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Black student results in William Penn School District

Across 9 schools in William Penn School District, 22.5% of Black students meet proficient. That is 3.5 points below the Pennsylvania average for Black students.

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24%
All students
22.5%
Black
19.3%
Hispanic
36.2%
White

Average across the 9 schools in William Penn 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 9 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Colwyn El Sch reports 39.1% of Black students meeting the standard. Walnut Street El Sch, in the same district, reports 13.3%. That is a 25.8-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in William Penn 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
Colwyn El Sch 38% 39.1%
W B Evans Magnet Sch Magnet 34.8% 33.4%
East Lansdowne El Sch 29.9% 25.6%
Ardmore Avenue Sch Magnet 25.5% 24.6% 10% 38%
Aldan El Sch Magnet 26.1% 20.1% 43.8%
Park Lane El Sch 17% 16%
Bell Avenue School 14.9% 15.3%
Penn Wood Ms 16.3% 14.7% 28.6% 26.9%
Walnut Street El Sch Magnet 13.3% 13.3%

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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