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How has Community Academy of Philadelphia CS changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
1,237
Combined
STATE 1,819
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COMMUNITY ACADEMY OF PHILADELPHIA CS·NCES 420001300318
Community Academy of Philadelphia CS
1100 East Erie Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19124 · (215) 533-6700 · Philadelphia County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,237 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of Pennsylvania public K-12 schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
92 FTE teachers
STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,243 students
STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 84 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 5% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 5% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 5% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 5% |
| Grade 6 | 62 | 5% |
| Grade 7 | 96 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 91 | 7% |
| Grade 9 | 149 | 12% |
| Grade 10 | 145 | 12% |
| Grade 11 | 127 | 10% |
| Grade 12 | 149 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 8% smaller than its 8th grade class (91).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
28.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -0.5pp since 2023
Math
10.5%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.2% | 10.5% |
| 2023-24 | 28.7% | 12.1% |
% 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
24.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,237
+10 (+1%) vs 2020
+347% since 2000-01, when it was 277
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 1,237 | 92.4 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 1,242 | 86.6 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 1,231 | 88.7 | 13.9:1 | 99% (1,223) |
| 2020-21 | 1,227 | 83 | 14.8:1 | 100% (1,224) |
| 2017-18 | 1,220 | 74 | 16.5:1 | 92% (1,125) |
| 2015-16 | 1,199 | 71 | 16.9:1 | 100% (1,199) |
| 2010-11 | 1,213 | 75 | 16.2:1 | 73% (881) |
| 2000-01 | 277 | 13 | 21.3:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Community Academy of Philadelphia CS.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (1,220 to 1,237); teachers up 25% (74 to 92.4).
About Community Academy of Philadelphia CS
Community Academy of Philadelphia CS is a small school serving multiple grade levels in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (ZIP code 19124). It offers kindergarten through 12 and has 1,237 students enrolled. It has 32% fewer students than the average for combined schools in Pennsylvania (about 1,819).
Community Academy of Philadelphia CS is its own local education agency in federal data.
At Community Academy of Philadelphia CS, 88% of students are Hispanic. It is also 9% Black. For comparison, the population of Philadelphia County is roughly 16% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Community Academy of Philadelphia CS scores 22%.
Community Academy of Philadelphia CS reported 92.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 13.4:1. Combined schools in Pennsylvania average 15.5:1, 2.1 more students per teacher than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Community Academy of Philadelphia CS lands at C+, ahead of 38% of Pennsylvania public K-12 schools.
Community Academy of Philadelphia CS's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 24.2% is 10.3 points below the 34.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The county, Philadelphia County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $61,953, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. The county's public schools total 309, with about 182,005 students.
About 0.4 miles separate Community Academy of Philadelphia CS from the closest public school, Hopkinson Francis School. The five-mile area around Community Academy of Philadelphia CS holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 23.5% on proficiency, and Community Academy of Philadelphia CS is above that at 24.2%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Community Academy of Philadelphia CS is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 1,227 to 1,237, a small change. Students per teacher dropped from 14.8 in 2020-21 to 13.4 in 2024-25.
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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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Frequently asked questions
About Community Academy of Philadelphia CSHow many students attend Community Academy of Philadelphia CS?
Community Academy of Philadelphia CS enrolls approximately 1,237 students in grades KG-12.
What age range does Community Academy of Philadelphia CS serve?
Community Academy of Philadelphia CS serves students from grade KG through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Community Academy of Philadelphia CS?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Community Academy of Philadelphia CS.
How diverse is Community Academy of Philadelphia CS?
Community Academy of Philadelphia CS reports a student body of 1% White, 88% Hispanic, 9% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Community Academy of Philadelphia CS in?
Community Academy of Philadelphia CS is part of Community Academy of Philadelphia CS.
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