Enrollment
447
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899006524
Adaire Alexander School
1300 E Palmer St, Philadelphia, PA 19125 · (215) 400-7480 · Philadelphia County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL447 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
416 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 42 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 37 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 40 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 38% larger than its 8th grade class (40).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
70.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -0.7pp since 2023
Math
57.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +7.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.7% | 57.1% |
| 2023-24 | 71.4% | 49.8% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
63.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+25.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 38% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 25 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Adaire Alexander School
Adaire Alexander School's state test result (63.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adaire Alexander School this school | 447 | 93.1% | 63.0% |
| Riverside Elementary School East Moosic | 455 | 97.1% | 44.0% |
| Fayetteville Elementary School Fayetteville | 481 | 96.7% | 57.0% |
| North Salem Elementary School Dover | 384 | 94.5% | 66.2% |
| Brecknock Elementary School Mohnton | 459 | 99.3% | 51.4% |
| Scotland Elementary School Chambersburg | 460 | 95.2% | 49.1% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Adaire Alexander School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #493 of 1,396 | #8 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #618 of 1,511 ▲ 146 | #12 of 193 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.7% | #203 of 1,511 ▲ 93 | #6 of 193 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 447 | #700 of 1,638 | #96 of 194 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #1,209 of 1,528 | #119 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.3% | #705 of 1,531 | #88 of 189 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.1% | #614 of 1,600 | #153 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +28.1% | #45 of 450 | #8 of 48 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
447
-12 (-3%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 636
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 16.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 447 | 30.4 | 14.7:1 | 93% (416) |
| 2023-24 | 416 | 27 | 15.4:1 | 100% (416) |
| 2022-23 | 394 | 26.3 | 15.0:1 | 100% (394) |
| 2020-21 | 459 | 28 | 16.4:1 | 99% (456) |
| 2017-18 | 349 | 23.4 | 14.9:1 | 100% (349) |
| 2015-16 | 355 | 22 | 16.1:1 | 100% (355) |
| 2010-11 | 427 | 29 | 14.7:1 | 99% (424) |
| 2000-01 | 631 | 36 | 17.5:1 | 86% (542) |
| 1990-91 | 636 | 30 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Adaire Alexander School.
Since 2017-18: students up 28% (349 to 447); teachers up 30% (23.4 to 30.4).
About Adaire Alexander School
A medium-sized elementary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Adaire Alexander School is part of Philadelphia City SD. School enrollment was 447 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 8.
Adaire Alexander School belongs to Philadelphia City SD, a district of 220 schools and 116,230 students.
By race and ethnicity, Adaire Alexander School is 75% White. Other reported shares: 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 2% Black. That compares with about 35% White among all Philadelphia County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Adaire Alexander School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 42%.
The school reports 30.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 14.7 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average 13.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 93% of students. That is close to the 95% average for public schools in Philadelphia County.
allk12 grades Adaire Alexander School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in Pennsylvania with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 37.7%. Adaire Alexander School posts 63.0%, 25.3 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Across Philadelphia County, median household income is about $61,953, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 17%. The public schools of Philadelphia County number 309 and enroll about 182,005.
Penn Treaty School is located about 0.2 miles from Adaire Alexander School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Adaire Alexander School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Adaire Alexander School had 459 students in 2020-21 and 447 in 2024-25, a 3% decrease. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.4:1 in 2020-21, and 14.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Philadelphia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,579,706
Census ACS
Median income
$61,953
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
309
182,005 students
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Frequently asked questions
About Adaire Alexander SchoolHow many students attend Adaire Alexander School?
Adaire Alexander School enrolls approximately 447 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Adaire Alexander School serve?
Adaire Alexander School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Adaire Alexander School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Adaire Alexander School is approximately 14.7:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Adaire Alexander School?
Student demographics at Adaire Alexander School are roughly 75% White, 12% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Adaire Alexander School in?
Adaire Alexander School is part of Philadelphia City SD.
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