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Enrollment
614
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899003618
Bache-Martin School
2201 Brown St, Philadelphia, PA 19130 · (215) 400-7550 · Philadelphia County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL614 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of Pennsylvania public elementary 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
567 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 34 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 47 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 50 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 47 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 81% larger than its 8th grade class (47).
Student demographics
67%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
51.2%
PA avg 51.1% . +4.8pp since 2023
Math
43.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +7.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.2% | 43.8% |
| 2023-24 | 46.4% | 36.3% |
% 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
43.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Bache-Martin School
Bache-Martin School's state test result (43.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bache-Martin School this school | 614 | 92.3% | 43.9% |
| Roy A. Hunt Elementary School Arnold | 609 | 96.1% | 26.2% |
| Henry Charles W School Philadelphia | 518 | 95.8% | 56.9% |
| Cook-Wissahickon School Philadelphia | 432 | 95.4% | 54.1% |
| Pfeiffer-Burleigh School Erie | 690 | 88.7% | 14.7% |
| Independence CS Philadelphia | 796 | 99.6% | 45.8% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary 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 Bache-Martin School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #999 of 1,396 | #27 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #925 of 1,511 ▲ 94 | #22 of 193 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #705 of 1,511 ▲ 296 | #24 of 193 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 614 | #242 of 1,638 | #55 of 194 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #154 of 1,528 | #39 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.4% | #148 of 1,531 | #30 of 189 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.3% | #624 of 1,600 | #159 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +25.3% | #55 of 450 | #12 of 48 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
614
+122 (+25%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 695
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 10.0:1
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 | 614 | 57.7 | 10.7:1 | 92% (567) |
| 2023-24 | 567 | 53.8 | 10.5:1 | 100% (567) |
| 2022-23 | 530 | 52.4 | 10.1:1 | 100% (530) |
| 2020-21 | 492 | 49 | 10.0:1 | 99% (489) |
| 2017-18 | 490 | 38.6 | 12.7:1 | 100% (489) |
| 2015-16 | 480 | 29 | 16.6:1 | 100% (480) |
| 2010-11 | 419 | 38 | 11.0:1 | 88% (368) |
| 2000-01 | 703 | 46 | 15.3:1 | 80% (564) |
| 1990-91 | 695 | 45 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bache-Martin School.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (490 to 614); teachers up 49% (38.6 to 57.7).
About Bache-Martin School
Bache-Martin School is a mid-sized elementary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It offers pre-K through 8 and has 614 students enrolled. By comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania enroll about 443 students on average.
Bache-Martin School is in Philadelphia City SD, a district with 116,230 students across 220 schools.
The largest group at Bache-Martin School is White students, at 40%. After that, the student body is 38% Black, 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Bache-Martin School scores 67%.
Bache-Martin School reports a ratio of 10.7 students per teacher, from 57.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is 13.1:1. Lunch program data show 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is in line with the 95% average for public schools in Philadelphia County.
Bache-Martin School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 40% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Bache-Martin School is 5.9 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools.
Philadelphia County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $61,953 a year, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. Bache-Martin School shares Philadelphia County with 308 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Vaux HS: A Big Picture School is about 0.4 miles from Bache-Martin School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Bache-Martin School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 25%.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Bache-Martin School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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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- First Philadelphia Preparatory CSCombined · 1,831 students
Nearby schools
- Vaux HS: A Big Picture School0.4 mi · 284
- Waring Laura W School0.5 mi · 196
- Morris Robert School0.5 mi · 215
- Masterman Julia R Sec School0.6 mi · 1,183
- Franklin LC0.6 mi · 918
- People for People CS0.7 mi · 573
Frequently asked questions
About Bache-Martin SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bache-Martin School?
Bache-Martin School enrolls approximately 614 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Bache-Martin School serve?
Bache-Martin School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bache-Martin School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bache-Martin School is approximately 10.7:1 (58 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bache-Martin School?
At Bache-Martin School, the student body is approximately 40% White, 13% Hispanic, 38% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Bache-Martin School?
Bache-Martin School is overseen by Philadelphia City SD in Philadelphia County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.