Middle · Pennsylvania
Castor Gardens MS
Free meals for allCastor Gardens MS, a public middle school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: grades 6–8, 1,318 students, 16.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Philadelphia City SD.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 1,318
- Teachers (FTE)
- 78.2
- Students per teacher
- 16.8
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
More students per teacher than 94% of middle schools in Pennsylvania
Median 12.8 · 521 schools compared
More students per teacher than 69% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Larger than 98% of middle schools in Pennsylvania
Median 560 · 521 schools compared
Larger than 98% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
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%31%proficient
−0.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 85% of middle schools in Pennsylvania
Median 51% · 521 middle schools compared
1,140 students tested, grades 3–8 · Pennsylvania System of School Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Pennsylvania: 42%19%proficient
+1.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 80% of middle schools in Pennsylvania
Median 37% · 521 middle schools compared
1,134 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.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 6–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large city
- Run by
- Philadelphia City SD
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Philadelphia City SD.
Location
- Address
- 1800 Cottman Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19111
- Phone
- (215)400-3190
- City or town
- Philadelphia
- County
- Philadelphia County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5–6 | 569 | 10.9 | |
Harding Warren G MSFree meals for all | 6–8 | 570 | 12.5 |
Washington Grover Jr SchFree meals for all | 5–8 | 400 | 14.2 |
Baldi C C A MSFree meals for all | 6–8 | 1,510 | 16.6 |
Feltonville Sch of Arts & SciencesFree meals for all | 6–8 | 543 | 15.1 |
| 7–8 | 134 | 8.9 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. 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 v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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