Enrollment
150
Middle
DISTRICT 476 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899007224
Amy Nw
6000 Ridge Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19128 · (215) 400-3460 · Philadelphia County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL150 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
134 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 62 | 41% |
| Grade 7 | 35 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 53 | 35% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
49.0%
PA avg 51.1% . +2.4pp since 2023
Math
29.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 29.9% |
| 2023-24 | 46.6% | 24.8% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Amy Nw
Amy Nw's state test result (37.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amy Nw this school | 150 | 89.3% | 37.0% |
| Pittsburgh Allegheny 6-8 Pittsburgh | 179 | 97.8% | 19.3% |
| Toby Farms Intermediate School Chester Twp | 359 | 87.5% | 7.2% |
| Tilden William T Middle School Philadelphia | 266 | 98.9% | 8.4% |
| Science Leadership Academy Middle School Philadelphia | 353 | 99.7% | 40.8% |
| Penn Wood Middle School Darby | 667 | 95.2% | 17.5% |
Matched among Pennsylvania middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Amy Nw ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #366 of 479 | #3 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #339 of 513 ▲ 48 | #2 of 18 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #291 of 513 ▲ 80 | #3 of 18 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 150 | #505 of 522 | #15 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.3% | #156 of 510 | #17 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -50.8% | #9 of 332 | #5 of 14 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
150
-157 (-51%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 227
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 23.6:1
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 | 150 | 14.1 | 10.6:1 | 89% (134) |
| 2023-24 | 134 | 14.5 | 9.2:1 | 100% (134) |
| 2022-23 | 209 | 12.5 | 16.7:1 | 100% (209) |
| 2020-21 | 307 | 13 | 23.6:1 | 99% (304) |
| 2017-18 | 305 | 16.5 | 18.5:1 | 100% (304) |
| 2015-16 | 259 | 14 | 18.5:1 | 100% (259) |
| 2010-11 | 244 | 14 | 17.4:1 | 54% (131) |
| 2000-01 | 243 | 13 | 18.7:1 | 33% (79) |
| 1990-91 | 227 | 19 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Amy Nw.
Since 2017-18: students down 51% (305 to 150); teachers down 14% (16.5 to 14.1).
About Amy Nw
Amy Nw is a public middle school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A federal count lists 150 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Pennsylvania) has about 594 students.
Philadelphia City SD, which runs Amy Nw, has 220 schools and 116,230 students.
At Amy Nw, Black students make up 81% of the student body. The remaining students are 9% Hispanic, 5% White, and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Philadelphia County, the Black share is about 39%. By the diversity index, Amy Nw comes in at 33%.
At Amy Nw, 14.1 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 10.6:1. For comparison, middle schools in Pennsylvania average 13.2:1. Roughly 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
Measured against Pennsylvania public middle schools, Amy Nw receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Test results at Amy Nw are 2.3 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (37.0% actual, 39.3% predicted).
Census estimates describe Philadelphia County this way: median household income is about $61,953, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 17% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Philadelphia County number 309 and enroll about 182,005.
The school nearest to Amy Nw is Day Anna B School, at a distance of about 0.4 miles. Within five miles of Amy Nw, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 21.6%; Amy Nw's is 37.0%, ranking 2nd of 7.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 307 in 2020-21 and 150 in 2024-25. Large swings like this can come from changes to the grades a school serves. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 23.6:1 to 10.6:1.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Amy NwHow many students attend Amy Nw?
Amy Nw enrolls approximately 150 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Amy Nw serve?
Amy Nw serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Amy Nw have?
Amy Nw employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Amy Nw?
Student demographics at Amy Nw are roughly 5% White, 9% Hispanic, 81% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Amy Nw?
Amy Nw is overseen by Philadelphia City SD in Philadelphia County.
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