Tables

 

Demographic and Test Score Tables

The following sections compare the charter high schools and the traditional public comprehensive high schools by region.   Scores in bold denote the best performing school for each test.

Central Region

Note: The IEP percentage overall for the PSD was 11.9% during 2001-02. All percentages for charter schools reflect only those students in grades 9 through 12. Percentages for Strawberry Mansion HS reflect all grades (eight-12).

The demographics for this region do not differ much between charter and traditional public schools. The FRL and racial composition of each school is relatively close. The three charters have significantly lower percentages of IEP students than the SDP non-charter public schools as a whole.

The drop-out rates are significantly lower at the charter schools (excluding YouthBuild which is a special program for 12 th graders only) than at the other high schools, except for Penn which is also low. TerraNova scores are consistently high at the charters while the PSSA scores, while mixed are generally higher at the charter schools. Note the outstanding grade 9 writing at Math, Civics and Sciences CS. Also Strawberry Mansion has much higher grade 11 math scores than the other high schools in the region.

School	Drop	9 W	11 M	11 R	11 W	T R	T L	T M	T S
Benjamin Franklin HS	12.8%	48.6	8.4	24.1	58.5	14.7	11.8	8.8	5.3
Simon Gratz HS	12.9%	31.0	14.6	30.5	59.7	16.5	14.5	11.5	10.2
William Penn HS	2.7%	42.5	14.6	36.5	77.0	22.3	21.6	15.2	5.9
Strawberry   Mansion HS	17.2%	44.8	42.9	27.6	*	17.4	15.6	20.7	11.3
Math, Civics & Sciences CS	0.0%	90.4	17.3	40.8	81.7	38.5	40.6	25.6	33.3
Freire CS	0.5%	42.7	27.8	61.2	84.8	29.4	30.0	20.7	20.4
YouthBuild CS	27.1%

Central-East Region

School	Enroll	Black	White	Hispanic	Asian/Native	IEP	FRL
Thomas Edison HS	2,358	18.4%	2.8%	77.7%	1.2%	11.9%	86.2%
Kensington HS	1,449	23.0%	25.2%	48.7%	3.2%	11.9%	86.0%
Philadelphia Community Academy CS	215	17.2%	0.5%	82.3%	0.0%	7.6%	80.0%
Mariana Bracetti Academy CS	102	26.5%	2.0%	71.6%	0.0%	12.3%	96.0%

 

The special education populations for these two charter schools are close to the SDP average (with Mariana Bracetti surpassing it). FRL percentages are high at all schools. Again, the racial demographics are not very different: each school has a majority of Hispanic students while Kensington is the only school with a sizeable minority of white students.

The drop-out rates are much lower for the charter than for the traditional public high schools. Both charters compare well with the other schools on the TerraNova while Community Academy generally surpasses the traditional public high schools on the PSSA.

School	Drop	9 W	11 M	11 R	11 W	T R	T L	T M	T S
Thomas Edison HS	16.7%	37.7	14.8	27.2	67.4	18.0	15.4	12.3	12.2
Kensington HS	23.3%	26.1	17.0	30.0	42.1	17.6	12.8	16.4	11.8
Philadelphia Community Academy CS	1.8%	81.0	20.0	39.9	65.8	28.5	24.6	25.8	15.8
Mariana Bracetti Academy CS	1.3%	46.4	N/A	N/A	N/A	20.6	20.4	20.1	10.4

East Region

School	Enroll	Black	White	Hispanic	Asian/Native	IEP	FRL
Lincoln	1,996	40.5%	46.0%	9.4%	4.0%	11.9%	48.8%
Frankford	2,096	43.7%	32.8%	21.2%	2.3%	11.9%	68.9%
Franklin Towne CS	686	16.2%	74.8%	8.0%	1.0%	13.7%	55.0%

This region contains just one charter high school (the largest in the City) and two traditional public high schools. The racial composition of the two traditional public high schools is very diverse while the charter school has a much higher percentage of white students. The FRL percentages are fairly close, as are the IEP percentages. Franklin Towne CHS actually has a higher IEP percentage than do the traditional public schools in Philadelphia.  

 

Franklin Towne's TerraNova scores are consistently higher than the other two high schools. The PSSA results are more mixed.   The charter schools scores higher than the two District schools in two tests and higher than one of the two District schools in the other two tests. The charter school's drop-out rate is much lower than for the traditional public high schools in the region.

School	Drop	9 W	11 M	11 R	11 W	T R	T L	T M	T S
Lincoln	10.4%	54.1	42.8	56.0	58.4	41.6	35.2	31.8	28.5
Frankford	10.4%	57.6	24.7	31.2	63.0	28.2	24.2	24.2	15.9
Franklin Towne CS	0.9%	73.0	32.4	53.1	71.8	52.9	46.3	43.3	43.1

North Region

School	Enroll	Black	White	Hispanic	Asian/Native	IEP	FRL
Samuel Fels HS	1,427	56.5%	12.3%	16.1%	15.1%	11.9%	61.4%
Olney HS	2,520	56.0%	3.5%	31.2%	9.3%	11.9%	79.3%
Nueva Esperanza CS	326	8.0%	0.0%	92.0%	0.0%	9.2%	90.0%

Nueva Esperanza, with its focus on Hispanic culture, is heavily Hispanic, especially compared to Olney and Fels. Nueva also has a high percentage of FRL students. The IEP percentage of the charter school is fairly close to the SDP average. Nueva is a much smaller school than are the two traditional comprehensive high schools in the region.

The drop-out rates for these three schools are fairly close, as are the test scores on both the PSSA and the TerraNova.

School	Drop	9 W	11 M	11 R	11 W	T R	T L	T M	T S
Samuel Fels HS	11.9%	42.4	32.8	35.7	56.9	23.1	22.3	19.1	12.8
Olney HS	7.3%	35.0	19.9	25.8	59.6	17.4	14.1	15.5	12.3
Nueva Esperanza CS	10.1%	53.3	18.3	32.7	65.8	22.0	17.6	15.4	12.6

Northeast Region

School	Enroll	Black	White	Hispanic	Asian/Native	IEP	FRL
Northeast HS	3,295	26.7%	50.8%	11.7%	10.9%	11.9%	44.9%
George Washington HS	2,721	29.2%	50.8%	7.4%	12.6%	11.9%	43.9%
MaST Community CS	241	14.9%	75.9%	7.1%	2.1%	7.4%	40.0%

MaST's student body contains a greater percentage of white students and a lower percentage of black and Asian students than the other two schools. The FRL percentages are very similar for the three schools. MaST's special education percentage is slightly below the SDP average. Again, the charter school's overall population is much smaller than the traditional public high schools.

Though all three schools have fairly low drop-out rates for the City as a whole, MaST's is the lowest. The charter school's score levels are consistently higher on both the PSSAs and the TerraNova.

School	Drop	9 W	11 M	11 R	11 W	T R	T L	T M	T S
Northeast HS	5.6%	71.0	55.1	66.3	77.0	46.5	44.4	47.6	39.6
George Washington HS	4.7%	51.9	55.7	67.6	75.1	57.2	52.9	50.3	40.9
MaST Community CS	1.0%	84.4	71.4	81.7	89.6	69.9	70.5	66.9	53.5

Northwest Region

School	Enroll	Black	White	Hispanic	Asian/Native	IEP	FRL
Roxborough HS	1,235	74.8%	21.5%	2.0%	1.7%	11.9%	47.5%
Germantown HS	1,851	97.7%	1.0%	1.2%	0.1%	11.9%	63.1%
Martin Luther King HS	1,848	97.9%	0.9%	1.0%	0.2%	11.9%	62.3%
Imhotep Institute CHS	438	98.9%	0.0%	1.1%	0.0%	8.5%	90.0%
Multi-Cultural Academy CS	165	85.5%	0.6%	5.5%	8.5%	1.8%	94.0%
Delaware Valley CHS	356	99.4%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	2.3%	75.0%
Hope CS*

This region's charters are predominantly African-American, as are the traditional public high schools in the region. All the charters have lower IEP percentages than the SDP average, though Imhotep's percentage is close. All three charter schools have higher percentages of FRL students than the traditional public high schools.

 

All three charters in this region report no drop-outs. There is considerable variation among both the charter schools and among the traditional public high schools. Multi-Cultural Academy's PSSA scores are similar to Roxborough's scores. On the TerraNova, Roxborough outperforms the other schools, while the remaining charters and traditional public schools are grouped fairly closely together.

School	Drop	9 W	11 M	11 R	11 W	T R	T L	T M	T S
Roxborough HS	6.9%	77.6	32.0	45.4	76.6	40.2	41.8	48.8	25.7
Germantown HS	7.4%	48.0	20.5	38.1	64.8	20.4	19.4	19.5	13.9
Martin Luther King HS	9.0%	59.5	28.7	35.1	42.1	16.1	13.6	19.4	11.4
Imhotep Institute CHS	0.0%	38.1	31.5	53.2	73.7	20.6	20.6	11.3	11.8
Multi-Cultural Academy CS	0.0%	70.1	51.6	48.4	71.9	33.3	29.9	17.2	25.3
Delaware Valley CHS	0.0%	60.3	4.6	28.6	0.0	16.8	16.2	10.9	12.1
Hope CS		36.9	8.6	7.7	43.2	6.0	5.5	1.7	3.3

*There is no demographic data for Hope CS because the school did not open until 2002-2003.
South Region

School	Enroll	Black	White	Hispanic	Asian/Native	IEP	FRL
Charles Audenreid HS	1,013	97.0%	0.8%	1.0%	1.2%	11.9%	85.3%
Samuel Furness HS	1,359	43.6%	23.5%	5.7%	27.1%	11.9%	71.1%
South Philadelphia HS	1,187	53.5%	16.0%	2.9%	27.7%	11.9%	79.1%
World Communications CS	121	98.3%	0.0%	0.8%	0.8%	3.6%	75.0%
Preparatory CS	448	50.0%	43.3%	2.7%	4.0%	3.1%	65.9%
Architecture & Design CHS	345	85.2%	9.6%	4.6%	0.6%	2.0%	0.0%
Mastery CS	105	81.0%	4.8%	14.3%	0.0%	5.7%	70.5%
Phila. Electrical & Technology CS*

The south region has a large number of charter high schools with varying demographics. The most striking difference is the percentage of Asian students.

Charter school test scores in this region are substantially higher than traditional public high schools for all categories of both the PSSA and the TerraNova.

School	Drop	9 W	11 M	11 R	11 W	T R	T L	T M	T S
Charles Audenreid HS	33.8%	13.9	12.7	31.3	35.8	11.9	10.6	8.2	5.5
Samuel Furness HS	15.2%	61.4	35.4	38.0	77.5	21.2	16.6	25.2	13.0
South Philadelphia HS	18.2%	32.6	37.1	23.6	56.1	16.0	14.6	22.4	9.4
World Communications CS	0.0%	88.4	40.7	92.6	100.0	42.2	44.0	43.9	31.9
Preparatory CS	2.0%	83.6	48.3	61.1	96.7	57.4	60.4	39.7	31.9
Architecture & Design CHS	1.2%	67.3	42.0	66.7	96.5	55.7	58.5	47.4	42.6
Mastery CS	0.0%	78.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	51.5	46.4	50.5	28.5
Phila. Electrical & Technology CS*	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	44.6	35.3	26.5	24.5

* There is no data for Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CS because the school did not open until 2002-2003.

Southwest Region

School	Enroll	Black	White	Hispanic	Asian/Native	IEP	FRL
John Bartram HS	3,294	90.0%	4.6%	0.5%	4.9%	11.9%	70.1%
West Philadelphia HS	1,818	98.3%	0.5%	0.7%	0.5%	11.9%	79.4%
Center for Economics & Law CS	352	99.1%	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%	3.4%	84.0%

All schools in this region are predominately African-American. The FRL levels are comparable with the charter school slightly higher than the two traditional public schools. The charter school has a much lower percentage of special education students than the SDP average.

The charter school's drop-out rate is much lower than the two traditional public schools. The Center for Economics and Law's test scores are higher than the two other schools in all categories except PSSA grade 11 math.

School	Drop	9 W	11 M	11 R	11 W	T R	T L	T M	T S
John Bartram HS	17.5%	48.7	23.5	33.8	61.3	26.9	22.9	21.3	16.4
West Philadelphia HS	19.3%	61.4	16.2	21.1	65.1	17.2	16.6	11.3	9.7
Center for Economics & Law CS	0.9%	78.7	15.5	57.4	79.1	45.7	48.6	30.2	28.3

 

West Region

School	Enroll	Black	White	Hispanic	Asian/Native	IEP	FRL
Overbrook HS	2,095	98.4%	0.7%	0.6%	0.2%	11.9%	63.5%
University City HS	1,903	97.3%	0.4%	0.6%	1.7%	11.9%	80.1%

 

This region contains no charter high schools.

School	Drop	9 W	11 M	11 R	11 W	T R	T L	T M	T S
Overbrook HS	11.9%	62.0	13.7	30.5	51.6	25.1	19.7	14.3	10.9
University City HS	9.2%	65.2	25.5	36.8	74.5	26.0	22.9	13.7	10.9

 

General notes for tables: The PSSA scores (9W- grade 9 writing, 11M- grade 11 math, and 11W- grade 11 writing) are the total percentage testing at basic, proficient and advanced. The TerraNova scores (TR- reading, TL- language, TM- math, and TS- science) are the percentage of students testing at or above the national average.