William Penn Shs High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

101 West College Ave

York PA, 17403, York County

Phone: 717-849-1218

Ranking:

(596 out of 626, bottom 5%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: York 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:	56		71		82		101		108		49		103
Total Students:	876		880		993		1,285		1,329		1,414		1,266
Grade 9:	237	27.1%	229	26.0%	291	29.3%	380	29.6%	376	28.3%	474	33.5%	412	32.5%
Grade 10:	226	25.8%	292	33.2%	261	26.3%	311	24.2%	401	30.2%	360	25.5%	296	23.4%
Grade 11:	222	25.3%	191	21.7%	180	18.1%	277	21.6%	260	19.6%	266	18.8%	284	22.4%
Grade 12:	190	21.7%	168	19.1%	261	26.3%	316	24.6%	292	22.0%	314	22.2%	274	21.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	453	51.7%	449	51.0%	537	54.1%	677	52.7%	689	51.8%	692	48.9%	578	45.7%
Female:	423	48.3%	431	49.0%	456	45.9%	608	47.3%	632	47.6%	714	50.5%	684	54.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	2	0.1%	1	0.1%
Asian:	13	1.5%	14	1.6%	10	1.0%	15	1.2%	15	1.1%	19	1.3%	20	1.6%
Hispanic:	368	42.0%	343	39.0%	345	34.7%	472	36.7%	605	45.5%	502	35.5%	449	35.5%
Black:	367	41.9%	404	45.9%	472	47.5%	585	45.5%	486	36.6%	659	46.6%	625	49.4%
White:	120	13.7%	115	13.1%	159	16.0%	212	16.5%	222	16.7%	232	16.4%	171	13.5%
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	0.9%	3	0.3%	6	0.6%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	620	70.8%	590	67.0%	783	78.9%	421	32.8%	566	42.6%	957	67.7%	1,123	88.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	18	2.1%	36	4.1%	42	4.2%	31	2.4%	43	3.2%	99	7.0%	140	11.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.64		12.39		12.18		12.72		12.31		28.90		12.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	27.5%	27.5%	N/A
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	17.3%	17.1%	N/A
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	26%	25.4%	N/A
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	22.4%	22.3%	N/A
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	21.8%	21.2%	N/A
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	32.6%	32.6%	N/A
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	24.8%	25.1%	N/A
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	26.3%	27.6%	N/A
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	26.1%	26.1%	N/A
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	34.2%	32%	N/A
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	34.6%	34.6%	N/A
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	25.7%	25.5%	N/A
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	34.4%	34.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	27.1%	26.8%	N/A
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	28.2%	27.3%	N/A
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	33.1%	33.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	35.4%	35.8%	N/A
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	33.9%	31.7%	N/A
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	38.2%	37.1%	N/A
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	35.5%	34.8%	N/A
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	8.8%	8.6%	N/A
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	9.6%	9.5%	N/A
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	13.5%	10.8%	N/A
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	10.6%	8.5%	N/A
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	10.7%	8.9%	N/A
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	49%	45.3%	N/A
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	50%	49.8%	N/A
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	55%	54%	N/A
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	61%	61%	N/A
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	52.1%	51.8%	N/A
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	51.9%	57.6%	N/A
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	55.6%	59.8%	N/A
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	43.8%	56.1%	N/A

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* William Penn Shs 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.