Enrollment
278
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899003663
Blankenburg Rudolph School
4600 W Girard Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19131 · (215) 400-7280 · Philadelphia County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL278 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- FTest 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
257 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 23 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 29 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 26 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 20 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 27 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 40 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is 28% smaller than its 8th grade class (40).
Student demographics
18%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
15.0%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.8pp since 2023
Math
3.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 3 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.0% | 3.2% |
| 2023-24 | 14.2% | 2.6% |
% 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
9.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-28.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 38% 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 Blankenburg Rudolph School
Blankenburg Rudolph School's state test result (9.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blankenburg Rudolph School this school | 278 | 92.4% | 9.6% |
| Bell Avenue School Yeadon | 265 | 90.6% | 19.8% |
| Urban Pathways K-5 College CS Pittsburgh | 304 | 95.7% | 8.1% |
| McMichael Morton School Philadelphia | 285 | 98.2% | 10.0% |
| Meade Gen George C School Philadelphia | 314 | 88.9% | 10.3% |
| Logan James School Philadelphia | 264 | 92.4% | 30.1% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary 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 Blankenburg Rudolph School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.6% | #1,381 of 1,396 | #153 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 3.2% | #1,506 of 1,511 ▼ 12 | #191 of 193 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #1,429 of 1,511 ▲ 43 | #153 of 193 ▲ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 278 | #1,321 of 1,638 | #163 of 194 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.0:1 | #22 of 1,528 | #8 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.5% | #1,238 of 1,531 | #151 of 189 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.4% | #622 of 1,600 | #157 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.6% | #42 of 1,045 | #24 of 135 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
278
-74 (-21%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 461
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 278 | 30.8 | 9.0:1 | 92% (257) |
| 2023-24 | 257 | 26 | 9.9:1 | 100% (257) |
| 2022-23 | 244 | 31.1 | 7.8:1 | 100% (244) |
| 2020-21 | 352 | 30 | 11.7:1 | 99% (349) |
| 2017-18 | 453 | 24.7 | 18.3:1 | 100% (453) |
| 2015-16 | 517 | 25 | 20.7:1 | 100% (517) |
| 2010-11 | 401 | 27 | 14.8:1 | 90% (362) |
| 2000-01 | 436 | 28 | 15.6:1 | 90% (392) |
| 1990-91 | 461 | 26 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blankenburg Rudolph School.
Since 2017-18: students down 39% (453 to 278); teachers up 25% (24.7 to 30.8).
About Blankenburg Rudolph School
Blankenburg Rudolph School is a small elementary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school had 278 students in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Pennsylvania) has about 443 students.
Philadelphia City SD is the local district for Blankenburg Rudolph School. It runs 220 schools with 116,230 students.
At Blankenburg Rudolph School, Black students make up 91% of the student body. After that, the student body is 4% Hispanic, 3% White, and 2% multiracial. Among all residents of Philadelphia County, the Black share is about 39%. Blankenburg Rudolph School has a diversity index of 18%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal staffing data show 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at Blankenburg Rudolph School and a ratio of 9.0:1. That ratio is under the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 92% of students. Across public schools in Philadelphia County, the average is about the same, 95%.
Blankenburg Rudolph School is graded F by allk12, scoring above 1% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in Pennsylvania with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 38.0%. Blankenburg Rudolph School posts 9.6%, 28.4 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Philadelphia County census figures show that median household income is about $61,953, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 17%. A total of 309 public schools operate in Philadelphia County, serving about 182,005 students.
The next-closest public school is Global Leadership Academy CS, less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Blankenburg Rudolph School. On proficiency, Blankenburg Rudolph School is behind the 20.5% nearby average, ranking 5th of 5.
In the federal locale system, Blankenburg Rudolph School is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students dropped from 352 to 278 over 4 years. By 2024-25, the school had 9.0 students per teacher, compared with 11.7 in 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Blankenburg Rudolph School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Blankenburg Rudolph SchoolHow many students attend Blankenburg Rudolph School?
Blankenburg Rudolph School enrolls approximately 278 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Blankenburg Rudolph School serve?
Blankenburg Rudolph School serves grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Blankenburg Rudolph School?
Approximately 9.0:1 students per teacher at Blankenburg Rudolph School.
How diverse is Blankenburg Rudolph School?
Blankenburg Rudolph School reports a student body of 3% White, 4% Hispanic, 91% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Blankenburg Rudolph School?
Blankenburg Rudolph School is overseen by Philadelphia City SD in Philadelphia County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.