Summary:
The data provided focuses on a single school, Mastery CS-Pickett Campus, a public charter high school serving grades 6-12 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. With a total enrollment of 938 students, the school's student population is predominantly African American (93.71%), with small percentages of other racial/ethnic groups.
Academically, Mastery CS-Pickett Campus struggles significantly, with proficiency rates on PSSA math and ELA assessments, as well as Keystone exams, falling well below the state averages. For example, only 7.8% to 8.7% of students were proficient in PSSA math, compared to the state averages of 26% to 36.4%. Similarly, the school's Keystone exam proficiency rates were extremely low, with just 4% proficient in Algebra I, 13% in Biology, and 39.2% in Literature, compared to the state averages of 34.1%, 50.7%, and 65.3%, respectively. Despite these academic challenges, the school maintains a relatively high four-year graduation rate of 94.1%, slightly above the state average, and a low dropout rate of 1.7%.
While the school's spending per student is higher than the state average at $22,415, the data suggests that financial resources alone are not the primary factor limiting academic achievement. Further investigation would be needed to understand how these resources are being utilized and whether they are being effectively directed towards improving student outcomes. Overall, the data paints a picture of a school struggling to provide a high-quality education to its predominantly African American student population, with significant room for improvement in academic performance and student success.
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