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Roxborough High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
6498 Ridge Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19128
Phone
(215) 400-3400
District
PHILADELPHIA CITY SD
County
PHILADELPHIA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
841
Classroom Teachers
64

* According to NeighborhoodScout’s research of school performance, Roxborough High School ranks as one of the bottom 100 worst public schools in America.

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Pennsylvania

1

(10 is best)

Better than 5.6% of all PA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

1

(10 is best)

Roxborough High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
14%
64%
18%
64%
10%
63%
14%
64%
18%
64%
10%
63%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
13
15
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 291 34.6%
Grade 10 165 19.6%
Grade 11 153 18.2%
Grade 12 232 27.6%
Total 841 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 5.9% 15.1% 65.3%
Black 88.8% 49.3% 15.4%
Hispanic 5.0% 25.2% 14.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.1% 10.1% 4.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.3% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 99.6% 99.4% 51.2%
Free lunch eligible 99.6% 99.4% 49.9%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 1.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 1,596,865 12,972,008
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 11,201.9 289
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.4% 5.3%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.2% 18.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 38.7% 31.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.0% 26.3%
65 OR OLDER 13.7% 18.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 646,608 5,193,727
Single Parent Households With Children 12.2% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 86.6% 91.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 32.5% 33.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 11.8% 18.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 12.4% 17.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.3% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.4% 16.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.4% 14.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 14.6% 11.3%
$15,000 or less 17.1% 8.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,852 $996,026,200 25.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $813 $103,129,050 2.6%
Staff $521 $66,088,850 1.7%
General Administration $433 $54,926,050 1.4%
School Administration $764 $96,913,400 2.4%
Operation $1,879 $238,351,150 6.0%
Transportation $346 $43,890,100 1.1%
Other $680 $86,258,000 2.2%
Total Support $5,436 $689,556,600 17.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $17,987 $2,281,650,950 57.5%
Total Expenditures $31,275 $3,967,233,750 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,006 $16,857,473,639 47.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $915 $1,540,804,362 4.3%
Staff $559 $941,119,817 2.7%
General Administration $453 $763,583,738 2.2%
School Administration $797 $1,342,574,952 3.8%
Operation $1,549 $2,610,029,822 7.4%
Transportation $679 $1,143,614,918 3.2%
Other $594 $1,001,139,811 2.8%
Total Support $5,546 $9,342,992,236 26.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,515 $9,290,980,100 26.2%
Total Expenditures $21,066 $35,491,307,545 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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