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Global Leadership Academy Charter School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

4601 Girard Ave

Philadelphia PA, 19131, Philadelphia County

Phone: 267-295-5700

Ranking:

(2,126 out of 2,311, bottom 8%)*

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:	33		32		31		26		26		30		28
Total Students:	722		707		634		592		550		561		537
Kindergarten:	85	11.8%	76	10.7%	70	11.0%	50	8.4%	46	8.4%	65	11.6%	90	16.8%
Grade 1:	86	11.9%	77	10.9%	69	10.9%	80	13.5%	53	9.6%	74	13.2%	73	13.6%
Grade 2:	85	11.8%	79	11.2%	81	12.8%	72	12.2%	78	14.2%	76	13.5%	68	12.7%
Grade 3:	76	10.5%	87	12.3%	71	11.2%	77	13.0%	83	15.1%	71	12.7%	56	10.4%
Grade 4:	84	11.6%	81	11.5%	78	12.3%	81	13.7%	66	12.0%	54	9.6%	57	10.6%
Grade 5:	74	10.2%	81	11.5%	78	12.3%	71	12.0%	52	9.5%	52	9.3%	75	14.0%
Grade 6:	86	11.9%	79	11.2%	78	12.3%	55	9.3%	48	8.7%	72	12.8%	48	8.9%
Grade 7:	78	10.8%	80	11.3%	66	10.4%	50	8.4%	73	13.3%	50	8.9%	52	9.7%
Grade 8:	68	9.4%	67	9.5%	43	6.8%	56	9.5%	51	9.3%	47	8.4%	18	3.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	318	44.0%	313	44.3%	275	43.4%	256	43.2%	232	42.2%	252	44.9%	253	47.1%
Female:	404	56.0%	394	55.7%	359	56.6%	336	56.8%	309	56.2%	299	53.3%	280	52.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.2%	3	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%
Hispanic:	5	0.7%	5	0.7%	5	0.8%	9	1.5%	14	2.5%	24	4.3%	23	4.3%
Black:	707	97.9%	690	97.6%	619	97.6%	569	96.1%	526	95.6%	522	93.0%	497	92.6%
White:	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	3	0.5%	5	0.8%	9	1.6%	12	2.1%	16	3.0%
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:	8	1.1%	9	1.3%	6	0.9%	6	1.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	524	72.6%	510	72.1%	572	90.2%	519	87.7%	444	80.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	43	6.0%	75	10.6%	4	0.6%	9	1.5%	10	1.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student-Teacher Ratio:	21.88		22.09		20.45		22.77		21.15		18.70		19.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	58%	N/A	N/A
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	46%	N/A	N/A
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	34%	N/A	N/A
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	52.7%	N/A	N/A
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	57.1%	N/A	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	71.1%	N/A	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	71.7%	N/A	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	65.2%	N/A	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	38%	N/A	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	41%	N/A	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	33.4%	N/A	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	60%	N/A	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	57.1%	N/A	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	53%	N/A	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	55.4%	N/A	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	53.6%	N/A	N/A
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	28.4%	N/A	N/A
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	21.8%	N/A	N/A
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	38.1%	N/A	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71.2%	N/A	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	65%	N/A	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70.8%	N/A	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	63%	N/A	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	31.9%	N/A	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	29.1%	N/A	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	41.9%	N/A	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	50%	N/A	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	44%	N/A	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	54.2%	N/A	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	55.7%	N/A	N/A
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	55.4%	N/A	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	63.5%	N/A	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	57.6%	N/A	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	66.7%	N/A	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	56.6%	N/A	N/A
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.9%	73.9%	N/A
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	22.2%	N/A	N/A
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	42.2%	N/A	N/A
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	21.4%	N/A	N/A
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	34.7%	N/A	N/A
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	43.8%	N/A	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	34.7%	N/A	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.9%	N/A	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	52.3%	N/A	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59.7%	N/A	N/A
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	54.2%	54.2%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	27.8%	N/A	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	25%	N/A	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	20.4%	N/A	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	34.7%	N/A	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	28.7%	N/A	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	30.6%	N/A	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	44.3%	N/A	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	41.5%	N/A	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	46.6%	N/A	N/A
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	20%	N/A	N/A
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	30.4%	N/A	N/A
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	38.4%	N/A	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	31.9%	N/A	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	58.8%	N/A	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	70%	N/A	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	48.1%	N/A	N/A
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	20.9%	N/A	N/A
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	22.3%	N/A	N/A
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	33.3%	N/A	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	37.7%	N/A	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	38.7%	N/A	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	68%	N/A	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	60%	N/A	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	20.8%	N/A	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	22.2%	N/A	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	43.7%	N/A	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	33.3%	N/A	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	41.7%	N/A	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	56.3%	N/A	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	55.1%	N/A	N/A
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	15.9%	N/A	N/A
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	18.2%	N/A	N/A
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	36.7%	N/A	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	58.4%	N/A	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	53.8%	N/A	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	73.4%	N/A	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	69.7%	N/A	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	25%	N/A	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	31.8%	N/A	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	36.7%	N/A	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	56.3%	N/A	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.9%	N/A	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.4%	N/A	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75%	N/A	N/A
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	20.8%	20.8%	N/A
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	21.1%	N/A	N/A
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	21%	N/A	N/A
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	13.5%	N/A	N/A
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	15.2%	N/A	N/A
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	41.2%	N/A	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	40.9%	N/A	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	43.8%	N/A	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60%	N/A	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.5%	N/A	N/A
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	41.7%	41.7%	N/A
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	31.6%	N/A	N/A
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	26.3%	N/A	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	21.6%	N/A	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	39.4%	N/A	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	52.9%	N/A	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.2%	N/A	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	N/A	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.4%	N/A	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.3%	N/A	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	11.8%	N/A	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	18.6%	N/A	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	19.6%	N/A	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	29.5%	N/A	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	38.9%	N/A	N/A
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	40%	N/A	N/A
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	55.9%	N/A	N/A
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	41.2%	N/A	N/A
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	61.4%	N/A	N/A
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	56.9%	N/A	N/A
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	83%	N/A	N/A
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	70%	N/A	N/A

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* Global Leadership Academy Charter School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.