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Elementary schools
K-8 schools
Middle schools
High schools
Charter schools
Urban League
Northside
City Charter
Definitions and sources
City Charter High School
Tests given by the school
Tests required by the state: Percentage of students at each achievement level on PSSA Reading and Math tests
City Charter did not have an 11th grade in 2004.
** Students with an Individual Education Plan (IEP) for special education, excluding students identified as “gifted"
College readiness
The ACT is a college readiness assessment some students take instead of the SAT.
Percent of students taking the ACT: 95%
2007 College-bound seniors
Overall: 93.5%
Students
Student mobility rate: 18.0%
Student stability rate: 82.0%
Teachers
Daily attendance: 99.0%
Percentage with advanced degrees: 50.0%
Principals
Principal stability: 2 chief executive officers, 2004-07
Student disciplinary actions 2005-06*
Number of incidents: 9
Number of incidents per 100
students: 1.7
Number of expulsions: 7
* For violence, weapons, and controlled substances
Data compilation and analysis were performed by Carol S. Parke, Ph.D., associate professor of Research Methodology, Duquesne University School of Education; and Steven Kachmar, research assistant. Indicators (categories of data) were selected by an A+ Schools committee headed by Dr. Alan Lesgold, dean of the School of Education, University of Pittsburgh. The report was written and edited by Faith Schantz and designed by Julie Ridge. All work ©2008 A+ Schools.