AMY NW

Located at 6000 Ridge Ave, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, AMY NW is a rural-scale junior high that teaches 150 students (grades 6 through 8), run under Philadelphia City SD. Enrollment runs roughly 75% smaller than the state mean of about 594.

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

Demographically, AMY NW shows that nearly all students (81%) are Black. Beyond that, the school lists 9% Hispanic, 5% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Philadelphia County as a whole is about 39% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, AMY NW tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.0%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Philadelphia County) reports that median household earnings sit near $61,953, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Across Philadelphia County's 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), AMY NW is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Day Anna B Sch, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, AMY NW comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 21.6%.

AMY NW operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at AMY NW has contracted 51%, going from 305 students in 2018 to 150 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 86% to 81% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.