School district · Pennsylvania

Philadelphia City SD

Philadelphia City SD in Pennsylvania: 220 public schools with 116,230 students and 14.5 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $31,226 per student in FY2024.

Schools
220
Students
116,230
Students per teacher
14.5
PA 13.3 · US 15.1
Spending per student
$31,226
PA $21.5K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE)
8,000
Counselors (FTE)
356
Students per counselor
327
PA 316 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE)
147
Librarians (FTE): 1.0

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Pennsylvania's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Pennsylvania: 49%

33%proficient

−0.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 75% of school districts in Pennsylvania

Median 47% · 655 school districts compared

45,827 students tested, grades 3–8 · Pennsylvania System of School Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Pennsylvania: 42%

25%proficient

+3.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 75% of school districts in Pennsylvania

Median 39% · 655 school districts compared

45,863 students tested, grades 3–8 · Pennsylvania System of School Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024
$16.4K15
$16.9K16
$17.7K17
$19.3K18
$20.2K19
$21.9K20
$24.0K21
$28.4K22
$27.9K23
$31.2K24
Where the money comes from (FY2024)
Federal
16% · $818M
State
43% · $2.1B
Local
40% · $2B

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction
$21,854
Support services
$8,575
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
$335M
Long-term debt
$3.1B

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Elementary schools: 149Middle schools: 14High schools: 55Other schools: 2
SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Adaire Alexander SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–844714.771%57%
Allen Dr Ethel SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–83229.412%5.1%
Allen Ethan SchFree meals for all
K–895715.819%14%
Anderson Add B SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–83399.717%7.1%
Bache-Martin SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–861410.651%44%
Barry Comm John SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–846711.914%4.0%
Barton Clara SchFree meals for all
K–249013.1——
Bethune Mary McLeod SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–843312.415%12%
Blaine James G SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–83329.79.5%4.2%
Blankenburg Rudolph SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–82789.015%3.2%
Bregy F Amedee SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–826410.023%18%
Bridesburg SchFree meals for all
K–852514.137%26%
Brown Henry A SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–833310.430%17%
Brown Joseph SchFree meals for all
K–844114.227%14%
Bryant William C SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–833810.023%9.0%
Carnell Laura H SchFree meals for all
K–563914.812%8.2%
Catharine Joseph SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–543712.229%29%
Cayuga SchoolFree meals for all
K–536011.312%11%
Childs George W SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–847112.333%21%
Comegys Benjamin B SchFree meals for all
K–825213.920%8.4%
Comly Watson SchFree meals for all
K–561814.742%53%
Cook-Wissahickon SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–843214.064%52%
Cooke Jay MSFree meals for all
K–83698.913%5.5%
Cramp William SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–537410.816%6.3%
Crossan Kennedy C SchFree meals for all
K–532717.129%25%
Day Anna B SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–831411.625%8.4%
DeBurgos Bilingual Magnet MSFree meals for all
K–855010.117%7.1%
Decatur Stephen SchFree meals for all
K–81,02816.252%39%
Dick William SchFree meals for all
K–834313.913%5.1%
Disston Hamilton SchFree meals for all
K–873716.813%10%
Dobson James SchFree meals for all
K–82299.856%44%
Duckrey Tanner SchFree meals for all
K–841812.918%9.1%
Dunbar Paul L SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–82249.822%9.0%
Elkin Lewis SchFree meals for all
K–445511.08.3%5.6%
Ellwood SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–529211.623%22%
Emlen Eleanor C SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–530111.129%18%
Fanny Jackson Coppin SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–854716.763%60%
Farrell Louis H SchFree meals for all
K–81,18716.235%30%
Fell D Newlin SchFree meals for all
K–853014.249%36%
Feltonville Intermediate SchoolFree meals for all
3–551715.414%14%
Finletter Thomas K SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–860712.225%16%
Fitler Academics PlusFree meals for all
K–815911.221%10%
Fitzpatrick Aloysius L SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–890617.233%23%
Forrest Edwin SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–584117.522%15%
Fox Chase SchFree meals for all
K–550713.652%40%
Frank Anne SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–51,62217.454%58%
Franklin Benjamin SchFree meals for all
K–857014.121%9.3%
Franklin S Edmonds SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–839112.530%12%
Gideon Edward SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–822110.413%4.3%
Girard Stephen SchFree meals for all
K–429615.133%29%
Greenberg Joseph SchFree meals for all
K–892516.174%69%
Greenfield Albert M SchFree meals for all
K–874217.986%77%
Guidon S Bluford El Sch
K–847615.915%6.2%
Hackett Horatio B SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–541312.859%58%
Hamilton Andrew SchFree meals for all
K–834811.819%12%
Harrington Avery D SchFree meals for all
K–827410.321%8.0%
Hartranft John F SchFree meals for all
K–83109.611%4.7%
Henry Charles W SchFree meals for all
K–851815.662%51%
Heston Edward SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–82458.212%3.7%
Holme Thomas SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–885014.236%30%
Hopkinson Francis SchFree meals for all
K–856912.221%11%
Houston Henry E SchFree meals for all
K–845815.147%31%
Howe Julia Ward SchFree meals for all
K–52299.815%17%
Hunter William H SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–841412.116%9.1%
Jenks Abram SchFree meals for all
K–527813.971%71%
John Hancock Demonstration SchFree meals for all
K–889514.250%37%
John Story Jenks Academy for the Arts and SciencesFree meals for all
K–839413.661%43%
Juniata Park AcademyFree meals for all
K–885414.928%19%
Kearny Gen Philip SchFree meals for all
K–81899.332%9.7%
Kelley William D SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–82118.021%14%
Kelly John B SchFree meals for all
K–536511.920%10%
Kenderton El SchFree meals for all
K–830012.09.8%4.4%
Key Francis Scott SchFree meals for all
K–637012.426%25%
Kirkbride Eliza B SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–852214.239%32%
Lamberton Robert E SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–834110.08.7%3.8%
Lawton Henry W SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–557112.921%24%
Lea Henry C SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–850313.139%26%
Lewis C Cassidy Academics Plus Sch
K–830314.416%6.7%
Lingelbach Anna L SchFree meals for all
K–836313.745%29%
Locke Alain SchFree meals for all
K–82649.816%10%
Loesche William H SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–51,26314.750%53%
Logan James SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–526410.629%33%
Longstreth William C Sch
Pre-K–831412.912%1.8%
Lowell James R SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–450315.123%23%
Ludlow James R SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–82159.215%12%
Marian Anderson Neighborhood AcademyFree meals for all
K–833813.052%47%
Marshall John SchFree meals for all
K–52509.616%9.0%
Marshall ThurgoodFree meals for all
Pre-K–863912.820%7.8%
Mayfair SchFree meals for all
K–81,76317.033%30%
McCall Gen George A SchFree meals for all
K–862916.879%75%
McCloskey John F SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–822813.526%13%
McClure Alexander K SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–543712.54.0%5.4%
McDaniel Delaplaine SchFree meals for all
K–822910.711%5.3%
McKinley William SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–830610.29.9%4.4%
McMichael Morton SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–828510.113%5.0%
Meade Gen George C SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–831411.015%8.1%
Meredith William M SchFree meals for all
K–855619.191%83%
Mifflin Thomas SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–839314.444%36%
Mitchell El SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–828310.511%5.0%
Moffet John SchFree meals for all
K–52159.743%43%
Moore J Hampton SchFree meals for all
K–51,19215.236%37%
Morris Robert SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–821514.419%15%
Morrison Andrew J SchFree meals for all
K–850814.219%9.4%
Morton Thomas G SchFree meals for all
K–535612.715%14%
Munoz-Marin LuisFree meals for all
Pre-K–851910.317%6.2%
Nebinger George W SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–839112.147%44%
Northeast Community Propel AcademyFree meals for all
K–81,78317.433%23%
Olney El SchFree meals for all
K–865413.328%15%
Overbrook Edu CtrFree meals for all
K–82599.638%13%
Overbrook Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–82019.926%7.6%
Patterson John M SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–439113.925%26%
Peirce Thomas M SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–527014.97.5%3.4%
Penn Alexander SchFree meals for all
K–859516.490%89%
Pennell Joseph SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–530111.628%16%
Penrose SchFree meals for all
K–83608.731%17%
Pollock Robert B SchFree meals for all
K–884516.837%32%
Potter-Thomas SchFree meals for all
K–83258.211%8.4%
Powel Samuel SchFree meals for all
K–432415.068%67%
Prince Hall SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–536015.116%8.0%
Rhawnhurst SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–562114.831%36%
Rhoads James SchFree meals for all
K–84219.716%10%
Rhodes E Washington SchFree meals for all
K–83549.57.4%3.9%
Richmond SchFree meals for all
K–535112.431%32%
Roosevelt Theodore MS
K–84008.714%4.9%
Rowen William SchFree meals for all
K–529611.824%12%
Samuel Gompers SchFree meals for all
K–823810.829%11%
Samuel Pennypacker SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–832812.416%7.6%
Sharswood George SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–836410.943%21%
Shawmont SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–847115.952%36%
Sheppard Isaac SchFree meals for all
K–41239.821%14%
Sheridan SchFree meals for all
K–543712.314%12%
Solis-Cohen Solomon SchFree meals for all
K–51,35015.122%18%
Southwark SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–897615.437%25%
Spring Garden SchFree meals for all
K–823512.414%5.0%
Spruance Gilbert SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–81,27016.120%19%
Stanton Edwin M SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–832911.457%31%
Stearne Allen M SchFree meals for all
K–837211.113%5.1%
Steel Edward SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–83799.814%7.1%
Sullivan James J SchFree meals for all
K–537314.715%16%
Taggart John H SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–852913.737%31%
Taylor Bayard SchFree meals for all
K–53949.98.7%13%
Vare-Washington El SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–837511.449%34%
Waring Laura W SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–819611.128%14%
Washington Martha SchFree meals for all
K–82047.623%6.7%
Webster SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–551012.622%18%
Welsh John SchFree meals for all
K–81859.220%8.5%
Willard Frances E SchFree meals for all
K–437711.915%11%
Wright Richard R SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–52429.89.4%11%
Ziegler William H SchFree meals for all
K–852211.328%16%
AMY at MartinFree meals for all
6–818510.329%10%
Amy NWFree meals for all
6–815010.649%30%
Baldi C C A MSFree meals for all
6–81,51016.658%42%
Castor Gardens MSFree meals for all
6–81,31816.831%19%
Clemente Roberto MSFree meals for all
6–825910.97.2%0.5%
Conwell Russell MSFree meals for all
5–811911.123%8.1%
Feltonville Sch of Arts & SciencesFree meals for all
6–854315.120%8.2%
Harding Warren G MSFree meals for all
6–857012.515%2.1%
John B Stetson MS
5–856014.613%2.9%
Middle Years AlternativeFree meals for all
5–812810.529%13%
Science Leadership Academy MSFree meals for all
5–835330.555%27%
Tilden William T MS
5–826612.412%1.9%
Wagner Gen Louis MSFree meals for all
6–829614.114%1.2%
Washington Grover Jr SchFree meals for all
5–840014.214%3.9%
Academy at Palumbo
9–121,22535.1——
Arts Academy at Benjamin RushFree meals for all
9–1259926.7——
Bartram John - MainFree meals for all
9–1258314.5——
Bodine William W HSFree meals for all
9–1248925.2——
Building 21Free meals for all
9–1237120.5——
Central HSFree meals for all
9–122,32926.5——
Creative and Performing ArtsFree meals for all
9–1264331.6——
Dobbins Area Vocational-Technical High SchoolCareer and technicalFree meals for all
9–1258113.8——
Edison HS/Fareira SkillsCareer and technicalFree meals for all
9–1298315.9——
Fels Samuel HSFree meals for all
9–121,25516.0——
Frankford HSFree meals for all
9–1290714.2——
Franklin Benjamin HSFree meals for all
9–1257014.0——
Franklin LC
9–1291819.6——
Furness Horace HSFree meals for all
9–1289619.7——
GampFree meals for all
5–1263421.792%74%
Girls HSFree meals for all
9–1259217.5——
HS of Engineering & ScienceFree meals for all
7–1285127.891%71%
Hill Freedman World AcademyFree meals for all
6–1264013.363%24%
Kensington Creative & Performing Arts HSFree meals for all
9–1251016.6——
Kensington HSFree meals for all
9–1245810.8——
Kensington Health SciencesFree meals for all
9–1245716.0——
King Martin Luther HSFree meals for all
9–1252715.5——
Lankenau HSFree meals for all
9–1222813.9——
Lincoln HSFree meals for all
9–122,47221.0——
Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical SchoolCareer and technicalFree meals for all
9–1265116.7——
Masterman Julia R Sec SchFree meals for all
5–121,18324.891%84%
Motivation HS
9–1219913.3——
National Constitution Center HSFree meals for all
9–1242122.1——
Northeast HSFree meals for all
9–123,46327.8——
Olney HS
9–121,16820.9——
Overbrook HSFree meals for all
9–1244019.3——
Parkway Center City Middle CollegeFree meals for all
9–1243632.8——
Parkway NorthwestFree meals for all
9–1223820.3——
Parkway WestFree meals for all
9–1214911.5——
Penn Treaty SchFree meals for all
6–123989.822%8.9%
Philadelphia Learning Academy - NorthFree meals for all
9–12738.2——
Philadelphia Learning Academy - WestFree meals for all
9–129915.6——
Philadelphia Military Academy at ElversonFree meals for all
9–1227313.4——
Randolph A. Philip Area Vocational-Technical High SchoolCareer and technicalFree meals for all
9–1243715.3——
Robeson HS for Human ServicesFree meals for all
9–1226619.5——
Roxborough HSFree meals for all
9–1261312.2——
Saul W B Agricultural SchoolCareer and technicalFree meals for all
9–1241718.4——
Sayre William L MSFree meals for all
9–1244717.0——
School of the FutureFree meals for all
9–1256914.2——
Science Leadership AcademyFree meals for all
9–1250225.5——
South Philadelphia HSFree meals for all
9–1268413.3——
Strawberry Mansion HSFree meals for all
9–1230911.0——
Swenson Arts and Technology High SchoolCareer and technicalFree meals for all
9–1280519.1——
The LincFree meals for all
9–1222318.9——
The Science Leadership Academy at BeeberFree meals for all
5–1253231.169%45%
The U School: Innovative LabFree meals for all
9–1219514.4——
The Workshop SchoolFree meals for all
9–1221417.1——
Vaux HS: A Big Picture School
9–1228420.9——
Washington George HSFree meals for all
9–121,75516.8——
West Philadelphia HSFree meals for all
9–1271820.9——
The SD of Philadelphia Virtual AcademyFully virtual
K–1291359.023%6.2%
Widener Memorial SchSpecial educationFree meals for all
K–121414.1——

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Address
440 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19130
Phone
(215)400-4000
Website