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Black student results in Philadelphia City School District

Across 166 schools in Philadelphia City School District, 19.9% of Black students meet proficient. That is 6.1 points below the Pennsylvania average for Black students.

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25.5%
All students
19.9%
Black
23.2%
Hispanic
51.2%
White
56%
Asian

Average across the 166 schools in Philadelphia City School District with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

The distance inside one district

Among the 165 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Carver Hs reports 79.3% of Black students meeting the standard. Elkin Lewis Sch, in the same district, reports 0%. That is a 79.3-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Philadelphia City School District

Ranked by the share of Black students meeting proficient. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Carver Hs Magnet 80.7% 79.3% 78.6% 91.7%
Greenberg Joseph Sch 71.5% 68.9% 60% 67.2% 78.9%
Penn Alexander Sch 89.5% 67.9% 77.8% 93.8% 91.7%
Masterman Julia R Sec Sch Magnet 87.2% 66.7% 75.5% 92.6% 95.7%
Gamp Magnet 83.2% 57.9% 84% 86.5% 91.7%
Loesche William H Sch 51.8% 56.7% 55.6% 49.7% 53.6%
Meredith William M Sch 86.5% 56.2% 78.9% 89.2% 97.6%
Powel Samuel Sch 67.6% 54.9% 92.1%
Frank Anne Sch 56.1% 48.2% 42.5% 53.2% 67.1%
Greenfield Albert M Sch 81.4% 48% 75.5% 87.4% 81.7%
John Story Jenks Academy For T Magnet 52% 47.3% 86.1%
The Science Leadership Academy Magnet 56.8% 46.9% 82.8%
Baldi C C A Ms 49.9% 45.3% 31.7% 49.4% 59.1%
Fox Chase Sch 45.9% 41.3% 37.4% 52% 55.8%
Hill Freedman World Academy Magnet 43.5% 40.1% 59.1%
Jenks Abram Sch 70.5% 39.3% 53.6% 65.6% 86.4%
Comly Watson Sch 47.3% 38.6% 39.3% 47% 55.1%
Decatur Stephen Sch 45.2% 37.6% 37.1% 49.7% 46.4%
Mccall Gen George A Sch 77% 36.1% 65.9% 91.4% 80.6%
Cook-Wissahickon Sch 57.8% 35.8% 51.6% 76.8%
Moore J Hampton Sch 36.6% 35.6% 27.7% 31.6% 64.2%
Amy Nw Magnet 39.5% 35.3% 28.6%
Henry Charles W Sch 56.4% 35.3% 50% 78.3%
Dobson James Sch 49.8% 33.8% 33.3% 67.9%
Rhawnhurst Sch 33.1% 33.8% 27.5% 28.6% 42%
Stanton Edwin M Sch 44.1% 32.3% 54.2% 95.8%
Lingelbach Anna L Sch 36.5% 32.2% 13% 72.7%
Holme Thomas Sch 33.1% 32% 29.5% 32.7% 47.7%
Shawmont Sch 43.8% 31.8% 29.1% 65%
John Hancock Demonstration Sch 43.4% 31.2% 38.1% 48.8% 44.8%
Moffet John Sch 43.2% 30.6% 31.9% 67.9%
Taggart John H Sch 34.4% 30.4% 18.4% 22.7% 50.4%
Pollock Robert B Sch 34.9% 29.7% 29.9% 36.9% 49.7%
Logan James Sch 30.8% 28.9% 42.9%
Fanny Jackson Coppin Sch 61.5% 28.8% 38% 77.2% 82.2%
Nebinger George W Sch 45.8% 27.8% 38.5% 77.3% 60%
Southwark Sch 30.6% 27.5% 18.4% 69.7% 41.9%
Overbrook Edu Ctr Magnet 25.1% 26.3%
Houston Henry E Sch 39% 26% 85.2%
Mifflin Thomas Sch 40.1% 25.5% 59.5% 82.3%
Catharine Joseph Sch 28.7% 25.2% 23.3% 66.7%
Crossan Kennedy C Sch 27.1% 25% 14.4% 44%
Marian Anderson Neighborhood A 49.1% 24.6% 80.3%
Emlen Eleanor C Sch 23.6% 24.2%
Farrell Louis H Sch 32.4% 24% 21.4% 34.4% 50%
Patterson John M Sch 25.5% 23.8% 36.4%
Pennell Joseph Sch 22.2% 23.5%
Mayfair Sch 31.1% 23.3% 17.6% 19.3% 62.9%
Fitzpatrick Aloysius L Sch 28.2% 23.2% 23.3% 29.7% 38.5%
Penrose Sch 23.6% 22.3% 14.3%
Vare-Washington El Sch 41.2% 22.3% 32.8% 52.6% 81%
Science Leadership Academy Ms 40.8% 21.7% 8.8% 76.3% 63.2%
Franklin S Edmonds Sch 20.9% 21.3%
Kirkbride Eliza B Sch 35.6% 21.2% 22.5% 57.6% 56.2%
Fell D Newlin Sch 42.2% 20.6% 32.1% 37.2% 61.4%
Bache-Martin Sch 47.5% 20.3% 31.1% 76.3%
Kearny Gen Philip Sch 20.9% 20.3% 15.4%
Rowen William Sch 17.8% 20.2%
Samuel Gompers Sch 20.4% 19.8%
Juniata Park Academy 23.6% 19.5% 20% 32.5% 57.6%
Mccloskey John F Sch 19.7% 19.5%
Childs George W Sch 26.8% 19.3% 18.9% 75% 40.9%
Ellwood Sch 22.5% 19.3%
Middle Years Alternative Magnet 21.2% 18.6% 17.9%
Lawton Henry W Sch 22.7% 18.3% 20.7% 36.5%
Key Francis Scott Sch 25.4% 18.2% 19.4% 39.8%
Girard Stephen Sch 30.8% 18.1% 46.2% 57.1% 50%
Day Anna B Sch 16.7% 17.8%
Kelley William D Sch 17.2% 17.6%
Solis-Cohen Solomon Sch 19.9% 17.4% 12.7% 20.5% 50%
Lea Henry C Sch 32.1% 17.3% 29% 76.2% 62.5%
Ziegler William H Sch 22% 17.3% 23.8% 15.4% 37%
Finletter Thomas K Sch 20.6% 17.1% 20.2% 50%
Spruance Gilbert Sch 19.2% 17% 13.7% 23.1% 45.9%
Olney El Sch 21.4% 16.9% 18.7% 47.8%
Webster Sch 19.8% 16.7% 18.8% 31.2%
Hamilton Andrew Sch 15.7% 16.3%
Conwell Russell Ms Magnet 15.8% 16.1% 13%
Washington Martha Sch 15% 16.1%
Howe Julia Ward Sch 15.6% 15.8% 4.2%
Morris Robert Sch 16.5% 15.7% 20%
Waring Laura W Sch 21.2% 15.7% 34.6%
Franklin Benjamin Sch 15.3% 15.6% 12.3% 28.3%
Bryant William C Sch 16.2% 15.5%
Morton Thomas G Sch 14.3% 15.5% 6.7%
Brown Henry A Sch 23.2% 15.4% 15.2% 28.8% 78.1%
Castor Gardens Ms 25% 15% 16.5% 22.4% 52.9%
Dunbar Paul L Sch 15.3% 15% 4.5%
Forrest Edwin Sch 18.3% 14.9% 16.6% 21.3% 28.1%
Northeast Community Propel Aca 27.6% 14.8% 20.1% 22.3% 66.5%
Fitler Academics Plus Magnet 15.5% 14.7%
Kelly John B Sch 15% 14.7%
Harrington Avery D Sch 14.4% 14.6%
Overbrook Elementary School 17% 14.6%
Marshall John Sch 12.6% 14.4% 9.4%
Hopkinson Francis Sch 15.5% 14.3% 14.3% 12.5% 54.5%
Lowell James R Sch 23.3% 14.2% 22.4% 63.2%
Comegys Benjamin B Sch 14.3% 14.1%
Richmond Sch 31.5% 14% 22.3% 45.8%
Cayuga School 11.6% 13.7% 11.3%
Cramp William Sch 11.1% 13.5% 10.6%
Bregy F Amedee Sch 20.5% 13.1% 35.7% 36.7%
Brown Joseph H Sch 20.6% 12.9% 22.2% 16% 65.4%
Anderson Add B Sch 12.2% 12.8%
Rhoads James Sch 13.2% 12.5%
Prince Hall 11.8% 12.2%
Samuel Pennypacker Sch 11.9% 12.2%
Bethune Mary Mcleod Sch 13.4% 12.1% 17%
Disston Hamilton Sch 11.7% 11.8% 9.7% 16%
Feltonville Intermediate Schoo 14% 11.8% 13.5% 28.1%
Marshall Thurgood 13.8% 11.6% 14.4% 35.5%
Bridesburg Sch 31.5% 11.5% 29.2% 31.5%
Duckrey Tanner Sch 13.6% 11.5% 36.7%
Willard Frances E Sch 13.1% 11.5% 12.2%
Hunter William H Sch 12.5% 11.4% 12.9%
Guidon S Bluford El Sch 10.6% 11.1% 7%
Locke Alain Sch 13.4% 11% 14.7%
Lewis C Cassidy Academics Plus 11.5% 10.9% 0%
Steel Edward Sch 10.6% 10.9% 5%
The Sd Of Philadelphia Virtual MagnetVirtual 14.5% 10.8% 11.5% 31.8%
Wright Richard R Sch 10.4% 10.5%
Morrison Andrew J Sch 14% 10.4% 14.7% 32%
Amy At Martin Magnet 19.8% 9.8% 19.4% 28.6%
Roosevelt Theodore Ms 9.3% 9.8% 3.8%
Carnell Laura H Sch 10.2% 9.6% 8% 26.5%
Blankenburg Rudolph Sch 9.1% 9.5%
Feltonville Sch Of Arts & Scie 14.1% 9.5% 14.2% 16.7% 40.9%
Spring Garden Sch 9.7% 9.5% 10.9%
Stearne Allen M Sch 8.8% 9.5% 5.3%
Sullivan James J Sch 15.4% 9.3% 18.3%
Barry Comm John Sch 9% 9.1%
Gideon Edward Sch 8.6% 9.1%
Cooke Jay Ms 9.4% 9% 7.1%
Dick William Sch 8.9% 9% 4.2%
Allen Dr Ethel Sch 8.5% 8.9%
Ludlow James R Sch 13.4% 8.8% 23.5%
Gloria Casarez El Sch 12.9% 8.5% 16.1%
Kenderton El Sch 7.1% 8.2% 0%
Meade Gen George C Sch 11.4% 8.1% 22.7%
Penn Treaty Sch 15.6% 8% 20.9% 11.4%
Heston Edward Sch 7.8% 7.9%
Taylor Bayard Sch 10.6% 7.9% 9.9%
Allen Ethan Sch 16.5% 7.8% 14.8% 18.7% 45.8%
Deburgos Bilingual Magnet Ms 12.1% 7.8% 13.1%
Harding Warren G Ms 8.7% 7.8% 8.7% 9.3%
Welsh John Sch 14.2% 7.8% 18.2%
Mcmichael Morton Sch 9% 7.5%
Potter-Thomas Sch 9.5% 7.5% 10.2%
Washington Grover Jr Sch 8.8% 7.4% 8.5% 15.8%
Mitchell El Sch 8.1% 7.3%
Hartranft John F Sch 8% 6.9% 8%
Longstreth William C Sch 6.8% 6.8%
Wagner Gen Louis Ms 7.5% 6.6% 6.7%
Lamberton Robert E Sch 6.2% 6.5% 0%
Mckinley William Sch 7.2% 6.4% 7.9%
Blaine James G Sch 6.8% 6.3% 8.3%
Tilden William T Ms 6.7% 6.1% 7.1% 3.8%
John B Stetson Ms 7.7% 5.9% 8.1%
Mcclure Alexander K Sch 4.7% 5.9% 4.3%
Rhodes E Washington Sch 5.7% 5.8% 4.3%
Munoz-Marin Luis 11.4% 5.6% 12.1%
Mcdaniel Delaplaine Sch 8% 5.3% 4.5%
Sharswood George Sch 31.9% 5.3% 22.3% 33.1% 50.6%
Peirce Thomas M Sch 5.5% 4.6%
Clemente Roberto Ms 3.9% 4.4% 3.6%
Elkin Lewis Sch 6.9% 0% 8.3%

Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.

How to read this. Pennsylvania suppresses results for groups with too few students tested. Schools without a reportable Black student result are excluded rather than shown as zero — 1,156 of Pennsylvania's schools have reportable data. Coverage is grades 3–8; high schools are not included. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Pennsylvania figures should not be compared against another state's.

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