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Russell Byers Charter School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

1911 Arch St

Philadelphia PA, 19103, Philadelphia County

Phone: 215-972-1700

Ranking:

(1,938 out of 2,311, bottom 16%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6

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:	31		29		28		28		26		28		26
Total Students:	486		481		442		417		418		409		412
Prekindergarten:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	104	21.4%	125	26.0%	92	20.8%	90	21.6%	88	21.1%	82	20.0%	86	20.9%
Grade 1:	77	15.8%	52	10.8%	75	17.0%	73	17.5%	47	11.2%	48	11.7%	46	11.2%
Grade 2:	52	10.7%	76	15.8%	75	17.0%	48	11.5%	48	11.5%	47	11.5%	48	11.7%
Grade 3:	78	16.0%	73	15.2%	50	11.3%	48	11.5%	48	11.5%	46	11.2%	72	17.5%
Grade 4:	74	15.2%	53	11.0%	50	11.3%	48	11.5%	48	11.5%	72	17.6%	72	17.5%
Grade 5:	49	10.1%	52	10.8%	50	11.3%	46	11.0%	69	16.5%	71	17.4%	46	11.2%
Grade 6:	52	10.7%	50	10.4%	50	11.3%	64	15.3%	70	16.7%	43	10.5%	42	10.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	227	46.7%	224	46.6%	217	49.1%	208	49.9%	211	50.5%	208	50.9%	206	50.0%
Female:	259	53.3%	257	53.4%	225	50.9%	209	50.1%	197	47.1%	193	47.2%	202	49.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	11	2.3%	12	2.5%	17	3.8%	13	3.1%	10	2.4%	8	2.0%	9	2.2%
Hispanic:	21	4.3%	20	4.2%	21	4.8%	11	2.6%	16	3.8%	17	4.2%	18	4.4%
Black:	396	81.5%	395	82.1%	356	80.5%	343	82.3%	342	81.8%	344	84.1%	345	83.7%
White:	56	11.5%	53	11.0%	46	10.4%	49	11.8%	48	11.5%	40	9.8%	40	9.7%
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:	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	2	0.5%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	425	87.4%	425	88.4%	381	86.2%	202	48.4%	205	49.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	69	16.5%	75	17.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.93		16.88		15.79		15.16		16.08		14.90		15.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	41%	N/A	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	52%	N/A	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	50%	N/A	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	61.9%	N/A	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.8%	N/A	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	N/A	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.8%	N/A	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.1%	N/A	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	47%	N/A	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	46%	N/A	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	47.1%	N/A	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	60.5%	N/A	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.9%	N/A	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.6%	N/A	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	N/A	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	59.6%	N/A	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	66.7%	N/A	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	41.9%	N/A	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	47.9%	N/A	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	66.2%	N/A	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.8%	N/A	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.2%	N/A	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.3%	N/A	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	33.4%	N/A	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	53.5%	N/A	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	49.3%	N/A	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	56.3%	N/A	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.8%	N/A	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63.1%	N/A	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.6%	N/A	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	59.1%	N/A	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	69%	N/A	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81.2%	N/A	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	70.2%	N/A	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.3%	N/A	82.3%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	8.6%	N/A	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	37.1%	N/A	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	44.7%	N/A	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	47.8%	N/A	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	40.9%	N/A	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	53.8%	N/A	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.3%	N/A	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74%	N/A	73.3%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	20%	N/A	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	33.4%	N/A	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	47.3%	N/A	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	34.8%	N/A	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	38%	N/A	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	45.6%	N/A	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.3%	N/A	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.9%	N/A	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	46.3%	N/A	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	52.5%	N/A	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63%	N/A	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	66.2%	N/A	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	45.6%	N/A	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	84.8%	N/A	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68.1%	N/A	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	30%	N/A	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	66.6%	N/A	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	54.7%	N/A	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	50%	N/A	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	60%	N/A	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	39.3%	N/A	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81.3%	N/A	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	40%	N/A	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	52.3%	N/A	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.3%	N/A	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	45.2%	N/A	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	43.9%	N/A	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	51.5%	N/A	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.6%	N/A	68.5%

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* Russell Byers 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.