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Enrollment
583
High
DISTRICT 689 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899003847
Bartram John - Main
2401 S 67th St, Philadelphia, PA 19142 · (215) 400-8100 · Philadelphia County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL583 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
526 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 119 | 20% |
| Grade 10 | 200 | 34% |
| Grade 11 | 138 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 126 | 22% |
Student demographics
41%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
23.8%
PA avg 51.1% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
4.5%
PA avg 43.0% . -2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 5 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.8% | 4.5% |
| 2023-24 | 22.4% | 7.1% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
14.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-24.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Bartram John - Main
Bartram John - Main's state test result (14.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bartram John - Main this school | 583 | 90.2% | 14.2% |
| Franklin Benjamin High School Philadelphia | 570 | 95.3% | 8.8% |
| National Constitution Center High School Philadelphia | 421 | 94.8% | 37.7% |
| STEM at Showalter Chester | 477 | 91.4% | 18.0% |
| Mastery CHS-Lenfest Campus Philadelphia | 660 | 96.1% | 31.2% |
| Parkway Center City Middle College Philadelphia | 436 | 97.7% | 65.7% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high 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 Bartram John - Main ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.2% | #548 of 576 | #42 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 4.5% | #591 of 626 ▼ 21 | #54 of 67 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #586 of 626 ▲ 8 | #52 of 67 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 583 | #349 of 713 | #35 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #375 of 601 | #16 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.5% | #214 of 604 | #35 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.2% | #241 of 619 | #59 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.5% | #71 of 221 | #12 of 31 |
Ranked against other public high 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
583
+129 (+28%) vs 2020
-78% since 1990-91, when it was 2,681
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 583 | 40.2 | 14.5:1 | 90% (526) |
| 2023-24 | 526 | 37.6 | 14.0:1 | 100% (526) |
| 2022-23 | 478 | 37.8 | 12.7:1 | 100% (478) |
| 2020-21 | 454 | 35 | 13.0:1 | 99% (451) |
| 2017-18 | 518 | 26.8 | 19.3:1 | 100% (516) |
| 2015-16 | 689 | 39 | 17.7:1 | 100% (689) |
| 2010-11 | 1,121 | 84 | 13.3:1 | 100% (1,118) |
| 2000-01 | 3,402 | 131 | 26.0:1 | 60% (2,037) |
| 1990-91 | 2,681 | 159 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bartram John - Main.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (518 to 583); teachers up 50% (26.8 to 40.2).
About Bartram John - Main
This page covers Bartram John - Main, a small high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The student body numbers 583 students, from grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Pennsylvania) has about 738 students.
Philadelphia City SD operates 220 schools. Combined enrollment is 116,230 students.
Roughly 74% of students at Bartram John - Main are Black. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 4% Asian, and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Philadelphia County residents are about 39% Black. Bartram John - Main's diversity index is 41%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1 at Bartram John - Main, with 40.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, high schools in Pennsylvania have 12.8:1, compared with 14.5:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 90% of enrollment.
Bartram John - Main is graded F by allk12, scoring above 4% of Pennsylvania public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Bartram John - Main falls short of its prediction by 24.8 points. The model expects 38.9% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Pennsylvania; the school's rate is 14.2%.
Philadelphia County has about 1,579,706 residents, and the median household income is $61,953, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. In all, Philadelphia County has 309 public schools and roughly 182,005 students.
The school nearest to Bartram John - Main is Tilden William T Middle School, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 19.0%; Bartram John - Main's is 14.2%, ranking 7th of 8.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Bartram John - Main's enrollment grew from 454 in 2020-21 to 583 in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.5:1) than in 2020-21 (13.0:1).
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Philadelphia City SD
- Northeast High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 2,472 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 2,329 students
- Northeast Community Propel AcademyElementary · 1,783 students
- Mayfair SchoolElementary · 1,763 students
- Washington George High SchoolHigh · 1,755 students
Other schools in Philadelphia
- Northeast High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
- Philadelphia Performing Arts CSCombined · 2,572 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 2,472 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 2,329 students
- MaST Community CS IICombined · 1,875 students
- First Philadelphia Preparatory CSCombined · 1,831 students
Nearby schools
- Tilden William T Middle School0.1 mi · 266
- Morton Thomas G School0.4 mi · 356
- Patterson John M School0.4 mi · 391
- Catharine Joseph School0.5 mi · 437
- Southwest Leadership Academy CS0.5 mi · 670
- Philadelphia Montessori CS0.7 mi · 226
Frequently asked questions
About Bartram John - MainHow large is Bartram John - Main?
Bartram John - Main enrolls approximately 583 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Bartram John - Main serve?
Bartram John - Main serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bartram John - Main?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bartram John - Main is approximately 14.5:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Bartram John - Main?
Student demographics at Bartram John - Main are roughly 1% White, 17% Hispanic, 74% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Bartram John - Main public or private?
Bartram John - Main is a public K-12 school, overseen by Philadelphia City SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.