Sentences with phrase «citywide average»

"Citywide average" refers to the overall or typical value or measure that represents the entire city as a whole. It is the average calculated by considering the data or information from various parts or aspects of the city. Full definition
They posted especially poor graduation rates: less than 40 percent of students at closure schools graduated within four years, compared to citywide averages of about 60 percent during those years.
One special bright spot: ACORN Woodland, which outperforms the entire citywide average in both categories, while serving a historically underserved population.
African Americans citywide averaged 773 on the 1600 - point reading and math tests combined, or about 400 points less than they'd need for admission to the nearby University of Maryland.
Compared to the Superior citywide average, this amount is $ 506 extra in the bank, or a 39 % decrease.
The cost of basic liability protection among these three companies averaged $ 1,036 per year, which was 33 % better than the citywide average.
«When you hold student demographics across the networks constant, you see almost no variation above or below the citywide averages
Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said high - technology jobs have been growing four times faster than the rest of the city's economy the past four years and paid an average 2012 salary of $ 118,000, about 50 percent higher than the citywide average.
East Harlem is booming with 37 percent more businesses over the last 10 years — double the citywide average, according to a report released Thursday.
Of the 569 students who attended the four closing high schools during the 2010 - 11 school year, only 47 percent graduated with a local or Regents diploma (lower than the citywide average by 15 percent) and 22 percent of them dropped out or were discharged (more than twice the citywide average).
The neighborhoods have recently outperformed other areas of the city in terms of job and business growth, but still maintain higher rates of unemployment and lower average income than the citywide average, the report found.
DiNapoli said East Harlem's population grew by 14 % since 2010 and the private sector average salary of $ 71,700 grew 51 % over the past decade — far surpassing the 16 % citywide average.
Only 6 % of 3rd, 4th and 5th graders scored «proficient» on the state ELA tests, whereas the citywide average was 29 %.
At PS 137, only 11 % of 3rd, 4th and 5th graders scored «proficient» or above on the state math tests, whereas the citywide average was 38 %.
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chancellor Carmen Fariña launched the initiative in September in District 7 in the South Bronx and District 23 in central Brooklyn to raise high school graduation rates and college enrollment and to boost math and English language arts proficiency rates that are below the citywide average.
Although 3rd - grade reading scores were lower — 68 and 81 percent proficiency — the numbers still topped the citywide average.
Both student and teacher attendance is higher than at other local schools, with the student attendance rate surpassing that of every other middle school in the district (and significantly better than the citywide average).
Test scores are taken seriously, and Hernandez pupils exceed the citywide averages.
Even worse, DOE statistics show the rate of «college readiness» among Renewal grads — defined as meeting CUNY standards for avoiding remedial classes — was just 12.3 percent last year, one - third the citywide average of 37 percent.
In recent weeks, the Department of Education has mounted a public - relations blitz to boost the Renewal schools, releasing preliminary data showing their average four - year graduation rate rose to 58.5 percent last year — then revising that number up to 59.3 percent and saying the increase from 2015 was more than twice the citywide average.
The improved rate at Woodson in a low - income neighborhood in Northeast Washington puts the school above the citywide average and just five points shy of the graduation rate for Woodrow Wilson High School, the District's largest comprehensive school, located in an affluent part of town.
At Baltimore Talent Development High School (BTDHS), chronic absenteeism, defined as the percentage of students missing 20 days of school or more, decreased by more than 13 percentage points since 2009, dropping for the first time below the citywide average of about 42 %.
The pre-K-through-12 school is one of the highest - ranking charter schools in the city, and has a 2014 graduation rate of 86 % compared with the citywide average of 64 %.
At Columbus High School in the Bronx, another school slated for closure, the four - year graduation rate in 2009 was 40 %, versus a citywide average of 63 %, and less than 10 % of special education students graduated on time.
Hidden Gems: Schools with High AA Population whose AA Population Outperformed Citywide Average (sorted based on highest aggregate differential between school's ELA and Math scores and citywide average)
Success Academy is New York City's largest charter school network and serves mostly black and Hispanic students, who perform much better on state tests than the citywide averages.
Hidden Gems: Schools with EL Population of more than 50 % of students whose EL Population Outperformed Oakland Average (sorted based on highest aggregate differential between school's ELA and Math scores and citywide average)
At Baltimore Talent Development High School, the one - year dropout rate remained below the citywide average dropout rate (that includes selective magnet and charter schools) in each year since its inception in 2004 - 2005 and reached 2.3 % in 2009 - 2010, almost half the citywide average of 4.1 %.
Hidden Gems: Schools with EL Population of more than 50 % of students whose EL Population Outperformed Oakland's EL Average by at least 5 Total Percentage Points * (sorted based on highest aggregate differential between school's ELA and Math scores and citywide average)
Of the 13 schools selected with available 2013 - 2014 assessment data, 6 have failed to meet the citywide average in ELA or math proficiency.
ELLs in charter schools score proficient in Math and ELA at higher rates than citywide averages.
Both results far exceeded the citywide average of a 33 percent pass rate for math and 28 percent for language arts.
68 % pass the English Language Arts exam, more than double the 29 % citywide average.
96 % pass the math exam (compared to a 38 % citywide average).
The graduation rate is 67 percent, an eight percent increase in the past two years, and the school is closing in on the citywide average.
In 2016 - 17, reading and math achievement at KPEA far exceeded the citywide average and was in line with the statewide average.
And although Perspectives loses about a quarter of its students between freshman and senior year, about 24 percent of students who enroll freshman year graduate from college within six years of leaving high school, a figure that's 10 percentage points above the citywide average.
In the prior school year (2014 - 15), the citywide average was 33 percent — so this is the second consecutive year of positive growth.
The citywide average SPR score went from 35 percent to 37 percent.
Working in 165 middle schools serving 20,000 8th grade students, the research team provided custom lists with a mix of nearby schools, all with graduation rates at or above the citywide average of 70 percent.
Test scores are below the citywide average.
These were higher than the citywide average of 44 % and 56 %, respectively.
In 2013, 56 percent of Quest middle - school students scored better than the citywide average on the state standardized English Language Arts exams, and 43 percent exceeded the citywide average for math.
And although Perspectives loses about a quarter of its students between freshman and senior year, a lower amount than the rest of the district, about 24 percent of students who enroll freshman year graduate from college within six years of leaving high school, a figure that's 10 percentage points above the citywide average.
The network expects an overall special - education population of more than 15 percent this school year — with a concentration of 22 percent at Cohen High School — compared to what Kleban described as a citywide average that traditionally hovers around 12 percent.
In a survey provided to all parents and teachers in the New York Public School system, Eagle Academy often scored lower than its surrounding borough, the Bronx, and the citywide average.
Their premium quotes averaged $ 813 a year - that's a savings of 40 % off of the citywide average.
In particular, ridership in the Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, a low - income neighborhood with a majority population of people of African - Caribbean descent, was well below the citywide average.
All three carriers are more than 25 % lower than the citywide average premium.
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