DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Education Empowerment List [30 Pa.B. 6442] The Department of Education of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, under the authority contained in Act 16 of 2000, the Education Empowerment Act, as amended by Act 91 of 2000, places the following school districts on the Education Empowerment List for the 2000-2001 school year:
Percent of Students In Bottom Group of PSSA County School District Math & Reading 1999 and 2000 Two-year Avg. Allegheny County Clairton City 49.9 * Duquesne City 72.0 Sto-Rox 42.8 * Wilkinsburg Borough 54.8 Beaver County Aliquippa 56.1 Dauphin County Steelton-Highspire 40.1 * Lancaster County Lancaster 46.7 * Lehigh County Allentown 50.5 ** Philadelphia County Philadelphia City 58.8 York County York City 52.7 Education Empowerment Districts The Department of Education of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, under the authority contained in Act 16 of 2000, the Education Empowerment Act, as amended by Act 91 of 2000, names the following school districts as Education Empowerment Districts for the 2000-2001 school year:
Percent of Students In Bottom Group of PSSA County School District Math & Reading 1999 and 2000 Two-year Avg. Dauphin County Harrisburg City 66.7 *** Delaware County Chester-Upland 68.2 The following tables identify each school and grade level in those districts on the Empowerment List and the Empowerment District in which 50% or more of the students scored in the bottom group of the 2-year average PSSA Math and Reading scores.
Math and Reading District School Grade (two-year average) ALIQUIPPA SD ALIQUIPPA EL 5 53.2 ALIQUIPPA SD ALIQUIPPA MS 8 56.2 ALIQUIPPA SD ALIQUIPPA SHS 11 59.0 ALLENTOWN CITY SD CENTRAL EL SCH 5 82.9 ALLENTOWN CITY SD CLEVELAND EL SCH 5 62.6 ALLENTOWN CITY SD FRANCIS D RAUB MS 8 57.5 ALLENTOWN CITY SD HARRISON-MORTON MS 8 54.3 ALLENTOWN CITY SD JEFFERSON EL SCH 5 56.2 ALLENYOWN CITY SD LOUIS E DIERUFF HS 11 50.6 ALLENTOWN CITY SD MCKINLEY EL SCH 5 53.5 ALLENTOWN CITY SD MOSSER EL SCH 5 68.9 ALLENTOWN CITY SD ROOSEVELT EL SCH 5 58.5 ALLENTOWN CITY SD SHERIDAN EL SCH 5 56.0 ALLENTOWN CITY SD WASHINGTON EL SCH 5 56.9 CHESTER-UPLAND SD CHESTER HS 11 65.6 CHESTER-UPLAND SD COLUMBUS EL SCH 5 75.8 CHESTER-UPLAND SD PULASKI MS 5 85.0 CHESTER-UPLAND SD PULASKI MS 8 71.8 CHESTER-UPLAND SD SHOWALTER MS 5 86.8 CHESTER-UPLAND SD SHOWALTER MS 8 63.7 CHESTER-UPLAND SD SMEDLEY MS 8 77.9 CHESTER-UPLAND SD TOBY FARMS SCH 5 55.0 CLAIRTON CITY SD CLAIRTON EL SCH 5 60.8 CLAIRTON CITY SD CLAIRTON MS 8 55.8 DUQUESNE CITY SD DUQUESNE EL SCH 5 79.5 DUQUESNE CITY SD DUQUESNE HS 11 67.0 DUQUESNE CITY SD DUQUESNE MS 8 69.5 HARRISBURG CITY SD BATON-FELTON ACAD 8 93.4 HARRISBURG CITY SD BATON-FELTON ACAD 11 100.0 HARRISBURG CITY SD CAMP CURTIN EL SCH 5 64.3 HARRISBURG CITY SD DOWNEY EL SCH 5 50.9 HARRISBURG CITY SD FOOSE EL SCH 5 64.3 HARRISBURG CITY SD HAMILTON EL SCH 5 61.2 HARRISBURG CITY SD HARRISBURG HS 11 69.1 HARRISBURG CITY SD LINCOLN EL SCH 5 70.9 HARRISBURG CITY SD MARSHALL EL SCH 5 66.1 HARRISBURG CITY SD MELROSE EL SCH 5 55.0 HARRISBURG CITY SD SHIMMELL EL SCH 5 80.3 HARRISBURG CITY SD STEELE EL SCH 5 72.4 LANCASTER SD BUEHRLE ALTERNATIVE 8 81.8 LANCASTER SD BUEHRLE ALTERNATIVE 11 97.3 LANCASTER SD CARTER MACRAE EL SCH 5 61.3 LANCASTER SD FULTON EL SCH 5 51.6 LANCASTER SD GEORGE WASHINGTON EL 5 67.7 LANCASTER SD HAND MS 8 58.5 LANCASTER SD LINCOLN MS 8 50.0 LANCASTER SD REYNOLDS MS 8 50.4 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD ADAIRE ALEXANDER SCH 5 57.3 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD ADAIRE ALEXANDER SCH 8 56.9 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD ALCORN JAMES SCHOOL 5 84.4 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD ALLEN ETHAN SCH 5 53.4 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD ANDERSON ADD B SCH 5 76.5 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD AUDENRIED CHARLES Y 11 85.8 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD BACHE-MARTIN SCH 5 74.9 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD BARRATT NORRIS S MS 5 84.0 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD BARRATT NORRIS S MS 8 71.4 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD BARRY COMM JOHN SCHL 5 66.6 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD BARTRAM JOHN HS 11 67.6 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD BEEBER DIMNER MS 8 55.6 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD BELMONT SCH 5 90.1 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD BETHUNE MARY MCLEOD 5 76.2 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD BLAINE JAMES G SCH 5 86.3 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD BLANKENBURG RUDOLPH 5 70.0 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD BLUFORD GUION EL SCH 5 74.5 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD BOK EDWARD AVTS 11 70.8 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD BOONE DANIEL SCH 5 98.1 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD BOONE DANIEL SCH 8 100.0 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD BOONE DANIEL SCH 11 100.0 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD BRYANT WILLIAM C SCH 5 69.1 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD CARROLL CHARLES SCH 11 68.7 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD CASSIDY LEWIS C SCH 5 65.6 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD CENTRAL EAST MS 5 76.1 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD CENTRAL EAST MS 8 61.3 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD CLEMENTE ROBERTO MS 5 85.0 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD CLEMENTE ROBERTO MS 8 78.9 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD CLEVELAND GROVER SCH 5 71.0 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD CLYMER GEORGE SCH 5 85.4 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD COMEGYS BENJAMIN B S 5 83.4 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD COOKE JAY MS 5 74.5 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD COOKE JAY MS 8 69.4 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD COOK-WISSAHICKON SCH 5 51.8 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD CRAMP WILLIAM SCHOOL 5 74.6 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD CREIGHTON THOMAS SCH 5 70.0 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD CREIGHTON THOMAS SCH 8 50.4 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD D NEWLIN FELL SCH 5 52.9 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD DAROFF SAMUEL SCH 5 74.4 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD DEBURGOS BILINGUAL M 8 79.7 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD DICK WILLIAM SCH 5 80.3 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD DISSTON HAMILTON SCH 5 54.1 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD DOBBINS MURRELL AVTS 11 77.1 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD DOUGLAS STEPHEN A SC 11 100.0 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD DOUGLASS FREDERICK S 5 70.2 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD DREW CHARLES R SCH 8 60.5 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD DUCKREY TANNER SCH 5 76.7 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD DUNBAR PAUL L SCH 5 70.3 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD DURHAM THOMAS CHILD 5 70.7 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD EDISON HS/FAREIRA SK 11 80.3 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD EDMUNDS HENRY R SCH 5 51.9 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD EDMUNDS HENRY R SCH 8 57.9 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD ELLWOOD SCH 5 67.0 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD ELVERSON JAMES MS 8 84.7 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD EMLEN ELEANOR C SCH 5 69.4 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD FAIRHILL SCH 5 50.9 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD FELS SAMUEL HS 11 64.8 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD FERGUSON JOSEPH C SC 5 77.5 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD FITZSIMONS THOMAS MS 8 80.9 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD FRANKFORD HS 11 65.3 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD FRANKLIN BENJAMIN 5 52.0 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD FRANKLIN BENJAMIN HS 11 86.7 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD FULTON ROBERT SCH 5 71.9 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD FURNESS HORACE HS 11 73.7 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD GERMANTOWN HS 11 74.0 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD GIDEON EDWARD SCH 5 69.2 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD GILLESPIE ELIZ D MS 8 79.4 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD GOMPERS SAMUEL SCH 5 66.0 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD GRATZ SIMON HS 11 79.8 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD HAMILTON ANDREW SCH 5 64.4 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD HARDING WARREN G MS 8 61.8 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD HARRISON WILLIAM H S 5 78.1 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD HARRITY WILLIAM F SC 5 69.2 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD HARTRANFT JOHN F SCH 5 86.1 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD HESTON EDWARD SCH 5 58.1 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD HILL LESLIE P SCH 5 62.2 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD HOPKINSON FRANCIS SC 5 73.2 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD HOPKINSON FRANCIS SC 8 55.1 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD HOUSTON HENRY E SCH 5 61.0 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD HOWE JULIA WARD SCH 5 58.5 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD HUEY SAMUEL B SCH 5 76.6 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD JACKSON ANDREW SCH 5 73.8 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD JONES JOHN PAUL MS 5 82.2 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD JONES JOHN PAUL MS 8 63.2 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD KEARNY GEN PHILIP SC 5 50.0 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD KELLEY WILLIAM D SCH 5 78.6 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD KENDERTON SCH 5 84.1 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD KENDERTON SCH 8 80.9 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD KENSINGTON HS 11 80.6 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD KEY FRANCIS SCOTT SC 5 51.1 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD KING MARTIN LUTHER H 11 78.9 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD KINSEY JOHN L SCH 5 71.2 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD KIRKBRIDE ELIZA B SC 5 61.3 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD LAMBERTON ROBERT E S 5 57.0 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD LAMBERTON ROBERT E S 8 61.5 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD LAMBERTON ROBERT E S 11 74.0 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD LEA HENRY C SCH 5 80.9 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD LEA HENRY C SCH 8 73.2 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD LEEDS MORRIS E MS 8 59.7 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD LEIDY JOSEPH SCH 5 78.0 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD LEVERING WILLIAM SCH 5 51.4 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD LEWIS ADA H MS 8 74.3 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD LINCOLN ABRAHAM HS 11 58.2 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD LOCKE ALAIN SCH 5 84.4 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD LOGAN SCH 5 66.2 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD LONGSTRETH WILLIAM C 5 73.1 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD LOWELL JAMES R SCH 5 65.0 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD LUDLOW JAMES R SCH 5 84.7 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD MANN WILLIAM B SCH 5 60.1 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD MARSHALL THURGOOD 5 84.3 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD MASTBAUM JULES E AVT 11 63.7 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD MCCLOSKEY JOHN F SCH 5 56.8 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD MCKINLEY WILLIAM SCH 5 67.9 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD MCMICHAEL MORTON SCH 5 90.8 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD MCMICHAEL MORTON SCH 8 75.3 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD MIDDLE YEARS ALTERNA 5 51.0 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD MIFFLIN THOMAS SCH 5 75.5 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD MILLER E S SCH 8 95.0 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD MILLER E S SCH 11 100.0 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD MORRIS ROBERT SCH 5 68.8 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD MUNOZ-MARIN ELEM 5 85.1 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD NEBINGER GEORGE W SC 5 72.4 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD NEBINGER GEORGE W SC 8 72.1 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD OLNEY EL SCH 5 66.3 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD OLNEY HS 11 81.2 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD OVERBROOK HS 11 73.7 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD PALUMBO FRANK SCH 5 88.4 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD PALUMBO FRANK SCH 8 82.0 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD PARKWAY PROGRAM 11 50.4 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD PASTORIUS FRANCIS P 5 72.0 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD PEIRCE THOMAS M SCH 5 82.6 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD PEIRCE WILLIAM S MS 5 89.0 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD PEIRCE WILLIAM S MS 8 76.7 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD PENN TREATY MS 5 85.4 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD PENN TREATY MS 8 78.0 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD PENN WILLIAM HS 11 82.8 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD PENNELL JOSEPH SCH 5 59.6 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD PENNYPACKER SAMUEL S 5 58.1 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD PEPPER GEORGE MS 5 82.2 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD PEPPER GEORGE MS 8 62.9 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD PICKETT CLARENCE E M 5 84.9 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD PICKETT CLARENCE E M 8 79.2 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD POTTER-THOMAS SCH 5 78.1 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD PRATT ANNA B SCH 5 81.8 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD PRINCE HALL 5 66.9 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD RANDOLPH A PHILLIP S 11 65.5 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD REYNOLDS GEN JOHN F 5 81.9 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD RHOADS JAMES SCH 5 65.2 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD RHODES E WASHINGTON 5 86.6 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD RHODES E WASHINGTON 8 72.7 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD RICHMOND SCH 5 54.0 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD ROOSEVELT THEODORE M 8 75.9 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD ROWEN WILLIAM SCH 5 52.8 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD ROXBOROUGH HS 11 58.1 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD RUSH BENJAMIN MS 8 51.9 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD SAYRE WILLIAM L MS 8 77.5 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD SHALLCROSS DAY SCH 5 100.0 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD SHALLCROSS DAY SCH 8 95.9 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD SHARSWOOD GEORGE SCH 5 53.3 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD SHARSWOOD GEORGE SCH 8 51.6 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD SHAW ANNA H MS 5 85.1 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD SHAW ANNA H MS 8 81.8 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD SHERIDAN PHILIP H SC 5 74.8 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD SHOEMAKER WM H MS 8 81.1 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD SMEDLEY FRANKLIN SCH 5 52.4 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD SOUTH PHILADELPHIA H 11 68.8 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD SOUTHWARK SCH 5 63.9 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD SOUTHWARK SCH 8 51.3 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD STANTON EDWIN M SCH 5 84.7 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD STANTON M HALL SCH 5 67.8 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD STEARNE ALLEN M SCH 5 60.4 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD STEEL EDWARD SCH 5 75.7 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD STETSON JOHN B MS 5 86.0 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD STETSON JOHN B MS 8 77.5 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD STODDART-FLEISHER MS 8 74.1 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD STRAWBERRY MANSION H 8 76.9 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD STRAWBERRY MANSION H 11 80.0 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD SULLIVAN JAMES J SCH 5 58.5 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD SULZBERGER MAYER MS 8 76.8 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD SWENSON ALVIN A SKIL 11 76.0 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD TAGGART JOHN H SCH 5 58.9 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD TAGGART JOHN H SCH 8 61.4 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD THOMAS GEORGE C MS 5 65.2 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD THOMAS GEORGE C MS 8 55.9 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD TILDEN WILLIAM T MS 5 80.5 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD TILDEN WILLIAM T MS 8 78.5 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD TURNER JOHN P MS 8 69.8 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD UNIVERSITY CITY HS 11 80.3 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD VARE ABIGAIL SCH 5 50.5 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD VARE ABIGAIL SCH 8 56.5 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD VARE EDWIN H MS 5 81.1 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD VARE EDWIN H MS 8 69.3 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD VAUX ROBERTS MS 5 82.5 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD VAUX ROBERTS MS 8 77.9 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD WAGNER GEN LOUIS MS 8 59.2 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD WALTON RUDOLPH S SCH 5 66.9 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD WANAMAKER JOHN MS 8 81.2 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD WARING LAURA W SCH 5 80.1 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD WASHINGTON GEORGE SC 5 67.3 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD WASHINGTON MARTHA SC 5 81.8 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD WASHINGTON MARTHA SC 8 64.0 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD WEBSTER JOHN H SCH 5 65.0 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD WELSH JOHN SCH 5 57.3 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD WEST PHILADELPHIA HS 11 79.6 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD WIDENER MEMORIAL 5 94.3 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD WIDENER MEMORIAL 8 71.9 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD WIDENER MEMORIAL 11 90.9 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD WILSON ALEXANDER SCH 5 61.9 PHILADELPHIA CITY SD WRIGHT RICHARD R SCH 5 75.2 STEELTON-HIGHSPIRE SD STEELTON-HIGHSPIRE H 8 52.4 WILKENSBURG BOROUGH SD TURNER EL SCH 5 50.6 WILKINSBURG BOROUGH SD WILKINSBURG MS 8 62.1 WILKINSBURG BOROUGH SD WILKINSBURG SHS 11 60.5 YORK CITY SD DEVERS SCH 5 50.0 YORK CITY SD EDGAR FAHS SMITH MS 8 54.2 YORK CITY SD FERGUSON SCH 5 50.6 YORK CITY SD GOODE SCH 5 62.3 YORK CITY SD JACKSON SCH 5 60.7 YORK CITY SD LINCOLN SCH 5 50.5 YORK CITY SD WILLIAM PENN SHS 11 54.3 EUGENE W. HICKOK,
Secretary_____
* For the 1999 and 2000 two-year average, the Clairton, Sto-Rox, Steelton-Highspire, and Lancaster School Districts have less than 50% of students in the bottom group, but will remain on the list until the goals in the district's Improvement Plan are completed.
** The Allentown City School District was added to the list on December 4, 2000.
*** On December 4, 2000, the Secretary of Education certified the Harrisburg City School District as an Empowerment District. A challenge to that action has been filed in Commonwealth Court.[Pa.B. Doc. No. 00-2164. Filed for public inspection December 15, 2000, 9:00 a.m.]
