Smedley Franklin School

1790 Bridge St, Philadelphia, PA 19124 | (215) 537-2523

Grades: KG-5
Student Enrollment: 525

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School Description

School Summary and Highlights

Enrolls 525 elementary school students from grades KG-5
Ranks 1885th out of 1,895 elementary schools in PA.
2010 Overall School AYP Met Status: Corrective Action 2 (sixth year)

School Operational Details

Title I Eligible
All students of this school are eligible for participation in authorized programs.

School District Details

Philadelphia City School District
Per-Pupil Spending: $9,399
Graduation Rate: 55.5%
Dropout Rate: 8.5%
Students Per Teacher: 14.3
Enrolled Students: 156,790

Faculty Details and Student Enrollment

Students and Faculty

Total Students Enrolled: 525
Total Full Time "Equivalent" Teachers: 44.0
Average Student-To-Teacher Ratio: 11.9

Students Gender Breakdown

Males: 267 (50.9%)
Females: 238 (45.3%)

Free Lunch Student Eligibility Breakdown

Eligible for Reduced Lunch: - (-)
Eligible for Free Lunch: 522 (99.4%)
Eligible for Either Reduced or Free Lunch: 522 (99.4%)

Student Enrollment Distribution by Race / Ethnicity

Smedley Franklin School Student Race Distribution

	Number	Percent
American Indian	1	0.2%
Black	372	70.9%
Asian	5	1.0%
Hispanic	96	18.3%
White	31	5.9%

Number of Students Per Grade

	Number	Percent
Kindergarten	91	17.3%
1st Grade	97	18.5%
2nd Grade	84	16.0%
3rd Grade	89	17.0%
4th Grade	84	16.0%
5th Grade	80	15.2%

Source: PA Department of Education, Source: NCES 2009-2010

School Ratings and Reviews

Overall Rating: 1

1 out of 5 | 1 Review

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Reviewed by on September 05, 2006
Rating: (1 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
This school has been in the news for violence toward teachers and students. Teachers in the Philadelphia school system refer to this school as "Deadly Smedley".
Want to hear more? Check out the NBC 10 website. Copy this and paste it into bar at the top of your browser:
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Better to know if you are sending your child to hell, right?

Test Scores and Performance Information

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The overall school rating shows that Smedley Franklin School performed on average much worse than most other schools across the state on PSSA state exams in the following subjects:

Math
Reading
Science
Writing

AYP Details (2010)

Overall AYP Met: Corrective Action 2 (sixth year)

PSSA - Test Proficiency by Grade and Subject

Grade 3 - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
Math Test
2010	50.7%	66.5%	84.5%
2009	28.4%	59.5%	81.7%
2008	29.9%	55.3%	80.5%

Reading Test
2010	35.3%	52.6%	75.2%
2009	24.4%	54.0%	77.0%
2008	19.5%	52.0%	76.8%

Grade 4 - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
Math Test
2010	31.0%	66.1%	84.9%
2009	31.7%	61.2%	81.8%
2008	33.4%	55.2%	79.6%

Reading Test
2010	19.8%	49.5%	72.9%
2009	17.1%	47.3%	72.6%
2008	20.3%	42.8%	70.1%

Science Test
2010	26.3%	53.3%	81.4%
2009	26.6%	53.9%	83.4%
2008	36.2%	52.8%	81.5%

Grade 5 - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
Math Test
2010	11.6%	52.3%	74.4%
2009	26.8%	52.4%	73.5%
2008	40.0%	49.6%	73.2%

Reading Test
2010	8.7%	40.3%	64.1%
2009	9.4%	40.0%	64.5%
2008	15.3%	36.2%	61.6%

Writing Test
2010	10.3%	35.0%	61.8%
2009	-	-	-
2008	6.5%	28.3%	57.3%

Source: PA Department of Education 2009-2010

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