AMY at Martin
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedWhat this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About 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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