Boys' Latin of Philadelphia CS

Boys' Latin of Philadelphia CS is one of the mid-sized 9-12 campuss in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, overseen by Boys' Latin of Philadelphia CS, with 747 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12.

Boys' Latin of Philadelphia CS sits inside Boys' Latin of Philadelphia CS, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, Boys' Latin of Philadelphia CS shows that 93% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 5% multiracial. By comparison, Philadelphia County as a whole is about 39% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Boys' Latin of Philadelphia CS shows 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 103% of students at Boys' Latin of Philadelphia CS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Philadelphia County (around 95%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Boys' Latin of Philadelphia CS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 17.0%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Philadelphia County) reports that median household income runs about $61,953, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. In all, Philadelphia County runs 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), of which Boys' Latin of Philadelphia CS is one.

The closest other public school is Mastery CS-Harrity Campus, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Boys' Latin of Philadelphia CS comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 19.4%.

The school occupies an inner-city site. Boys' Latin of Philadelphia CS operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 10%: 826 students in 2018 compared to 747 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 99% to 93% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

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