About This School
Preschool | Grades K-8 | Global Leadership Academy CS
Global Leadership Academy Charter School is located in Philadelphia, PA and is in Global Leadership Academy Cs School District. It is a charter school that serves 592 students in grades K-8.
Charter schools are public schools, but differ from traditional public schools in that they are independent and are operated by educators, parents, community leaders, educational entrepreneurs, or others. Funding for charter schools is based on designated local or state educational organizations. Those organizations are responsible for monitoring and assessing the quality and effectiveness of education, but permit the schools to operate outside of the traditional public school education system.
Global Leadership Academy Charter School did not make AYP in 2012. Under No Child Left Behind, a school makes Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) if it achieves the minimum levels of improvement determined by the state of Pennsylvania in terms of student performance and other accountability measures. See Global Leadership Academy Charter School's test results to learn more about school performance.
In 2011, Global Leadership Academy Charter School had 23 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. The Pennsylvania average is 14 students per full-time equivalent teacher. Learn more about Global Leadership Academy Charter School's students and teachers. more
Charter schools are public schools, but differ from traditional public schools in that they are independent and are operated by educators, parents, community leaders, educational entrepreneurs, or others. Funding for charter schools is based on designated local or state educational organizations. Those organizations are responsible for monitoring and assessing the quality and effectiveness of education, but permit the schools to operate outside of the traditional public school education system.
Global Leadership Academy Charter School did not make AYP in 2012. Under No Child Left Behind, a school makes Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) if it achieves the minimum levels of improvement determined by the state of Pennsylvania in terms of student performance and other accountability measures. See Global Leadership Academy Charter School's test results to learn more about school performance.
In 2011, Global Leadership Academy Charter School had 23 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. The Pennsylvania average is 14 students per full-time equivalent teacher. Learn more about Global Leadership Academy Charter School's students and teachers. more
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GLA offers my child a quality education, safe and clean learning environment and many extra curricular activities, basketball, soccer, swimming, art, technology, volleyball, golf and some others. As a mother who has attend both public schools and private school, GLA offers a private school experience for free.
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distraught parent: They school has changed the uniform and will not assist parents after they had to purchase new uniforms last year. My children have the same color shirts and pants as they do this year, but have to sit in a holding room because the lettering on the shirt is not correct. I think it's disgraceful. I am not asking for a hand out just some old fashioned consideration. They are ruthless!!!! Why would you hold my child in a room all day because the letters on his shirt aren't exactly the same, but his uniform matches otherwise. HELP!
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i think it's overrated the school pick and chose who they want to go to the school and with this school it not what you know it's who you know to get into this school
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Concern parent: My child has been here since she started school, when it was Raisning Horizon Quest and since it has change they name I have been disappointed. Every year my child attends the school the worse things get, the teachers my child had are excellent the support staff are excellent but some of the in between staff need to relaxes. This will be my child last year my child will miss her/he friends, teachers and support staff but I think its just time for us to move on.
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Students
Enrollment (2011)
Total: 592
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Student Economic Level (2011)
In 2011, Global Leadership Academy Charter School had 89% of students eligible for free or reduced price lunch programs. Pennsylvania had 38% of eligible students for free or reduced price lunch programs. Eligibility for the National School Lunch Program is based on family income levels.Student Ethnicity (2011)
Black
96%
Hispanic
2%
Two or More Races
1%
White
1%
American Indian/Alaskan Native
1%
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Global Leadership Academy CS District Spending
$8,607Per Pupil
The Global Leadership Academy CS spends $8,607 per pupil in current expenditures. The district spends 60% on instruction, 40% on support services, 0% on other elementary and secondary expenditures. More about Global Leadership Academy CS District
23:1STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO
In 2011, Global Leadership Academy Charter School had 23 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. The Pennsylvania average is 14 students per full-time equivalent teacher.
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About the PSSA
What is it?
The PSSA is an annual test used to measure a student's mastery of the state's grade-level academic standards. The PSSA also evaluated how well school programs enable students to master the standards.
Which Grades and Subjects?
Students are assessed in grades 3 through 8 in reading and math, and in grades 5, 8 and 11 in writing.
How is it Scored?
Students are rated at one of four levels: below basic, basic, proficient and advanced. The goal is for all students to score at or above the proficient level.
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TestRating
3 out of 10
The Education.com TestRating is a number (1-10) calculated by Education.com that provides an overview of a school’s test performance for a given year, by comparing the school’s state standardized test results to those of other schools in the same state. For Pennsylvania, the TestRating is calculated using a school's 2012 PSSA Results for all subjects tested.
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