6 9 4 ▁students . ▁These ▁students ▁used ▁over ▁ 2 5 ▁different ▁languages . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁the ▁school ▁had ▁about ▁ 1 , 2 0 0 ▁students . ▁In ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 9 - 2 0 1 0 ▁school ▁year ▁the ▁school ▁had ▁ 6 7 3 ▁students , ▁with ▁ 4 0 % ▁being ▁African - American ▁and ▁ 3 8 % ▁being ▁Asian . ▁ ▁Benjamin ▁Her old ▁of ▁the ▁Philadelphia ▁Public ▁School ▁Not ebook ▁stated ▁that ▁F urn ess ▁was ▁largely ▁free ▁of ▁ra cial ▁t ensions . ▁ ▁Academ ic ▁performance ▁In ▁regards ▁to ▁Pennsylvania ' s ▁state ▁achiev ement ▁tests , ▁of ▁ 1 1 th ▁grad ers ▁at ▁F urn ess , ▁the ▁percent ages ▁of ▁students ▁meeting ▁the ▁standard ▁or ▁higher ▁were ▁ 4 3 % ▁in ▁reading ▁and ▁ 5 8 % ▁in ▁mathematics . ▁In ▁terms ▁of ▁Philadelphia ' s ▁compreh ensive ▁schools ▁these ▁percent ages ▁were ▁higher ▁than ▁the ▁average . ▁ ▁Transport ation ▁SE P TA ▁routes ▁ 2 9 , ▁ 5 7 ▁and ▁ 7 9 ▁serve ▁F urn ess . ▁ ▁School ▁uniform s ▁F urn ess ▁requires ▁its ▁students ▁to ▁wear ▁school ▁uniform s . ▁Stud ents ▁may ▁wear ▁a ▁gray ▁sh irt ▁that ▁must ▁have ▁a ▁col lar ▁on ▁it ▁with ▁black ▁p ants . ▁ ▁Fe eder ▁patterns ▁K - 8 ▁schools ▁feed ing ▁into ▁F urn ess ▁include : ▁ ▁Andrew ▁Jackson ▁School ▁ ▁El iza ▁Butler