Elementary · Pennsylvania

Christopher Columbus CS

CharterFree meals for all

Christopher Columbus CS, a public elementary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: grades k–8, 829 students, 14.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Christopher Columbus CS.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary 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
829
Teachers (FTE)
59.0
Students per teacher
14.1
Grades
K–8
Elementary

More students per teacher than 72% of elementary schools in Pennsylvania

Median 12.9 · 1,626 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 55% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 96% of elementary schools in Pennsylvania

Median 415 · 1,629 schools compared

Larger than 95% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 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%

61%proficient

−2.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 73% of elementary schools in Pennsylvania

Median 49% · 1,523 elementary schools compared

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

Math

Pennsylvania: 42%

44%proficient

+5.6 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 60% of elementary schools in Pennsylvania

Median 52% · 1,523 elementary schools compared

543 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
Elementary · Grades K–8
Type
Charter school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Christopher Columbus CS.

Location

Address
South Building, Philadelphia, PA 19147
Phone
(215)389-6000
City or town
Philadelphia

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Fanny Jackson Coppin SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–854716.763%60%
Childs George W SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–847112.333%21%
Stanton Edwin M SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–832911.457%31%
Kirkbride Eliza B SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–852214.239%32%
Southwark SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–897615.437%25%
Nebinger George W SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–839112.147%44%

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

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.

NCES 420005200489