Catharine Joseph Sch

Set in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Catharine Joseph Sch is a mid-tier primary school, operated by Philadelphia City SD. It educates 437 students across grades pre-K through 5.

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

In terms of who attends, Catharine Joseph Sch records that Black students make up the majority at 68%; the rest breaks down as 19% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 39% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Roughly 96% of students at Catharine Joseph Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Catharine Joseph Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.3%, the actual is 27.4%, a residual of -8.9 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Philadelphia County put the typical household earns roughly $61,953 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Catharine Joseph Sch is one of 309 public schools in Philadelphia County (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students).

The closest other public school is Bartram John - Main, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Catharine Joseph Sch at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 17.1%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Catharine Joseph Sch has edged down 22%, going from 560 students in 2018 to 437 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 5% to 19% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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