Franklin Benjamin 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 2016 – 2017 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2015
  • Educational Environment: 2016 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
550 N Broad St
Philadelphia, PA 19130
Phone
(215) 299-4662
District
PHILADELPHIA CITY SD
County
PHILADELPHIA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
612
Classroom Teachers
44

* According to NeighborhoodScout’s research of school performance, Franklin Benjamin 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 3.1% of PA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S. info

1

(10 is best)

Franklin Benjamin High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

Discipline School State
Proficiency in Reading and Math 11 69
Proficiency in Reading 16 73
Proficiency in Math 6 66

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

Class Size
AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL 13.78
AVG FOR DISTRICT 20.11
AVG FOR STATE 14.65
AVG FOR NATION 16.54
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 200 32.7%
Grade 10 156 25.5%
Grade 11 110 18.0%
Grade 12 146 23.9%
Total 612 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 1.5% 14.7% 69.9%
Black 85.6% 55.5% 15.3%
Hispanic 7.6% 20.9% 10.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 5.1% 8.7% 3.8%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.2% 0.2%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED 100.0% 100.0% 46.4%
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE 100.0% 100.0% 43.0%
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE 0.0% 0.0% 3.4%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 1,559,938 12,784,227
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 10,942.8 285
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.9% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.3% 18.4%
20-44 YEARS OLD 38.7% 31.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.6% 27.9%
65 OR OLDER 12.5% 16.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number of households 582,594 4,961,929
Single parent households with children 15.6% 9.8%
Adults with at least a high school diploma 82.6% 89.5%
Adults with at least a bachelor's degree 26.3% 29.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 6.4% 9.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 9.3% 13.5%
$75,000 - $99,999 9.4% 12.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.8% 18.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 19.4% 18.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 18.4% 15.5%
$15,000 or less 21.3% 11.8%

Education Expenditures

For This District Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,251 $835,777,453 30.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $349 $46,662,347 1.7%
Staff $236 $31,553,908 1.1%
General Administration $284 $37,971,652 1.4%
School Administration $455 $60,834,865 2.2%
Operation $1,626 $217,401,078 7.9%
Transportation $610 $81,558,830 3.0%
Other $312 $41,715,336 1.5%
Total Support $3,872 $517,698,016 18.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $10,385 $1,388,505,655 50.6%
Total Expenditures $20,508 $2,741,981,124 100.0%
For The State Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,814 $13,359,337,416 48.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $639 $1,092,703,063 3.9%
Staff $395 $675,134,221 2.4%
General Administration $343 $585,885,527 2.1%
School Administration $605 $1,034,806,948 3.7%
Operation $1,309 $2,238,668,762 8.1%
Transportation $716 $1,223,263,999 4.4%
Other $415 $709,440,155 2.6%
Total Support $4,422 $7,559,874,856 27.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,951 $6,755,211,657 24.4%
Total Expenditures $16,187 $27,674,469,082 100.0%
For The Nation Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,336 $324,841,513,788 51.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $572 $29,350,053,799 4.7%
Staff $471 $24,151,307,291 3.8%
General Administration $200 $10,266,593,644 1.6%
School Administration $587 $30,091,720,454 4.8%
Operation $1,010 $51,800,394,937 8.2%
Transportation $464 $23,797,624,893 3.8%
Other $368 $18,843,845,750 3.0%
Total Support $3,673 $188,301,671,729 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,243 $114,972,145,768 18.3%
Total Expenditures $12,251 $628,114,952,936 100.0%

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