Allen Ethan Sch

Allen Ethan Sch is a well-populated K-5 school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Philadelphia City SD. The school serves 957 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 116% larger than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Philadelphia City SD runs 220 schools in total, collectively educating 116,230 students. Allen Ethan Sch is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Allen Ethan Sch shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 21% Black, 14% White, 9% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Allen Ethan Sch lists 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Allen Ethan Sch falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 36.8%; this one comes in at 16.8%, -19.9 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Philadelphia County put the typical household earns roughly $61,953 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Across Philadelphia County's 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), Allen Ethan Sch is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Lawton Henry W Sch, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Allen Ethan Sch ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 24.4%.

Allen Ethan Sch operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. Allen Ethan Sch's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 952 (now 957). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 31% to 54% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

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