Summary:
Universal Alcorn Charter School is the sole elementary school serving grades K-8 in the Universal Alcorn Charter School District, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. With a total enrollment of 422 students, the school faces significant academic challenges, with proficiency rates well below the state averages in both Math and English Language Arts (ELA).
The school's PSSA (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) test scores are consistently low, with only 15.3% of students proficient in Math and 35.8% proficient in ELA in the 2024-2025 school year, compared to the state averages of 41.7% and 48.5%, respectively. The school's performance in Science is also below the state average, with a 44.4% proficiency rate in 2023-2024 compared to the state average of 65.8%. Additionally, the school has a relatively high dropout rate of 1.4% in the 2023-2024 school year.
Socioeconomic factors may play a significant role in the school's academic challenges, as 100.24% of students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year. Despite the school's high per-student spending of $21,254 and a student-teacher ratio of 20:1, the academic performance suggests that the resources may not be effectively utilized or targeted to address the specific needs of the student population. The Universal Alcorn Charter School District is ranked 479 out of 606 districts in Pennsylvania and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating that the district as a whole is struggling to provide a high-quality education to its students.
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