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Fels Samuel High School
5500 Langdon St Philadelphia PA, 19111, Philadelphia County Phone: 215-537-2516 Ranking:  (610 out of 626, bottom 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: | 71 | 87 | 85 | 96 | 97 | 76 | 79 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 1,302 | 1,362 | 1,344 | 1,574 | 1,586 | 1,459 | 1,577 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 432 | 33.2% | 412 | 30.2% | 380 | 28.3% | 530 | 33.7% | 534 | 33.7% | 458 | 31.4% | 620 | 39.3% |
| Grade 10: | 307 | 23.6% | 340 | 25.0% | 377 | 28.1% | 402 | 25.5% | 394 | 24.8% | 442 | 30.3% | 417 | 26.4% |
| Grade 11: | 286 | 22.0% | 344 | 25.3% | 321 | 23.9% | 338 | 21.5% | 376 | 23.7% | 313 | 21.5% | 288 | 18.3% |
| Grade 12: | 277 | 21.3% | 266 | 19.5% | 266 | 19.8% | 304 | 19.3% | 282 | 17.8% | 246 | 16.9% | 252 | 16.0% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 692 | 53.1% | 740 | 54.3% | 738 | 54.9% | 845 | 53.7% | 807 | 50.9% | 770 | 52.8% | 844 | 53.5% |
| Female: | 610 | 46.9% | 622 | 45.7% | 606 | 45.1% | 729 | 46.3% | 762 | 48.0% | 676 | 46.3% | 724 | 45.9% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 3 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.2% | 4 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% |
| Asian: | 108 | 8.3% | 126 | 9.3% | 136 | 10.1% | 156 | 9.9% | 145 | 9.1% | 152 | 10.4% | 172 | 10.9% |
| Hispanic: | 259 | 19.9% | 298 | 21.9% | 289 | 21.5% | 304 | 19.3% | 280 | 17.7% | 249 | 17.1% | 243 | 15.4% |
| Black: | 862 | 66.2% | 881 | 64.7% | 863 | 64.2% | 1,055 | 67.0% | 1,116 | 70.4% | 1,020 | 69.9% | 1,113 | 70.6% |
| White: | 42 | 3.2% | 36 | 2.6% | 35 | 2.6% | 36 | 2.3% | 32 | 2.0% | 31 | 2.1% | 43 | 2.7% |
| 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: | 28 | 2.2% | 19 | 1.4% | 20 | 1.5% | 20 | 1.3% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 952 | 73.1% | 966 | 70.9% | 655 | 48.7% | 773 | 49.1% | 782 | 49.3% | 780 | 53.5% | 938 | 59.5% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 40 | 3.1% | 51 | 3.7% | 37 | 2.8% | 36 | 2.3% | 49 | 3.1% | 48 | 3.3% | 82 | 5.2% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 18.21 | 15.70 | 15.80 | 16.43 | 16.28 | 19.10 | 20.00 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| PSSA | ||||||
| 2003 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 13.1% | 21.6% | 49.1% |
| 2004 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 11% | 22.9% | 49.1% |
| 2005 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 17% | 23.1% | 50.9% |
| 2006 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 15.4% | 26.9% | 52% |
| 2007 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 18% | 31% | 53.7% |
| 2008 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 17.1% | 32.6% | 55.9% |
| 2009 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 10.3% | 31.6% | 55.6% |
| 2010 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 19% | 36.3% | 59.6% |
| 2011 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 18.9% | 38.2% | 60.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 14.2% | 37.5% | 60% |
| 2003 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 10.6% | 30.1% | 59.2% |
| 2004 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 11.6% | 27% | 60.8% |
| 2005 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 18.1% | 30.6% | 65% |
| 2006 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 17.1% | 33.1% | 65.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 15.4% | 35.1% | 65.4% |
| 2008 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 17.8% | 37.3% | 64.7% |
| 2009 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 11.1% | 38% | 65.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 18.2% | 42.6% | 67.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 25.8% | 44.4% | 69.1% |
| 2012 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 23.4% | 43.3% | 67.8% |
| 2008 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 2.3% | 13.2% | 35.7% |
| 2009 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 0.5% | 14.9% | 39.7% |
| 2010 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 1% | 16.3% | 39.8% |
| 2011 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 1.2% | 15.7% | 40.8% |
| 2012 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 2% | 15.5% | 41.8% |
| 2005 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 13.1% | 38.4% | 69% |
| 2006 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 35.7% | 67.7% | 85.6% |
| 2007 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 60.9% | 72.4% | 87.9% |
| 2008 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 60.6% | 70.5% | 85.8% |
| 2009 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 27.4% | 64.3% | 82.7% |
| 2010 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 51.5% | 64.2% | 80.7% |
| 2011 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 48.1% | 66.5% | 84.7% |
| 2012 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 42.9% | 62.6% | 82.9% |
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* Fels Samuel High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.