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Middle Years Alternative

Public | Grades: 5-8 | 244 students

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2 stars

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Public | Grades: 5-8 | 244 students
District: Philadelphia City School District

4725 Fairmont Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19139-3536

(215) 471-6400

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Middle Years Alternative:

2 stars

SchoolDigger Ranks Middle Years Alternative 460th of 848 Pennsylvania public middle schools. (See school ranking list.)

Philadelphia City School District:

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SchoolDigger ranks Philadelphia City School District 504th of 553 Pennsylvania school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Middle Years Alternative

Year	Avg Math Score	Avg Reading Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	PA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2003	15.0	51.6	1331^st	1534	13.2%
2004	34.3	51.5	1323^rd	1546	14.4%

Source: test scores: Pennsylvania Dept of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Middle Years Alternative

Year	Avg Math Score	Avg Reading Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	PA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2003	43.4	81.1	300^th	711	57.8%
2004	58.2	83.7	246^th	728	66.2%
2005	72.1	78.5	174^th	749	76.8%
2006	72.2	81.7	196^th	765	74.4%
2007	75.3	87.0	153^rd	774	80.2%
2008	80.7	90.1	100^th	781	87.2%
2009	81.5	83.8	197^th	804	75.5%
2010	78.3	80.5	373^rd	856	56.4%
2011	76.8	87.8	331^st	854	61.2%
2012	70.2	84.7	460^th	848	45.8%

Source: test scores: Pennsylvania Dept of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Public | Grades: 5-8 | 244 students
District: Philadelphia City School District

4725 Fairmont Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19139-3536

(215) 471-6400

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Middle Years Alternative

PSSA			Students tested			% met standard
Test	Year	Grade	School	District	State	School	District	State
Math	2003	5th Grade	n/a	n/a	n/a	15	23.1	56.3
Math	2004	5th Grade	n/a	n/a	n/a	34.3	30.7	61.8
Math	2005	5th Grade	n/a	n/a	n/a	47.3	45.8	69
Math	2006	5th Grade	n/a	n/a	n/a	47.1	41.6	66.9
Math	2007	5th Grade	n/a	n/a	n/a	53.3	44.7	71
Math	2008	5th Grade	n/a	n/a	n/a	60.3	49.7	73.2
Math	2009	5th Grade	58	11,619	127,544	37.9	52.4	73.5
Math	2010	5th Grade	52	11,669	126,419	44.3	52.3	74.4
Math	2011	5th Grade	44	10,589	126,578	50	56.5	76.3
Math	2012	5th Grade	43	10,279	124,973	65.1	45.1	73.3

Source: Pennsylvania Dept of Education

About Pennsylvania System of State Assessments:

The Pennsylvania System of School Assessment, also known as PSSA, measures how well students have achieved in reading, mathematics, science and writing according to Pennsylvania’s world-class academic standards. By using these standards, educators, parents and administrators can evaluate their students’ strengths and weaknesses to increase students’ achievement scores. According to the federal No Child Left Behind Act, students must be 100% proficient in reading and math by 2014.

The PSSA results allow schools and districts to evaluate their students’ progress to make full proficiency a reality. Today’s eighth graders will be 11th graders by the year 2014 when full proficiency must be reached.

The federal No Child Left Behind Act requires states to determine annually whether schools and districts in Pennsylvania make Adequate Yearly Progress, also known as AYP. The 2009-10 targets were 56% proficient or advanced in math and 63% proficient or advanced in reading.

Source: Pennsylvania Department of Education

Total Students (2010 - 2011): 244

African American: 218 (89.3%)
American Indian: 0 (0%)
Asian: 11 (4.5%)
Hispanic: 4 (1.6%)

Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
Two or more races: 6 (2.5%)

White: 5 (2%)

Not Specified:0 (0%)

Fulltime teachers: 16.5
Student/Teacher Ratio: 14.7

Eligible for discounted/free lunch: 98.8%

Enrollment information for Middle Years Alternative

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	71	87	20	2	0	0	0	0	180
1990	126	151	17	2	0	0	0	0	296
1991	115	147	18	2	0	0	0	0	282
1992	110	158	19	2	0	0	0	0	289
1993	86	193	20	1	0	0	0	0	300
1994	69	185	19	3	0	0	0	0	276
1995	75	187	15	5	1	0	0	0	283
1996	75	187	15	5	1	0	0	0	283
1997	67	187	14	3	1	0	0	0	272
1998	77	195	14	1	2	0	0	0	289
1999	74	181	14	2	2	0	0	0	273
2000	81	176	18	4	1	0	0	0	280
2001	79	160	20	3	1	0	0	0	263
2002	53	192	19	4	0	0	0	0	268
2003	53	192	19	4	0	0	0	0	268
2004	57	226	22	1	0	0	0	0	306
2005	54	226	21	4	0	0	0	0	305
2006	46	235	18	4	0	0	0	0	303
2007	37	233	15	4	2	0	0	0	291
2008	28	240	20	7	2	0	0	0	297
2009	14	238	21	4	1	0	0	2	280
2010	7	246	14	4	1	0	0	4	276
2011	5	218	11	4	0	0	6	0	244

Source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics