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Young Scholars Charter School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

900 North Marshall St

Philadelphia PA, 19123, Philadelphia County

Phone: 215-232-9727

Ranking:

(1,766 out of 2,311, bottom 24%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 5 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:	20		17		23		18		19		16		16
Total Students:	251		250		247		238		222		205		214
Grade 5:	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 6:	87	34.7%	86	34.4%	84	34.0%	81	34.0%	77	34.7%	72	35.1%	73	34.1%
Grade 7:	84	33.5%	86	34.4%	82	33.2%	84	35.3%	81	36.5%	73	35.6%	71	33.2%
Grade 8:	80	31.9%	78	31.2%	81	32.8%	73	30.7%	64	28.8%	60	29.3%	70	32.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	106	42.2%	107	42.8%	120	48.6%	115	48.3%	106	47.7%	100	48.8%	107	50.0%
Female:	145	57.8%	143	57.2%	127	51.4%	123	51.7%	102	45.9%	95	46.3%	102	47.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	1.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	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%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	6	2.4%	7	2.8%	6	2.4%	4	1.7%	3	1.4%	1	0.5%	1	0.5%
Black:	237	94.4%	234	93.6%	235	95.1%	227	95.4%	213	95.9%	202	98.5%	212	99.1%
White:	2	0.8%	2	0.8%	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:	3	1.2%	7	2.8%	6	2.4%	7	2.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	184	73.3%	172	68.8%	177	71.7%	158	66.4%	80	36.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	25	10.0%	21	8.4%	25	10.1%	23	9.7%	20	9.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.55		14.71		10.74		13.22		11.68		13.10		13.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	24.1%	N/A	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	43.4%	N/A	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	38.4%	N/A	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	53.5%	N/A	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	67.7%	N/A	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	62.3%	N/A	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.9%	N/A	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	37.3%	N/A	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	32%	N/A	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	32.3%	N/A	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	41.4%	N/A	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	50%	N/A	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	45.6%	N/A	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.7%	N/A	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	45.6%	N/A	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	35.7%	N/A	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	61.2%	N/A	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.9%	N/A	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81.3%	N/A	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79.8%	N/A	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89.2%	N/A	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	44.2%	N/A	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	52.2%	N/A	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.2%	N/A	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60.3%	N/A	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.4%	N/A	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.6%	N/A	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.7%	N/A	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	27.3%	27.3%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	19.2%	N/A	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	48.5%	N/A	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	27%	N/A	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	36.2%	N/A	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	55.2%	N/A	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.4%	N/A	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67.8%	N/A	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.5%	N/A	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	87.2%	N/A	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	52.8%	52.8%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	53.9%	N/A	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	38.1%	N/A	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	50.8%	N/A	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	55%	N/A	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.6%	N/A	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80%	N/A	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.1%	N/A	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.8%	N/A	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.7%	N/A	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	26.3%	N/A	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	40%	N/A	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	32.9%	N/A	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	45.5%	N/A	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	53.8%	N/A	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	51.7%	N/A	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	82.3%	N/A	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	90%	N/A	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	87%	N/A	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	73.5%	N/A	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	94.3%	N/A	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	98.7%	N/A	72.7%

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* Young Scholars Charter School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.