AMY at Martin

As a very small junior high in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, AMY at Martin caters to 185 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Philadelphia City SD. Enrollment runs roughly 69% below the state mean of about 594.

Philadelphia City SD comprises 220 schools with combined enrollment of 116,230 students; AMY at Martin is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, AMY at Martin shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 29% Black, 26% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting AMY at Martin tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 112% of students at AMY at Martin qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Philadelphia County runs at roughly 95%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Philadelphia County indicate median household earnings sit near $61,953, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Across Philadelphia County's 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), AMY at Martin is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Richmond Sch, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. AMY at Martin's enrollment has shrank 56% since 2018, when it stood at 421 (now 185). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 20% to 38%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

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