Mastery CS-Shoemaker Campus

Mastery is a growing non-profit charter school network recognized nationally for our work in school turnarounds and dramatic student achievement gains. We believe that educational inequity is the most pressing social problem facing our country - the civil rights issue of our day. Mastery exists to solve the problem. Our Mission: All students learn the academic and personal skills they need to succeed in higher education, compete in the global economy, and pursue their dreams. We are particularly proud of the sustained growth and improvement of our students, both academically and culturally since September 2006. Previously, the Shoemaker school was a low performing, violent middle school operated by the School District of Philadelphia. In 2006 the school was identified as the 2nd most violent school in the Philadelphia (on an incident per student basis) by the Philadelphia Inquirer. Mastery Charter School was invited to convert the school into a Mastery Charter School by the School District of Philadelphia. Since the conversion Math scores have increased 56 points in 8th grade and 71 points in 7th grade. Reading scores have increased 41 points in 8th grade and 51 points in 7th grade. Violent incidences have dropped 90% and attendance is now above 95%. We are equally as proud about the number of families who continue to exercise their choice to choose Shoemaker as the educational facility for their children. Our retention of students and high parent satisfaction ratings are important to us as educators and customer service providers. We expanded on the EC opportunities we provided to our students and increased our parental and community engagement levels.