Barry Comm John Sch

Barry Comm John Sch is one of the average-sized elementary campuss in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, overseen by Philadelphia City SD, with 467 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8.

Philadelphia City SD runs 220 schools in total, collectively educating 116,230 students. Barry Comm John Sch is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Barry Comm John Sch logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (92%). Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

Looking at school resources, Barry Comm John Sch shows 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Roughly 110% of students at Barry Comm John Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Philadelphia County (around 95%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Around the school, 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%. Barry Comm John Sch is one of 309 public schools in Philadelphia County (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students).

Sayre William L MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Barry Comm John Sch.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Barry Comm John Sch's enrollment has edged down 28% since 2018, when it stood at 652 (now 467). Class-load math has tightened: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

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