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Alumni: what's one memory from Alliance for Progress CS that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
618
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS CS·NCES 420003900398
Alliance for Progress CS
1821-39 Cecil B Moore Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19121 · (215) 232-4892 · Philadelphia County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL618 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
17.2:1
36 FTE teachers
STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
101%
626 students
STATE 75%
Community
1
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 | 77 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 70 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 71 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 44 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 75% larger than its 8th grade class (44).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
9.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.3pp since 2023
Math
4.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 10 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 5 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 9.5% | 4.7% |
| 2023-24 | 10.8% | 3.4% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
9.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-24.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Alliance for Progress CS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.8% | #1,378 of 1,396 | #150 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 4.7% | #1,485 of 1,511 ▲ 2 | #178 of 193 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 9.5% | #1,490 of 1,511 ▲ 7 | #185 of 193 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 618 | #229 of 1,638 | #53 of 194 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #1,469 of 1,528 | #172 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.2% | #1,420 of 1,531 | #180 of 189 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 101% | #246 of 1,600 | #61 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +32.1% | #37 of 450 | #6 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
618
+78 (+14%) vs 2020
+118% since 2000-01, when it was 283
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
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 | 618 | 36 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 634 | 32 | 19.8:1 | 99% (626) |
| 2022-23 | 557 | 31 | 18.0:1 | 99% (551) |
| 2020-21 | 540 | 33 | 16.4:1 | 99% (537) |
| 2017-18 | 468 | 26 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 446 | 23 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 328 | 19 | 17.3:1 | 73% (240) |
| 2000-01 | 283 | 18 | 15.7:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alliance for Progress CS.
Since 2017-18: students up 32% (468 to 618); teachers up 38% (26 to 36).
About Alliance for Progress CS
Alliance for Progress CS sits in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is classified as an elementary school. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 8, with 618 students on the rolls. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 443 students, which makes this school 40% bigger than average.
Alliance for Progress CS is its own local education agency in federal data.
Roughly 95% of students at Alliance for Progress CS are Black. The remaining students are 5% Hispanic. Among people living in Philadelphia County, the Black share is about 39%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Alliance for Progress CS scores 10%.
There are 36 full-time-equivalent teachers at Alliance for Progress CS, giving a ratio of 17.2:1. The school's 17.2:1 compares with an average of 13.1:1 for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
On the allk12 Grade, Alliance for Progress CS lands at F, ahead of 1% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
In Pennsylvania, Alliance for Progress CS is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 9.8% compared with a predicted 34.2%.
Looking at the county, Philadelphia County, the median household earns about $61,953 a year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Alliance for Progress CS, Philadelphia County has 309 public schools.
Alliance for Progress CS is less than a tenth of a mile from Meade Gen George C School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Alliance for Progress CS is 8th of 8 on proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Alliance for Progress CS as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Alliance for Progress CS had a net gain of 78 students, or 14%.
This page is set up for the Alliance for Progress CS community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Alliance for Progress CSHow large is Alliance for Progress CS?
Alliance for Progress CS enrolls approximately 618 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Alliance for Progress CS serve?
Alliance for Progress CS serves grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Alliance for Progress CS?
Approximately 17.2:1 students per teacher at Alliance for Progress CS.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Alliance for Progress CS?
At Alliance for Progress CS, the student body is approximately 0% White, 5% Hispanic, 95% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Alliance for Progress CS public or private?
Alliance for Progress CS is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Alliance for Progress CS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.