Antonia Pantoja Community CS

Antonia Pantoja Community CS is one of the heavily attended K-5 schools in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, overseen by Antonia Pantoja Community CS, with 752 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Antonia Pantoja Community CS sits 70% above that benchmark.

Antonia Pantoja Community CS is a school of Antonia Pantoja Community CS, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On demographics, Antonia Pantoja Community CS logs that 96% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Philadelphia County runs at roughly 95%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Antonia Pantoja Community CS falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 47.2%; this one comes in at 27.2%, -20.0 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Philadelphia County put median household income runs about $61,953, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Philadelphia County's 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), Antonia Pantoja Community CS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Edison HS/Fareira Skills, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Antonia Pantoja Community CS. On composite proficiency, Antonia Pantoja Community CS comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 12.5%.

Antonia Pantoja Community CS operates from a metropolitan location. As a public charter, Antonia Pantoja Community CS runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 8%: 697 students in 2018 compared to 752 in 2025.

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