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Year-over-year changes per Philly school for the selected metric. Lower-better metrics aren't auto-flipped — "biggest gains" on chronic-absent style metrics means biggest rise, which is worse, so read the metric definition.

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SchoolULCS2023-24 → 2024-25Δ
GEN. GEORGE G. MEADE SCHOOL45704.8% → 28.6%+23.81
LEWIS C CASSIDY ACADEMICS PLUS424010.0% → 31.8%+21.82
GEORGE SHARSWOOD SCHOOL263031.8% → 52.5%+20.68
HON. LUIS MUNOZ-MARIN SCHOOL56807.8% → 25.4%+17.61
JAMES G. BLAINE SCHOOL42200.0% → 16.7%+16.67
SAMUEL POWEL SCHOOL139060.4% → 76.9%+16.50
JOHN BARRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL12005.9% → 22.2%+16.34
COOK-WISSAHICKON SCHOOL641057.8% → 73.8%+16.03
JOSEPH PENNELL ELEMENTARY634017.3% → 33.3%+16.02
WILLIAM MCKINLEY SCHOOL53504.2% → 16.7%+12.50
ALLEN M. STEARNE SCHOOL72902.4% → 14.6%+12.25
SHAWMONT SCHOOL638043.9% → 55.6%+11.66
STEPHEN GIRARD SCHOOL232024.0% → 35.4%+11.38
COOKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL710010.3% → 21.2%+10.87
MARIAN ANDERSON NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY248070.6% → 81.0%+10.36
GEORGE W. NEBINGER SCHOOL259047.2% → 57.5%+10.23
HENRY H. HOUSTON SCHOOL626050.0% → 60.0%+10.00
NORTHEAST COMMUNITY PROPEL ACADEMY813021.2% → 30.2%+9.02
MARY BETHUNE SCHOOL751010.3% → 18.0%+7.74
ROWEN SCHOOL753021.4% → 28.9%+7.46
JOHN M. PATTERSON SCHOOL140022.6% → 28.3%+5.75
PENN ALEXANDER SCHOOL128087.3% → 93.1%+5.74
WILLIAM H. HUNTER SCHOOL533025.7% → 31.3%+5.54
EDWIN FORREST SCHOOL825021.3% → 26.5%+5.21
FRANCES E. WILLARD SCHOOL544012.7% → 17.6%+4.99
SOUTHWARK SCHOOL264029.6% → 34.1%+4.52
JAMES R. LOWELL SCHOOL735019.5% → 23.2%+3.71
ALAIN LOCKE SCHOOL147020.0% → 23.3%+3.33
WILLIAM C. LONGSTRETH SCHOOL13508.3% → 11.5%+3.21
THOMAS HOLME SCHOOL827032.2% → 35.1%+2.94
JOHN H. TAGGART SCHOOL269017.1% → 19.6%+2.54
A.L. FITZPATRICK SCHOOL839035.6% → 37.9%+2.31
EDWARD GIDEON SCHOOL45305.0% → 7.1%+2.14
JAMES J. SULLIVAN SCHOOL743018.2% → 20.0%+1.82
HENRY C. LEA SCHOOL134043.9% → 45.6%+1.69
ETHAN ALLEN SCHOOL820016.5% → 17.6%+1.17
JENKS ACADEMY ARTS & SCIENCES627060.0% → 61.1%+1.11
CHARLES W. HENRY SCHOOL625067.9% → 69.0%+1.09
ALEXANDER MCCLURE SCHOOL73805.8% → 6.8%+1.08
ELLWOOD SCHOOL726025.6% → 26.5%+0.83
GUION S. BLUFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL452014.0% → 14.8%+0.81
JOSEPH GREENBERG SCHOOL843076.4% → 77.1%+0.68
JOSEPH W. CATHARINE SCHOOL125029.6% → 30.2%+0.56
GEN. GEORGE A. MCCALL SCHOOL234079.7% → 80.3%+0.55
ANDREW HAMILTON SCHOOL129019.1% → 19.5%+0.46
JOHN MARSHALL SCHOOL736021.2% → 21.6%+0.41
ALBERT M. GREENFIELD SCHOOL247087.6% → 87.8%+0.14
RHAWNHURST SCHOOL836038.0% → 38.0%-0.01
LEWIS ELKIN SCHOOL52609.6% → 9.5%-0.15
PRINCE HALL SCHOOL749020.9% → 20.8%-0.18
ALEXANDER ADAIRE SCHOOL520078.0% → 77.5%-0.45
DR. ETHEL ALLEN SCHOOL444014.8% → 14.3%-0.52
J. HAMPTON MOORE SCHOOL831040.7% → 40.2%-0.53
JULIA DE BURGOS ELEMENTARY517016.3% → 15.4%-0.95
WILLIAM CRAMP SCHOOL547015.5% → 14.6%-0.97
OVERBROOK EDUCATIONAL CENTER448032.0% → 30.8%-1.23
HACKETT SCHOOL530054.5% → 53.2%-1.32
JAMES DOBSON SCHOOL645070.0% → 68.2%-1.82
GLORIA CASAREZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL553015.5% → 13.6%-1.85
FRANCIS HOPKINSON SCHOOL730025.9% → 23.9%-1.92
JAMES RHOADS SCHOOL141023.1% → 21.1%-1.93
FRANKLIN S. EDMONDS SCHOOL621029.2% → 27.0%-2.14
MAYFAIR SCHOOL830030.9% → 28.7%-2.20
FELTONVILLE INTERMEDIATE731018.6% → 16.4%-2.24
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ELEM. SCHOOL728020.3% → 18.1%-2.25
BACHE-MARTIN SCHOOL221046.3% → 43.9%-2.40
BAYARD TAYLOR SCHOOL744015.6% → 12.7%-2.93
RICHMOND SCHOOL540025.0% → 21.7%-3.33
TANNER DUCKREY SCHOOL446034.9% → 31.4%-3.45
H.A. BROWN ACADEMICS PLUS SCH521035.5% → 32.0%-3.48
RICHARD WRIGHT SCHOOL447011.6% → 8.1%-3.52
ELIZA B. KIRKBRIDE SCHOOL258042.9% → 39.1%-3.73
KENNEDY C. CROSSAN SCHOOL823029.7% → 25.9%-3.87
AMEDEE F. BREGY SCHOOL224015.0% → 11.1%-3.89
WILLIAM H. LOESCHE SCHOOL844053.0% → 48.7%-4.34
FOX CHASE SCHOOL826052.7% → 48.3%-4.39
WILLIAM DICK SCHOOL427012.8% → 8.3%-4.49
JOHN WELSH SCHOOL542022.7% → 18.2%-4.55
WATSON COMLY SCHOOL837045.6% → 40.9%-4.65
ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL636025.9% → 20.7%-5.24
JAMES LOGAN SCHOOL630030.0% → 24.3%-5.68
ADD B. ANDERSON SCHOOL146010.8% → 4.9%-5.93
ISAAC A. SHEPPARD SCHOOL541025.0% → 19.1%-5.95
THOMAS K. FINLETTER SCHOOL727033.3% → 27.3%-6.06
A.D. HARRINGTON SCHOOL130026.9% → 20.7%-6.23
WILLIAM M. MEREDITH SCHOOL238090.5% → 84.0%-6.48
HAMILTON DISSTON SCHOOL824014.7% → 8.2%-6.51
JUNIATA PARK ACADEMY715039.1% → 32.3%-6.87
SOLOMON SOLIS-COHEN SCHOOL834025.8% → 18.8%-6.98
RHODES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL435010.8% → 3.7%-7.11
HANCOCK DEMONSTRATION SCHOOL877059.7% → 52.6%-7.16
JOHN F. HARTRANFT SCHOOL532017.9% → 10.5%-7.33
ANNE FRANK SCHOOL840053.3% → 45.6%-7.63
MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL137011.1% → 3.5%-7.66
POTTER-THOMAS SCHOOL539023.3% → 15.4%-7.95
COPPIN, FANNY JACKSON SCHOOL251074.1% → 66.1%-8.00
JOHN H. WEBSTER SCHOOL559030.3% → 21.5%-8.78
ROBERT E. LAMBERTON ELEMENTARY432016.2% → 7.1%-9.08
EDWIN M. STANTON SCHOOL245057.9% → 48.6%-9.24
ANNA B. DAY SCHOOL620028.0% → 18.8%-9.25