Middle Schools in Young Scholars Charter School

There is only one middle school located in the Young Scholars Charter School district in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Young Scholars Charter School serves students in grades 5-8 and has consistently been one of the lowest-performing middle schools in the state over the past three years.

Young Scholars Charter School has struggled academically, with proficiency rates in Math, English Language Arts, and Science significantly below the state averages. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 1.7% of students were proficient or better in Math, compared to the state average of 40.4%. The school's English Language Arts proficiency rate was 20%, while the state average was 53%. Additionally, the school's science proficiency rate was 17.2%, far below the state average of 65.8%.

The school serves a student population with a very high percentage (99.25%) of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage. The school's per-student spending for the 2021-2022 school year was $21,977, and the student-teacher ratio for the 2022-2023 school year was 26.7, which is higher than the state average. These factors suggest that the school may be facing resource constraints that contribute to its academic challenges.