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Baldi C C A MS
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Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Baldi C C A MS
Baldi C C A MS operates as an expansive middle-grades school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, overseen by Philadelphia City SD. Current enrollment sits at 1,510 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 154% above the state mean of about 594.
Across the 220 schools in Philadelphia City SD (116,230 students total), Baldi C C A MS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, Baldi C C A MS records that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 30% Asian, 12% Black, 9% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 91 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
With demographic context factored in, Baldi C C A MS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.9%.
In the area at large, census data for Philadelphia County shows median household income runs about $61,953, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Across Philadelphia County's 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), Baldi C C A MS is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Greenberg Joseph Sch, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Baldi C C A MS comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 50.7%.
The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Baldi C C A MS's enrollment has rose 6% since 2018, when it stood at 1,422 (now 1,510). Asian enrollment moved from 19% to 30% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.
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