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The public elementary schools with the most Black students in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

194 public elementary schools in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania appear in this ranking of the public elementary schools with the most Black students, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. West Oak Lane CS leads the list at 943, against a median of 219 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

194

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Top Black students

943

Median Black students

219

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black	Black students
1	West Oak Lane CS	Philadelphia, PA	West Oak Lane CS	955	98.7%	943
2	Wissahickon CS	Philadelphia, PA	Wissahickon CS	965	90.7%	875
3	KIPP West Philadelphia CS	Philadelphia, PA	KIPP West Philadelphia CS	848	93.4%	792
4	KIPP Philadelphia CS	Philadelphia, PA	KIPP Philadelphia CS	861	90.4%	778
5	Independence CS West	Philadelphia, PA	Independence CS West	811	91.3%	740
6	Mastery CS-Harrity Campus	Philadelphia, PA	Mastery CS-Harrity Campus	750	93.1%	698
7	Global Leadership Academy CS	Philadelphia, PA	Global Leadership Academy CS	692	97.0%	671
8	Russell Byers CS	Philadelphia, PA	Russell Byers CS	686	93.2%	639
9	Mastery CS-Cleveland Elementary	Philadelphia, PA	Mastery CS-Cleveland Elementary	739	86.3%	638
10	Lindley Academy CS at Birney	Philadelphia, PA	Lindley Academy CS at Birney	739	84.8%	627
11	West Phila. Achievement CES	Philadelphia, PA	West Phila. Achievement CES	654	94.7%	619
12	KIPP North Philadelphia CS	Philadelphia, PA	KIPP North Philadelphia CS	683	90.2%	616
13	Discovery CS	Philadelphia, PA	Discovery CS	626	96.0%	601
14	Southwest Leadership Academy CS	Philadelphia, PA	Southwest Leadership Academy CS	670	89.4%	599
15	Alliance for Progress CS	Philadelphia, PA	Alliance for Progress CS	618	94.7%	585
16	Global Leadership Academy CS Southwest at Huey	Philadelphia, PA	Global Leadership Academy CS Southwest at Huey	586	97.4%	571
17	Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary	Philadelphia, PA	Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary	647	87.5%	566
18	Ad Prima CS	Philadelphia, PA	Ad Prima CS	602	93.8%	565
19	Harambee Institute of Science and Technology CS	Philadelphia, PA	Harambee Institute of Science and Technology CS	565	99.5%	562
20	Northwood Academy CS	Philadelphia, PA	Northwood Academy CS	796	69.8%	556
21	People for People CS	Philadelphia, PA	People for People CS	573	96.2%	551
22	Mastery Prep Elementary CS	Philadelphia, PA	Mastery Prep Elementary CS	598	85.1%	509
23	Mastery CS - Mann Campus	Philadelphia, PA	Mastery CS-Mann Campus	573	85.9%	492
24	Frederick Douglass Mastery CS	Philadelphia, PA	Frederick Douglass Mastery CS	528	90.3%	477
25	Mastery CS-Smedley Campus	Philadelphia, PA	Mastery CS-Smedley Campus	751	61.4%	461
26	Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS	574	80.1%	460
27	Mastery CS John Wister Elementary	Philadelphia, PA	Mastery CS John Wister Elementary	506	89.3%	452
28	Barry Comm John Sch	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	467	92.3%	431
29	Laboratory CS	Philadelphia, PA	Laboratory CS	461	93.3%	430
30	Guidon S Bluford El Sch	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	476	89.5%	426
31	Finletter Thomas K Sch	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	607	68.5%	416
32	The Philadelphia CS for Arts and Sciences at HR Edmunds	Philadelphia, PA	The Philadelphia CS for Arts and Sciences at HR Edmunds	885	46.8%	414
33	Rhoads James Sch	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	421	95.0%	400
34	Universal Alcorn CS	Philadelphia, PA	Universal Alcorn CS	467	83.7%	391
35	Duckrey Tanner Sch	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	418	92.3%	386
36	Spruance Gilbert Sch	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	1,270	29.7%	377
37	Marshall Thurgood	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	639	58.2%	372
38	Franklin S Edmonds Sch	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	391	94.1%	368
39	Independence CS	Philadelphia, PA	Independence CS	796	45.4%	361
40	Roosevelt Theodore MS	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	400	89.0%	356
41	KIPP Philadelphia Octavius Catto CS	Philadelphia, PA	KIPP Philadelphia Octavius Catto CS	398	85.9%	342
42	Mastery CS-Clymer Elementary	Philadelphia, PA	Mastery CS-Clymer Elementary	419	80.7%	338
43	Moore J Hampton Sch	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	1,192	28.2%	336
44	Prince Hall Sch	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	360	91.9%	331
45	Steel Edward Sch	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	379	86.5%	328
46	Northeast Community Propel Academy	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	1,783	18.2%	324
47	Hamilton Andrew Sch	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	348	91.7%	319
48	Kelly John B Sch	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	365	86.8%	317
49	Patterson John M Sch	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	391	80.8%	316
50	John Story Jenks Academy for the Arts and Sciences	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	394	79.7%	314

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