About
Where are ICS graduates accepted?
Here’s a partial list of high schools that have accepted ICS graduates:
- Bodine High School for International Affairs
- Central High School
- Charter High School for Architecture and Design (CHAD)
- Episcopal Academy
- George Washington Carver High School for Engineering and Science
- Germantown Academy
- Haverford School
- High School for Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA)
- Mastery Charter Schools
- Roman Catholic High School
- St. Joseph’s Preparatory
At a Glance
Basics
Founded: 2001
Grades: K-8
Average class size: 22
Number of students: 732
First graduating class: 2007
Ethnicity
African-American: 59%
Asian: 3%
Caucasian: 21%
Latino/Hispanic: 14%
Other: 3%
Homeroom Teacher-to-Student Ratio
1 teacher for every 23 students
Most classes have a part-time teaching assistant. Grades K-5 have an assistant for 20 hours/week, and grades 6-8 math classes have an assistant for 20 hours/week.
Specialist Staff
Art: 2
Music: 1
Science: 1
Dance and movement: 1
Special education: 4
Counselor: 2
Deans: 2
Nurse: 2
ELL (English Language Learners): 2
Performance
Adequate yearly progress: Keystone School; achieved five years in a row
Attendance: 95%-97% daily average
Gifted program: approximately 20% of student body
Special Education program: 12% of student body
Other Achievements
Recipient of National Charter School of the Year (2007, Center for Education Reform)
Fulbright partner school
Finalist: Goldman Sachs International Education Prize
Student Information
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