Blaine James G Sch

Blaine James G Sch is a primary school of small scale in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, overseen by Philadelphia City SD, serveing 332 students in grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 25% smaller than typical.

Philadelphia City SD comprises 220 schools with combined enrollment of 116,230 students; Blaine James G Sch is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Blaine James G Sch shows that 92% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest breaks down as 5% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.7:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Blaine James G Sch sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 35.9%; actual is 6.3%, a gap of -29.6 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Philadelphia County put median household income runs about $61,953, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Philadelphia County runs 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), of which Blaine James G Sch is one.

Gideon Edward Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Blaine James G Sch. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Blaine James G Sch ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 11.7%.

Blaine James G Sch operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 35%: 512 students in 2018 compared to 332 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 today.

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