Enrollment
333
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899003684
Brown Henry A School
1946 E Sergeant St, Philadelphia, PA 19125 · (215) 400-7490 · Philadelphia County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL333 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
10.4:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
306 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 31 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 37 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 16% smaller than its 8th grade class (37).
Student demographics
66%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
29.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.5pp since 2023
Math
16.7%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.8% | 16.7% |
| 2023-24 | 32.3% | 18.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 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 Brown Henry A School
Brown Henry A School's state test result (26.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Henry A School this school | 333 | 91.9% | 26.3% |
| Pittsburgh Beechwood K-5 Pittsburgh | 360 | 93.9% | 42.9% |
| Ross Elementary School Lancaster | 281 | 94.0% | 40.2% |
| Ray S. Musselman Learning Center Norristown | 274 | 89.8% | N/A |
| Wickersham Elementary School Lancaster | 402 | 98.8% | 49.0% |
| Burrowes Elementary School Lancaster | 308 | 85.4% | 36.0% |
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 Brown Henry A School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #1,225 of 1,396 | #67 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.7% | #1,331 of 1,511 ▼ 39 | #83 of 193 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #1,204 of 1,511 ▲ 30 | #71 of 193 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 333 | #1,129 of 1,638 | #140 of 194 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #133 of 1,528 | #36 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.3% | #178 of 1,531 | #37 of 189 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.9% | #635 of 1,600 | #161 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.6% | #91 of 1,045 | #47 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
333
-29 (-8%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 486
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 333 | 32 | 10.4:1 | 92% (306) |
| 2023-24 | 306 | 31.4 | 9.8:1 | 100% (306) |
| 2022-23 | 313 | 28.4 | 11.0:1 | 100% (313) |
| 2020-21 | 362 | 36 | 10.1:1 | 99% (359) |
| 2017-18 | 494 | 38 | 13.0:1 | 100% (494) |
| 2015-16 | 534 | 34 | 15.7:1 | 100% (534) |
| 2010-11 | 513 | 34 | 15.1:1 | 92% (474) |
| 2000-01 | 405 | 24 | 16.9:1 | 96% (389) |
| 1990-91 | 486 | 31 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brown Henry A School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (494 to 333); teachers down 16% (38 to 32).
About Brown Henry A School
Brown Henry A School runs as a low-enrollment elementary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Grades offered run from pre-K through 8, with 333 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is roughly 443 students; this school is 25% smaller than that.
Philadelphia City SD, which runs Brown Henry A School, has 220 schools and 116,230 students.
By race and ethnicity, Brown Henry A School is 50% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 22% Black, 17% White, 6% Asian, and 4% multiracial. In Philadelphia County overall, about 16% of residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, Brown Henry A School comes in at 66%.
Federal staffing data show 32 full-time-equivalent teachers at Brown Henry A School and a ratio of 10.4:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 13.1:1, higher than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 92% of enrollment. Across public schools in Philadelphia County, the average is about the same, 95%.
Brown Henry A School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 14% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with Pennsylvania schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Brown Henry A School's results are 11.9 points below predicted: 26.3% against 38.2%.
In Philadelphia County (population about 1,579,706), median household income is about $61,953, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 17% of people live in poverty. A total of 309 public schools operate in Philadelphia County, serving about 182,005 students.
The closest public school, Sankofa Freedom Academy CS, is less than a tenth of a mile from Brown Henry A School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 20.1%; Brown Henry A School's is 26.3%, ranking 3rd of 6.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 362 to 333.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Philadelphia City SD
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Other schools in Philadelphia
- Northeast High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
- Philadelphia Performing Arts CSCombined · 2,572 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 2,472 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 2,329 students
- MaST Community CS IICombined · 1,875 students
- First Philadelphia Preparatory CSCombined · 1,831 students
Nearby schools
- Sankofa Freedom Academy CS0.1 mi · 673
- Kensington Health Sciences0.1 mi · 457
- Kensington High School0.2 mi · 458
- Hunter William H School0.2 mi · 414
- Hackett Horatio B School0.4 mi · 413
- Sheppard Isaac School0.5 mi · 123
Frequently asked questions
About Brown Henry A SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Brown Henry A School?
Brown Henry A School enrolls approximately 333 students in grades PK-08.
Is Brown Henry A School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Brown Henry A School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Brown Henry A School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Brown Henry A School is approximately 10.4:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Brown Henry A School?
At Brown Henry A School, the student body is approximately 17% White, 50% Hispanic, 22% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Brown Henry A School in?
Brown Henry A School is part of Philadelphia City SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.