Alliance for Progress CS

Alliance for Progress CS, an average-sized elementary-level community in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, run under Alliance for Progress CS, caters to 618 students, covering grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 40% larger than typical.

Alliance for Progress CS is a school of Alliance for Progress CS, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Alliance for Progress CS lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (95%); the rest is composed of 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 39% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Roughly 101% of students at Alliance for Progress CS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Alliance for Progress CS falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 34.2%; this one comes in at 9.8%, -24.4 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Philadelphia County indicate median household income runs about $61,953, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Alliance for Progress CS is one of 309 public schools in Philadelphia County (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students).

Nearest neighbor: Meade Gen George C Sch, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Alliance for Progress CS. On composite proficiency, Alliance for Progress CS comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 24.4%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting. As a public charter, Alliance for Progress CS runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Alliance for Progress CS has edged up 32%, going from 468 students in 2018 to 618 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Alliance for Progress CS community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.