Philadelphia School District
School Year 1995-1996
District # 5020

Performance Index: 3.0
Prior Year's Performance Index: 3.0
Accreditation Level: 3
Demographic Information
1990 Census District State
Population : 6,758 2,573,216
White 61.63% 63.46%
Black 36.18% 35.59%
Asian 0.22% 0.49%
Native American 0.13% 0.11%
Other 1.83% 0.34%
'95-'96 Enroll. District State
Students: (K-12) 1,291 503,602
White 42.53% 47.83%
Black 55.07% 51.11%
Asian 0.46% 0.56%
Native American 1.94% 0.15%
Other 0.00% 0.35%

% of Students in Lowest Quarter
Battery % < Q1 Rank
ITBS Grade 4 36.1% 112
ITBS Grade 5 34.9% 95
ITBS Grade 6 21.8% 81
ITBS Grade 7 30.1% 92
ITBS Grade 8 14.9% 37
TAP Grade 9 31.5% 88
FLE Composite 17.4% 47



District Information District State Rank
Attendance as % of Enrollment 94.96% 96.59% 145
% Eligible for Free Lunch 52.36% 54.31% 61
Number of Carnegie Units Taught 64.50 73.14 91
Classroom Pupil/Teacher Ratio 15.94 16.12 73
Number of Dropouts 35 11,406 N/A
% Teachers with Advanced Degrees 24.32% 34.11% 135
% Emergency Certificates 2.70% 3.30% N/A
Number of Gifted Program Teachers 2.00 646.56 N/A
% Gifted Students (Grades 2-12) 5.67% 6.10% 58
% Special Education Students 13.03% 12.72% N/A
% Receiving Diplomas 16.67% 16.75% 63
Federal Special Education Budget $65,385 $27,865,463 133
State/Local Special Education Bud. $356,302 $144,008,806 126
Number of Vocational Teachers 4.00 1,594.21 117
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 7-8) 64.10% 55.74% 65
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 9-12) 93.46% 63.76% 22
Total Per Pupil Expenditure $4,337 $4,402 81
% State and Local Revenue 85.5% 86.4% 76
% Federal Revenue 14.5% 13.6% 78
% District Administration Expend. 3.92% 3.19% 101
Valuation per Student in ADA $21,695 $22,702 94
Total Title I Budget $413,611 $120,933,951 108
% Used for Classroom Instruction 72.63% 71.88% 72
Number of Eligible Children 383 232,567 139
% of Eligible Children Served 100.00% 95.56% 1
Number of Title I Schools 2 678 114
Number of AP Courses Offered 2 N/A N/A
AP Students as % of HS Enrollment 22.12% N/A N/A
Graduation Rate 84.72% 73.18% 23
Mean ACT Core Composite Score 19.8 19.7 69
IHL (% ACT Core) 62.3% 41.0% 5



Performance Standards
District State Rank
ITBS Grade 4 Read. 42.8 45.7 84
ITBS Grade 4 Lang. 48.2 47.7 61
ITBS Grade 4 Math 47.6 48.9 83
ITBS Grade 5 Read. 42.3 44.7 91
ITBS Grade 5 Lang. 46.1 47.5 81
ITBS Grade 5 Math 43.3 47.4 100
ITBS Grade 6 Read. 46.0 48.2 87
ITBS Grade 6 Lang. 50.3 49.0 51
ITBS Grade 6 Math 53.5 49.4 35
ITBS Grade 7 Read. 47.3 46.2 61
ITBS Grade 7 Lang. 48.1 48.9 77
ITBS Grade 7 Math 43.1 46.6 100
ITBS Grade 8 Read. 52.8 49.9 48
ITBS Grade 8 Lang. 51.7 49.4 41
ITBS Grade 8 Math 46.5 46.4 72
TAP Grade 9 Read. 43.3 45.2 85
TAP Grade 9 Lang. 45.4 48.9 114
TAP Grade 9 Math 44.6 44.7 75
P.A. Grade 4 Lang. 471.2 473.7 78
P.A. Grade 4 Math 462.2 459.1 67
P.A. Grade 5 Lang. 452.4 472.7 109
P.A. Grade 5 Math 410.1 445.9 127
P.A. Grade 6 Lang. 454.6 471.5 107
P.A. Grade 6 Math 475.1 457.2 48
P.A. Grade 7 Lang. 458.7 460.4 73
P.A. Grade 7 Math 434.5 445.2 86
P.A. Grade 8 Lang. 481.1 463.8 49
P.A. Grade 8 Math 434.1 434.3 75
P.A. Grade 9 Lang. 452.3 461.3 92
P.A. Grade 9 Math 415.8 432.3 96
FLE Reading 270.4 273.2 100
FLE Math 271.9 272.1 73
FLE Written Comm. 263.9 268.4 125

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