High · Pennsylvania

The U School: Innovative Lab

Free meals for all

The U School: Innovative Lab, a public high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: grades 9–12, 195 students, 14.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Philadelphia City SD.

Size and class size

Compared with high 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: 195
Teachers (FTE): 13.6
Students per teacher: 14.4
Grades: 9–12; High

More students per teacher than 64% of high schools in Pennsylvania

Median 13.3 · 712 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 50% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 85% of high schools in Pennsylvania

Median 573 · 715 schools compared

Smaller than 70% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

No state test results published for this school: state tests cover grades 3–8, and small groups are not published.

What it offers

Grades: High · Grades 9–12
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large city
Run by: Philadelphia City SD

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Location

Address: 2000 N 7th St, Philadelphia, PA 19122
Phone: (215)400-7450
City or town: Philadelphia
County: Philadelphia County

Quality of life in Philadelphia Schools in Philadelphia

Nearby high schools

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

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Philadelphia Military Academy at ElversonFree meals for all	9–12	273	13.4	0.5 mi
TECH Freire CSCharter	9–12	541	16.4	0.6 mi
YouthBuild Phila CSCharterFree meals for all	12	271	22.6	0.6 mi
Kensington Creative & Performing Arts HSFree meals for all	9–12	510	16.6	0.7 mi
HS of Engineering & ScienceFree meals for all	7–12	851	27.8	0.8 mi
Kensington Health SciencesFree meals for all	9–12	457	16.0	1.0 mi

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).

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NCES 421899007547