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Ferguson Joseph C School
2000 North 7th St Philadelphia PA, 19122, Philadelphia County Phone: 215-684-5092 Ranking:  (2,184 out of 2,311, bottom 5%)*Type: Regular School Status: Closed Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8 School District: Philadelphia City School District Title I Eligible School: 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: | NA | NA | 21 | 27 | 34 | 35 | 29 | 30 | ||||||
| Total Students: | NA | NA | 358 | 345 | 410 | 462 | 458 | 540 | ||||||
| Prekindergarten: | NA | NA | 42 | 11.7% | 27 | 7.8% | 61 | 14.9% | 67 | 14.5% | 69 | 15.1% | 75 | 13.9% |
| Kindergarten: | NA | NA | 44 | 12.3% | 44 | 12.8% | 39 | 9.5% | 63 | 13.6% | 41 | 9.0% | 58 | 10.7% |
| Grade 1: | NA | NA | 49 | 13.7% | 31 | 9.0% | 59 | 14.4% | 50 | 10.8% | 48 | 10.5% | 63 | 11.7% |
| Grade 2: | NA | NA | 34 | 9.5% | 48 | 13.9% | 41 | 10.0% | 46 | 10.0% | 55 | 12.0% | 50 | 9.3% |
| Grade 3: | NA | NA | 39 | 10.9% | 45 | 13.0% | 36 | 8.8% | 50 | 10.8% | 45 | 9.8% | 70 | 13.0% |
| Grade 4: | NA | NA | 40 | 11.2% | 37 | 10.7% | 42 | 10.2% | 40 | 8.7% | 53 | 11.6% | 45 | 8.3% |
| Grade 5: | NA | NA | 27 | 7.5% | 32 | 9.3% | 34 | 8.3% | 42 | 9.1% | 31 | 6.8% | 60 | 11.1% |
| Grade 6: | NA | NA | 27 | 7.5% | 26 | 7.5% | 31 | 7.6% | 29 | 6.3% | 39 | 8.5% | 38 | 7.0% |
| Grade 7: | NA | NA | 27 | 7.5% | 30 | 8.7% | 28 | 6.8% | 39 | 8.4% | 40 | 8.7% | 43 | 8.0% |
| Grade 8: | NA | NA | 29 | 8.1% | 25 | 7.2% | 39 | 9.5% | 36 | 7.8% | 37 | 8.1% | 38 | 7.0% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | NA | NA | 194 | 54.2% | 161 | 46.7% | 194 | 47.3% | 209 | 45.2% | 201 | 43.9% | 249 | 46.1% |
| Female: | NA | NA | 164 | 45.8% | 184 | 53.3% | 216 | 52.7% | 230 | 49.8% | 242 | 52.8% | 276 | 51.1% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | NA | NA | 2 | 0.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | NA | NA | 7 | 2.0% | 5 | 1.4% | 6 | 1.5% | 4 | 0.9% | 2 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.4% |
| Hispanic: | NA | NA | 76 | 21.2% | 78 | 22.6% | 86 | 21.0% | 88 | 19.0% | 93 | 20.3% | 119 | 22.0% |
| Black: | NA | NA | 244 | 68.2% | 240 | 69.6% | 293 | 71.5% | 354 | 76.6% | 353 | 77.1% | 403 | 74.6% |
| White: | NA | NA | 5 | 1.4% | 4 | 1.2% | 3 | 0.7% | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.4% | 5 | 0.9% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | NA | NA | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | NA | NA | 24 | 6.7% | 18 | 5.2% | 22 | 5.4% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | NA | NA | 316 | 88.3% | 318 | 92.2% | 349 | 85.1% | 395 | 85.5% | 362 | 79.0% | 423 | 78.3% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | NA | NA | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 14 | 3.1% | 17 | 3.1% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | NA | NA | 17.46 | 12.91 | 11.96 | 13.38 | 15.60 | 17.80 | ||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| PSSA | ||||||
| 2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 34% | 52% | 81% |
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 64% | 59% | 83% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 57.9% | 52.4% | 78.5% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 51.5% | 55.3% | 80.5% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 72.1% | 59.5% | 81.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 60.4% | 66.5% | 84.5% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 54.3% | 66.8% | 83.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 42.9% | 49.4% | 80% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 15% | 37% | 68% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 26% | 42% | 69% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 32.4% | 46.6% | 72.8% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 31.3% | 52.1% | 76.8% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 46.6% | 54% | 77% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 52.1% | 52.6% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 31.5% | 58.3% | 77.2% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 22.9% | 44.6% | 74.1% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 36.6% | 51.3% | 77.2% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 57.5% | 53% | 78% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 61% | 55.2% | 79.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.7% | 61.2% | 81.8% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 66.1% | 84.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 36.9% | 68.2% | 85.2% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 20.7% | 55.9% | 82.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 17.3% | 36.1% | 68.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 38.3% | 42.8% | 70.1% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 14.6% | 42.8% | 70.1% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 48.1% | 47.3% | 72.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 51.5% | 49.5% | 72.9% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 10.8% | 51.7% | 73.3% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 17.2% | 41.8% | 72.1% |
| 2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 45.3% | 52.8% | 81.5% |
| 2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 54.8% | 53.9% | 83.4% |
| 2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 60.5% | 53.3% | 81.4% |
| 2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 21.6% | 56.8% | 82.9% |
| 2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 19.2% | 49% | 82.3% |
| 2003 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 10.2% | 23.1% | 56.3% |
| 2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 1.5% | 30.7% | 61.8% |
| 2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 25.9% | 45.8% | 69% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 15.5% | 41.6% | 66.9% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 34.3% | 44.7% | 71% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.6% | 49.7% | 73.2% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.8% | 52.4% | 73.5% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 68.2% | 52.3% | 74.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 64.5% | 56.5% | 76.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 26.7% | 45.1% | 73.3% |
| 2003 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 4.5% | 23.4% | 58% |
| 2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 3% | 31.6% | 62.7% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 12.3% | 35.1% | 64.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 12.1% | 31.6% | 60.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 17.1% | 31.9% | 60% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 24.4% | 36.3% | 61.6% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.6% | 40% | 64.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 40.9% | 40.3% | 64.1% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 38.8% | 45.8% | 67.3% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 6.6% | 34.5% | 65% |
| 2006 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 4% | 31.7% | 54.1% |
| 2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 17.6% | 25.7% | 57.3% |
| 2008 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 31.4% | 28.3% | 57.3% |
| 2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.6% | 32.3% | 58.1% |
| 2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 39.5% | 35% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 21.9% | 39.5% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 6.9% | 31.6% | 64.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 33.3% | 40.6% | 68% |
| 2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 18.4% | 46.7% | 69.6% |
| 2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 23.7% | 49.7% | 72.3% |
| 2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 53.6% | 54.3% | 75.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 50% | 57.2% | 78% |
| 2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 75.9% | 61.3% | 78.8% |
| 2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 50% | 52.3% | 77.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 11.1% | 35.6% | 65.9% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 10.6% | 36.6% | 63.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 23.7% | 40.1% | 66.9% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 46.4% | 42.7% | 67.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 50% | 45.2% | 68.8% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 37.9% | 45.4% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 46.2% | 42% | 68.5% |
| 2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 14.1% | 39.4% | 66.5% |
| 2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 20.5% | 40.2% | 67.2% |
| 2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 20% | 48.4% | 70.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 32.4% | 53.7% | 75.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 40% | 57.1% | 77.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 63.7% | 58.7% | 78.6% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 72% | 56.2% | 80.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 19.3% | 39.4% | 68.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 20.5% | 40.7% | 66.8% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 22.5% | 47.8% | 70% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 29.7% | 50.2% | 71.4% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 40% | 53.3% | 73.5% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 81.9% | 55.7% | 76% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 80% | 51.7% | 76% |
| 2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 7% | 37% | 62.2% |
| 2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 26.4% | 43.9% | 67.9% |
| 2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 36.1% | 48.9% | 70.4% |
| 2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 20.5% | 50.6% | 71.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 34.3% | 55.6% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 46.3% | 57% | 76.9% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 57.7% | 52.4% | 76.4% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 11.9% | 44.5% | 70.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 33.9% | 49.4% | 75% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 44.5% | 55.9% | 78.3% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 62.6% | 62% | 80.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 57.1% | 67% | 81.9% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 64.3% | 62.6% | 81.8% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 69.3% | 57.9% | 79.8% |
| 2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 8.6% | 21% | 52.7% |
| 2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 6.1% | 22.2% | 54.8% |
| 2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 12.1% | 25.9% | 57.2% |
| 2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 20% | 25.9% | 58.3% |
| 2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 28% | 23.6% | 59.7% |
| 2006 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 28.9% | 41.2% | 66.1% |
| 2007 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 37.3% | 45.7% | 71.8% |
| 2008 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 45.9% | 40.8% | 69.1% |
| 2009 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 43.8% | 46.7% | 71.2% |
| 2010 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 45.7% | 52.4% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 75% | 50.3% | 73.1% |
| 2012 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 64% | 48.2% | 72.7% |
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* Ferguson Joseph C School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.