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Enrollment
489
High
DISTRICT 689 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899007225
Bodine William W High School
1101 N 4th St, Philadelphia, PA 19123 · (215) 400-7630 · Philadelphia County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL489 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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
25.2:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
464 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 | 172 | 35% |
| Grade 10 | 107 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 88 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 122 | 25% |
Student demographics
73%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
72.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -19.7pp since 2023
Math
39.5%
PA avg 43.0% . -13.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 20 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 13 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 39.5% |
| 2023-24 | 91.7% | 52.9% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
61.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 10%.
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 Bodine William W High School
Bodine William W High School's state test result (61.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bodine William W High School this school | 489 | 94.9% | 61.2% |
| South Philadelphia High School Philadelphia | 684 | 96.1% | 15.2% |
| Science Leadership Academy Philadelphia | 502 | 99.6% | 79.3% |
| Franklin LC Philadelphia | 918 | 83.2% | 48.4% |
| Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush Philadelphia | 599 | 97.3% | 64.6% |
| Perseus House CS of Excellence Erie | 627 | 78.1% | 9.1% |
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 Bodine William W High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #154 of 576 | #9 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #307 of 626 ▼ 168 | #11 of 67 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #143 of 626 ▼ 128 | #10 of 67 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 489 | #418 of 713 | #45 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.2:1 | #590 of 601 | #56 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.1% | #14 of 604 | #8 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.9% | #218 of 619 | #46 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.7% | #288 of 373 | #24 of 35 |
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
489
-141 (-22%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 496
Student : Teacher
25.2:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 489 | 19.4 | 25.2:1 | 95% (464) |
| 2023-24 | 464 | 30.1 | 15.4:1 | 100% (464) |
| 2022-23 | 547 | 35.2 | 15.5:1 | 100% (547) |
| 2020-21 | 630 | 31 | 20.3:1 | 100% (627) |
| 2017-18 | 513 | 15.6 | 32.9:1 | 100% (513) |
| 2015-16 | 445 | 11 | 40.5:1 | 100% (445) |
| 2010-11 | 546 | 31 | 17.6:1 | 53% (288) |
| 2000-01 | 519 | 30 | 17.3:1 | 32% (165) |
| 1990-91 | 496 | 26 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bodine William W High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (513 to 489); teachers up 24% (15.6 to 19.4).
About Bodine William W High School
Bodine William W High School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school offers grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 489 students. Across high schools in Pennsylvania, the average enrollment is about 738.
Bodine William W High School falls under Philadelphia City SD, which has 220 schools enrolling 116,230 students.
Black students make up 39% of enrollment at Bodine William W High School, the largest share of any group. The next largest groups are 28% Hispanic, 12% White, 12% Asian, and 8% multiracial. That is in line with Philadelphia County, where about 39% of residents are Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 73, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 19.4 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.2:1. The average for high schools in Pennsylvania is 12.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. At Bodine William W High School, 95% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Philadelphia County average a similar 95%.
Bodine William W High School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 88% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Bodine William W High School is in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools: 61.2% actual against 36.9% predicted.
The school is in Philadelphia County, where the median household earns about $61,953 a year, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 17%. Bodine William W High School shares Philadelphia County with 308 other public schools.
Bodine William W High School is about 0.3 miles from Young Scholars CS, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Bodine William W High School is 2nd of 7 on proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Bodine William W High School as City: Large.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 141 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 25.2 students per teacher, compared with 20.3 in 2020-21.
The allk12 page for Bodine William W High School lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
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- Young Scholars CS0.3 mi · 265
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Frequently asked questions
About Bodine William W High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bodine William W High School?
Bodine William W High School enrolls approximately 489 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Bodine William W High School serve?
Bodine William W High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Bodine William W High School?
Approximately 25.2:1 students per teacher at Bodine William W High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bodine William W High School?
At Bodine William W High School, the student body is approximately 12% White, 28% Hispanic, 39% Black, 12% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Bodine William W High School in?
Bodine William W High School is part of Philadelphia City SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.