Elementary · Pennsylvania

KIPP Philadelphia CS

CharterFree meals for all

KIPP Philadelphia CS, a public elementary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: grades k–8, 861 students, 15.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of KIPP Philadelphia 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
861
Teachers (FTE)
57.0
Students per teacher
15.1
Grades
K–8
Elementary

More students per teacher than 84% of elementary schools in Pennsylvania

Median 12.9 · 1,626 schools compared

More students per teacher than 56% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 97% of elementary schools in Pennsylvania

Median 415 · 1,629 schools compared

Larger than 96% 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%

19%proficient

−4.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 91% of elementary schools in Pennsylvania

Median 49% · 1,523 elementary schools compared

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

Math

Pennsylvania: 42%

12%proficient

+3.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 92% of elementary schools in Pennsylvania

Median 52% · 1,523 elementary schools compared

523 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 KIPP Philadelphia CS.

Location

Address
2539 N. 16th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19132
Phone
(267)687-7283
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
K–868313.712%4.4%
Duckrey Tanner SchFree meals for all
K–841812.918%9.1%
K–641913.524%20%
Hartranft John F SchFree meals for all
K–83109.611%4.7%
Peirce Thomas M SchFree meals for all
Pre-K–527014.97.5%3.4%
K–852816.013%9.2%

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 420012200758