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- "Every school in the School District of Philadelphia satisfies the federal definition of a "low-income school," meaning at least 30 percent of their students are low-income."
- "Budget cuts and the end of the funding formula have left Philadelphia School District $748 million short of needed funds."
- In 2011-2012, 32% of Philadelphia students tested proficiently in science. For Philadelphia's Black high school students, only an abysmal 8% scored proficiently.
- "Twenty-eight percent (28%) of Philadelphians—between 430,000 and 440,000 people--live below the federal poverty level, including 39% (135,000) of our children, 27% (265,000) of work-age adults and 17% (32,000) of seniors."
- "Nearly 1 out of every 2.5 children lives below the poverty line."
- "Just 19 percent of Philadelphia students scored proficient or above on 4th grade and 8th grade math, little change from 2011, the last time that NAEP was administered. In reading, 14 percent of 4th graders and 16 percent of 8th graders scored proficient or above. That compares to big-city averages of 33 percent proficient in 4th-grade math, 27 percent in 8th-grade math, and 23 percent in both 4th-grade and 8th-grade reading."
- "It is estimated that by 2030, 600,000 Philadelphians (nearly 39% of the current total population) will not have the skills to secure the types of jobs that will be available in Philadelphia as we live in an increasingly global economy."
- "Today, more than 500,000 (42%) adults in Philadelphia do not participate in the labor force. Employment and family-sustaining wage prospects are particularly daunting for those without a college degree, as increasingly more jobs require postsecondary education. Especially hard hit are the 300,000 formerly incarcerated Philadelphians who face multiple barriers to securing employment, such as low literacy skills, lack of a high school or college degree, employer reluctance, or lack of a social network to connect them to job openings and stigma."
- Of all Philadelphia School District students in 2014, 82.1% and 81.6% scored below proficient on the Algebra I and Biology statewide Spring Keystone exam sections, respectively. For Black students, it was 87.4% and 87.7%, and for Hispanic students, it was 86.3% and 87.4% .
- "Just one out of 10 students who entered a Philadelphia public high school in 1999 had earned a two-or four-year college degree 10 years later [...]"
- Of the 24 neighborhood (non-selective based admissions) schools in Philadelphia School District, 22 schools have a matriculation rate of less than 50%, and 13 schools have a matriculation rate of less than 30%.
sources
- '"Poverty in Philadelphia and Its Schools: Facts and Figures." Public School Notebook. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Aug. 2015. <http://thenotebook.org/december-2010/103121/poverty-philadelphia-and-its-schools-facts-and-figures>.
- "Facts - Fund Philly Schools." Facts - Fund Philly Schools. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Aug. 2015. <http://www.fundphillyschools.org/the-facts>.
- Based on PA Department of Education’s Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) 2011-2012 testing results of Philadelphia School District
- "The Crisis." Shared Prosperity Philadelphia. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Aug. 2015. <http://sharedprosperityphila.org/crisis-level/>.
- "The Crisis." Shared Prosperity Philadelphia. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Aug. 2015. <http://sharedprosperityphila.org/crisis-level/>.
- "Philadelphia's NAEP Scores Are below Average for Big-city Districts."Public School Notebook. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Aug. 2015. <http://thenotebook.org/blog/136758/philadelphia-naep-scores-lag-behind-other-urban-districts>.
- "The Crisis." Shared Prosperity Philadelphia. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Aug. 2015. <http://sharedprosperityphila.org/crisis-level/>.
- "The Crisis." Shared Prosperity Philadelphia. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Aug. 2015. <http://sharedprosperityphila.org/crisis-level/>.
- "Pa. Releases Some Recent Test Results in an Accessible Format." Public School Notebook. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Aug. 2015. <http://thenotebook.org/blog/158088/pennsylvania-keystone-pssa-test-results-in-spreadsheet-format>.
- "New Data: Only 10% of Philly Students Earn a Degree." New Data: Only 10% of Philly Students Earn a Degree. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Aug. 2015. <http://thenotebook.org/october-2010/102930/new-data-only-10-philly-students-earn-degree>.
- "Philadelphia's Graduation and College-going Rates, School by School."Public School Notebook. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Aug. 2015. <http://thenotebook.org/blog/158560/philadelphia-high-school-graduation-college-going-rates>.