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Wakisha Charter School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

900 West Jefferson St

Philadelphia PA, 19122, Philadelphia County

Phone: 267-940-4800

Ranking:

(2,253 out of 2,311, bottom 3%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 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:	21		18		22		28		28		31		23
Total Students:	319		393		327		331		366		327		359
Grade 6:	71	22.3%	82	20.9%	93	28.4%	79	23.9%	83	22.7%	108	33.0%	81	22.6%
Grade 7:	113	35.4%	173	44.0%	132	40.4%	119	36.0%	154	42.1%	113	34.6%	141	39.3%
Grade 8:	135	42.3%	138	35.1%	102	31.2%	133	40.2%	129	35.2%	106	32.4%	136	37.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	170	53.3%	207	52.7%	158	48.3%	168	50.8%	171	46.7%	150	45.9%	149	41.5%
Female:	149	46.7%	186	47.3%	169	51.7%	163	49.2%	187	51.1%	169	51.7%	206	57.4%
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%	2	0.6%
Asian:	0	0.0%	2	0.5%	2	0.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	1	0.3%	5	1.3%	3	0.9%	1	0.3%	8	2.2%	2	0.6%	1	0.3%
Black:	318	99.7%	386	98.2%	322	98.5%	330	99.7%	358	97.8%	325	99.4%	356	99.2%
White:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	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%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	247	77.4%	290	73.8%	321	98.2%	205	61.9%	342	93.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	5	1.6%	6	1.5%	0	0.0%	104	31.4%	13	3.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.19		21.83		14.86		11.82		13.07		10.50		15.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	21.9%	N/A	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	22.5%	N/A	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	17.7%	N/A	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	21.6%	N/A	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	29.2%	N/A	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	29.2%	N/A	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	28.9%	N/A	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	22.9%	N/A	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	19.7%	N/A	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	24.1%	N/A	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	23.7%	N/A	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	19.7%	N/A	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	16.6%	N/A	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	26.5%	N/A	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	19.9%	N/A	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	24.4%	N/A	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	29.2%	N/A	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	32.4%	N/A	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	42.9%	N/A	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	40.9%	N/A	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	54.5%	N/A	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	25.5%	N/A	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	25%	N/A	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	30.8%	N/A	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	41.9%	N/A	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	33%	N/A	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	34.9%	N/A	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	41.9%	N/A	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	7.7%	7.5%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	10.6%	N/A	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	13.8%	N/A	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	19.5%	N/A	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	21.5%	N/A	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	36.1%	N/A	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	42.5%	N/A	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	39.8%	N/A	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	25%	N/A	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	40%	N/A	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	13.3%	14%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	28.2%	N/A	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	21.8%	N/A	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	35.7%	N/A	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	37.6%	N/A	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	50%	N/A	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	60.7%	N/A	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59.4%	N/A	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	28.9%	N/A	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	53.5%	N/A	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	14%	N/A	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	20.5%	N/A	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	9.4%	N/A	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	8.4%	N/A	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	15.2%	N/A	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	62.2%	N/A	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	47.1%	N/A	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	50.9%	N/A	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	59.8%	N/A	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	36.2%	N/A	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	24.4%	N/A	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	44.3%	N/A	72.7%

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* Wakisha 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.