Keystone Biology proficiency
The share of students scoring proficient or advanced on the Keystone Biology exam.
Measured in percent; higher is better.
Identifiers
key keystone_biology_proficiency · unit PERCENT · direction HIGHER_BETTER
- 1How it was computedvalue = the state's published percentage for the school × subgroup, as-is
- Read the state's wide-format datafile: one row per Pennsylvania school, one column per measure × subgroup (e.g. PercentPersistentAttendance_Black).
- Keep Philadelphia rows by mapping the state's AUN + Schl codes to the district's ULCS code through the Master School List.
- Unpivot each recognized measure × subgroup column into one served cell; state suppression codes ('IS', '--', '*') are stored as suppressed.
Algorithms applied downstream: Reading the state's wide-format datafile, Citywide and peer-group percentiles, Peer groups: 40 nearest neighbors on demographics
- 2The load that wrote it6 data loads wrote this metric
Loaded Source file Years Cells Suppressed File hash Commit 2026-09-08 futurereadypa_performance_2024-25 2024-25 3,576 3,576 a16ffc40e7d1… c19ea6ec 2026-09-08 futurereadypa_performance_2023-24 2023-24 3,576 1,968 89219f7a7ffb… c19ea6ec 2026-09-08 futurereadypa_performance_2022-23 2022-23 3,564 1,957 81fdf381405c… c19ea6ec 2026-09-08 futurereadypa_performance_2021-22 2021-22 3,528 2,010 4efe1b1b120f… c19ea6ec 2026-06-04 sdp_pssa_keystone_2023-24 2023-24 338 40 d89570e75caa… de835926 2026-06-03 sdp_pssa_keystone_2024-25 2024-25 332 44 d040e16c1b88… 63ddc08c The hash identifies the exact file version read; the commit identifies the exact code. Both are recorded at load time.
Evidence: futurereadypa_performance.ts · sdp_pssa_keystone_2023-24.ts · sdp_pssa_keystone.ts
- 3The publisher's file6 publisher files
Future Ready PA Index datafile, 2024-25 — Pennsylvania Department of Education (Future Ready PA Index). The state's school-level accountability indicators for every public school in Pennsylvania — test proficiency, growth (PVAAS), persistent attendance, graduation — by subgroup.
- format
- XLSX (wide: one column per measure × subgroup)
- join key
- AUN + Schl (state IDs), mapped to ULCS via the Master School List
- landing page
- https://futurereadypa.org/Home/DataFiles
- The chronic-absenteeism column exists in the file but is empty for individual Philadelphia schools; the state reports persistent attendance instead.
- Publishes no student counts for the attendance measure.
- Its 90%-attendance figure does not match the district's for the same schools (see the cross-publisher check).
Future Ready PA Index datafile, 2023-24 — Pennsylvania Department of Education (Future Ready PA Index). Same structure as the 2024-25 file.
- format
- XLSX (wide)
- join key
- AUN + Schl → ULCS
- landing page
- https://futurereadypa.org/Home/DataFiles
- Same as 2024-25.
Future Ready PA Index datafile, 2022-23 — Pennsylvania Department of Education (Future Ready PA Index). Same structure as the 2024-25 file.
- format
- XLSX (wide)
- join key
- AUN + Schl → ULCS
- landing page
- https://futurereadypa.org/Home/DataFiles
- Same as 2024-25.
Future Ready PA Index datafile, 2021-22 — Pennsylvania Department of Education (Future Ready PA Index). Same structure as the 2024-25 file.
- format
- XLSX (wide)
- join key
- AUN + Schl → ULCS
- landing page
- https://futurereadypa.org/Home/DataFiles
- Same as 2024-25.
PSSA & Keystone results, 2023-24 — School District of Philadelphia (Performance Office). Same structure as the 2024-25 file, one year earlier.
- format
- ZIP of CSVs
- join key
- id_eos (= ULCS Code)
- Same as the 2024-25 file.
PSSA & Keystone results, 2024-25 — School District of Philadelphia (Performance Office). State test results by school, test, subject, grade, and subgroup: counts and shares at each performance level, in two population cuts — the accountability cohort (students enrolled for the full year) and all tested students.
- format
- ZIP of CSVs (accountability-cohort and all-tested cuts)
- join key
- id_eos (= ULCS Code)
- Two cuts of the same results; the accountability cohort is the canonical one served by default.
- District-run and alternative schools only; charter results come from the state's Future Ready file.
Evidence: source registry (sources.yaml) · futurereadypa_performance_2024-25: first-fetch findings · futurereadypa_performance_2023-24: first-fetch findings · futurereadypa_performance_2022-23: first-fetch findings · futurereadypa_performance_2021-22: first-fetch findings · sdp_pssa_keystone_2023-24: first-fetch findings · sdp_pssa_keystone_2024-25: first-fetch findings
- 4How it was checkedChecks: 0 passed, 1 not run
- ○ not runBase case against the state file not yet run for this metric (the loader is shared with keystone_algebra_proficiency, whose SDP-side base case passed)
- 5Assumptions & caveatsAssumptions and caveats
Assumptions
- The state's AUN + Schl → ULCS mapping from the 2024-25 Master School List is correct. State rows for schools not in that directory — district schools that closed before 2024-25 — are not loaded, so every year of state data is a survivor-only panel; cyber charters have their own AUNs and are outside the district's directory.
- Where two directory schools share a state code (a school and its Continuation Academy), the state's single row belongs to the main school (deterministic rule; the full absenteeism QA lists every shared code).
Caveats
- The state publishes no student counts for most measures, so served cells carry no denominator.
- Served from both the district's and the state's files; check the cell's load record.
Coverage by year, sector, and subgroup
Cells served, with how many are suppressed (withheld by the publisher for small groups).
| Year | Sector | Group | Cells | Suppressed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | District-run | All students | 216 | 12 |
| 2021-22 | District-run | American Indian / Alaska Native students | 216 | 216 |
| 2021-22 | District-run | Asian students | 216 | 186 |
| 2021-22 | District-run | Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander students | 216 | 216 |
| 2021-22 | District-run | Black students | 216 | 47 |
| 2021-22 | District-run | Hispanic students | 216 | 133 |
| 2021-22 | District-run | White students | 216 | 175 |
| 2021-22 | District-run | Students of two or more races | 216 | 211 |
| 2021-22 | District-run | Economically disadvantaged students | 216 | 16 |
| 2021-22 | District-run | English learners | 216 | 159 |
| 2021-22 | District-run | Students in special education | 216 | 117 |
| 2021-22 | District-run | Black, Hispanic, and multi-racial students combined | 216 | 0 |
| 2021-22 | Charter | All students | 77 | 3 |
| 2021-22 | Charter | American Indian / Alaska Native students | 77 | 77 |
| 2021-22 | Charter | Asian students | 77 | 71 |
| 2021-22 | Charter | Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander students | 77 | 77 |
| 2021-22 | Charter | Black students | 77 | 9 |
| 2021-22 | Charter | Hispanic students | 77 | 48 |
| 2021-22 | Charter | White students | 77 | 61 |
| 2021-22 | Charter | Students of two or more races | 77 | 74 |
| 2021-22 | Charter | Economically disadvantaged students | 77 | 5 |
| 2021-22 | Charter | English learners | 77 | 65 |
| 2021-22 | Charter | Students in special education | 77 | 21 |
| 2021-22 | Charter | Black, Hispanic, and multi-racial students combined | 77 | 0 |
| 2021-22 | Special education | All students | 1 | 1 |
| 2021-22 | Special education | American Indian / Alaska Native students | 1 | 1 |
| 2021-22 | Special education | Asian students | 1 | 1 |
| 2021-22 | Special education | Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander students | 1 | 1 |
| 2021-22 | Special education | Black students | 1 | 1 |
| 2021-22 | Special education | Hispanic students | 1 | 1 |
| 2021-22 | Special education | White students | 1 | 1 |
| 2021-22 | Special education | Students of two or more races | 1 | 1 |
| 2021-22 | Special education | Economically disadvantaged students | 1 | 1 |
| 2021-22 | Special education | English learners | 1 | 1 |
| 2021-22 | Special education | Students in special education | 1 | 1 |
| 2021-22 | Special education | Black, Hispanic, and multi-racial students combined | 1 | 0 |
| 2022-23 | District-run | All students | 218 | 2 |
| 2022-23 | District-run | American Indian / Alaska Native students | 218 | 218 |
| 2022-23 | District-run | Asian students | 218 | 184 |
| 2022-23 | District-run | Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander students | 218 | 218 |
| 2022-23 | District-run | Black students | 218 | 39 |
| 2022-23 | District-run | Hispanic students | 218 | 123 |
| 2022-23 | District-run | White students | 218 | 169 |
| 2022-23 | District-run | Students of two or more races | 218 | 212 |
| 2022-23 | District-run | Economically disadvantaged students | 218 | 5 |
| 2022-23 | District-run | English learners | 218 | 155 |
| 2022-23 | District-run | Students in special education | 218 | 117 |
| 2022-23 | District-run | Black, Hispanic, and multi-racial students combined | 218 | 4 |
| 2022-23 | Charter | All students | 78 | 2 |
| 2022-23 | Charter | American Indian / Alaska Native students | 78 | 78 |
| 2022-23 | Charter | Asian students | 78 | 70 |
| 2022-23 | Charter | Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander students | 78 | 78 |
| 2022-23 | Charter | Black students | 78 | 9 |
| 2022-23 | Charter | Hispanic students | 78 | 49 |
| 2022-23 | Charter | White students | 78 | 62 |
| 2022-23 | Charter | Students of two or more races | 78 | 74 |
| 2022-23 | Charter | Economically disadvantaged students | 78 | 2 |
| 2022-23 | Charter | English learners | 78 | 62 |
| 2022-23 | Charter | Students in special education | 78 | 14 |
| 2022-23 | Charter | Black, Hispanic, and multi-racial students combined | 78 | 3 |
| 2022-23 | Special education | All students | 1 | 0 |
| 2022-23 | Special education | American Indian / Alaska Native students | 1 | 1 |
| 2022-23 | Special education | Asian students | 1 | 1 |
| 2022-23 | Special education | Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander students | 1 | 1 |
| 2022-23 | Special education | Black students | 1 | 1 |
| 2022-23 | Special education | Hispanic students | 1 | 1 |
| 2022-23 | Special education | White students | 1 | 1 |
| 2022-23 | Special education | Students of two or more races | 1 | 1 |
| 2022-23 | Special education | Economically disadvantaged students | 1 | 0 |
| 2022-23 | Special education | English learners | 1 | 1 |
| 2022-23 | Special education | Students in special education | 1 | 0 |
| 2022-23 | Special education | Black, Hispanic, and multi-racial students combined | 1 | 0 |
| 2023-24 | District-run | All students | 331 | 7 |
| 2023-24 | District-run | American Indian / Alaska Native students | 219 | 219 |
| 2023-24 | District-run | Asian students | 219 | 184 |
| 2023-24 | District-run | Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander students | 219 | 219 |
| 2023-24 | District-run | Black students | 219 | 40 |
| 2023-24 | District-run | Hispanic students | 219 | 128 |
| 2023-24 | District-run | White students | 219 | 168 |
| 2023-24 | District-run | Students of two or more races | 219 | 212 |
| 2023-24 | District-run | Economically disadvantaged students | 219 | 4 |
| 2023-24 | District-run | English learners | 219 | 158 |
| 2023-24 | District-run | Students in special education | 219 | 118 |
| 2023-24 | District-run | Female students | 112 | 16 |
| 2023-24 | District-run | Male students | 110 | 16 |
| 2023-24 | District-run | Black, Hispanic, and multi-racial students combined | 219 | 5 |
| 2023-24 | Charter | All students | 78 | 2 |
| 2023-24 | Charter | American Indian / Alaska Native students | 78 | 77 |
| 2023-24 | Charter | Asian students | 78 | 70 |
| 2023-24 | Charter | Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander students | 78 | 78 |
| 2023-24 | Charter | Black students | 78 | 8 |
| 2023-24 | Charter | Hispanic students | 78 | 49 |
| 2023-24 | Charter | White students | 78 | 62 |
| 2023-24 | Charter | Students of two or more races | 78 | 73 |
| 2023-24 | Charter | Economically disadvantaged students | 78 | 4 |
| 2023-24 | Charter | English learners | 78 | 63 |
| 2023-24 | Charter | Students in special education | 78 | 14 |
| 2023-24 | Charter | Black, Hispanic, and multi-racial students combined | 78 | 2 |
| 2023-24 | Special education | All students | 3 | 2 |
| 2023-24 | Special education | American Indian / Alaska Native students | 1 | 1 |
| 2023-24 | Special education | Asian students | 1 | 1 |
| 2023-24 | Special education | Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander students | 1 | 1 |
| 2023-24 | Special education | Black students | 1 | 1 |
| 2023-24 | Special education | Hispanic students | 1 | 1 |
| 2023-24 | Special education | White students | 1 | 1 |
| 2023-24 | Special education | Students of two or more races | 1 | 1 |
| 2023-24 | Special education | Economically disadvantaged students | 1 | 0 |
| 2023-24 | Special education | English learners | 1 | 1 |
| 2023-24 | Special education | Students in special education | 1 | 0 |
| 2023-24 | Special education | Male students | 2 | 2 |
| 2023-24 | Special education | Black, Hispanic, and multi-racial students combined | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-25 | District-run | All students | 331 | 225 |
| 2024-25 | District-run | American Indian / Alaska Native students | 219 | 219 |
| 2024-25 | District-run | Asian students | 219 | 219 |
| 2024-25 | District-run | Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander students | 219 | 219 |
| 2024-25 | District-run | Black students | 219 | 219 |
| 2024-25 | District-run | Hispanic students | 219 | 219 |
| 2024-25 | District-run | White students | 219 | 219 |
| 2024-25 | District-run | Students of two or more races | 219 | 219 |
| 2024-25 | District-run | Economically disadvantaged students | 219 | 219 |
| 2024-25 | District-run | English learners | 219 | 219 |
| 2024-25 | District-run | Students in special education | 219 | 219 |
| 2024-25 | District-run | Female students | 110 | 18 |
| 2024-25 | District-run | Male students | 110 | 20 |
| 2024-25 | District-run | Black, Hispanic, and multi-racial students combined | 219 | 219 |
| 2024-25 | Charter | All students | 78 | 78 |
| 2024-25 | Charter | American Indian / Alaska Native students | 78 | 78 |
| 2024-25 | Charter | Asian students | 78 | 78 |
| 2024-25 | Charter | Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander students | 78 | 78 |
| 2024-25 | Charter | Black students | 78 | 78 |
| 2024-25 | Charter | Hispanic students | 78 | 78 |
| 2024-25 | Charter | White students | 78 | 78 |
| 2024-25 | Charter | Students of two or more races | 78 | 78 |
| 2024-25 | Charter | Economically disadvantaged students | 78 | 78 |
| 2024-25 | Charter | English learners | 78 | 78 |
| 2024-25 | Charter | Students in special education | 78 | 78 |
| 2024-25 | Charter | Black, Hispanic, and multi-racial students combined | 78 | 78 |
| 2024-25 | Special education | All students | 1 | 1 |
| 2024-25 | Special education | American Indian / Alaska Native students | 1 | 1 |
| 2024-25 | Special education | Asian students | 1 | 1 |
| 2024-25 | Special education | Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander students | 1 | 1 |
| 2024-25 | Special education | Black students | 1 | 1 |
| 2024-25 | Special education | Hispanic students | 1 | 1 |
| 2024-25 | Special education | White students | 1 | 1 |
| 2024-25 | Special education | Students of two or more races | 1 | 1 |
| 2024-25 | Special education | Economically disadvantaged students | 1 | 1 |
| 2024-25 | Special education | English learners | 1 | 1 |
| 2024-25 | Special education | Students in special education | 1 | 1 |
| 2024-25 | Special education | Black, Hispanic, and multi-racial students combined | 1 | 1 |
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