.5%	N/A	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	86.4%	N/A	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	83.9%	N/A	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	80%	N/A	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	31%	N/A	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	29.2%	N/A	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	44.4%	N/A	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	40.5%	N/A	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	46.9%	N/A	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	57.3%	N/A	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	64.1%	N/A	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	35.2%	N/A	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	29.3%	N/A	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	39.1%	N/A	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	28.5%	N/A	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	44.6%	N/A	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	54.1%	N/A	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	59.7%	N/A	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	45.8%	N/A	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	39%	N/A	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	39.6%	N/A	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	65.3%	N/A	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	38.2%	N/A	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	61.2%	N/A	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	63.5%	N/A	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60.4%	N/A	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	31.3%	N/A	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	48.3%	N/A	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	57.2%	N/A	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	36.9%	N/A	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.1%	N/A	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.3%	N/A	76%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	19.4%	N/A	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	45.8%	N/A	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	35.5%	N/A	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	54.5%	N/A	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	56%	N/A	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	50%	N/A	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	59.7%	N/A	76.4%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	37.1%	N/A	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	54.2%	N/A	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59.7%	N/A	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.7%	N/A	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.5%	N/A	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.5%	N/A	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.6%	N/A	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	9.1%	N/A	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	26.4%	N/A	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	31.4%	N/A	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	18.5%	N/A	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	30.4%	N/A	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	33.3%	N/A	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	83%	N/A	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	62.3%	N/A	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	81.5%	N/A	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	87.7%	N/A	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	83.3%	N/A	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	91.4%	N/A	72.7%

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* Discovery Charter School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.