Bartram John - Main

Set in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Bartram John - Main is a close-knit senior high, run under Philadelphia City SD. It works with 583 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 738 students each, so Bartram John - Main sits 21% below that benchmark.

Philadelphia City SD runs 220 schools in total, collectively educating 116,230 students. Bartram John - Main is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Bartram John - Main shows that 74% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

Looking at school resources, Bartram John - Main lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Bartram John - Main higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Bartram John - Main sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 38.9%; actual is 14.2%, a gap of -24.8 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Philadelphia County put median household earnings sit near $61,953, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Bartram John - Main is one of 309 public schools in Philadelphia County (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students).

The closest other public school is Tilden William T MS, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bartram John - Main at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 19.0%.

Bartram John - Main operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 13%: 518 students in 2018 compared to 583 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 91% to 74%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.