Enrollment
119
Middle
DISTRICT 476 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899006525
Conwell Russell Middle School
1849 E Clearfield St, Philadelphia, PA 19134 · (215) 400-7210 · Philadelphia County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL119 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
107%
127 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 24 | 20% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 33 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 35 | 29% |
Student demographics
51%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
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
23.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -18.9pp since 2023
Math
8.1%
PA avg 43.0% . -3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.4% | 8.1% |
| 2023-24 | 42.3% | 11.6% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Conwell Russell Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.1% | #478 of 513 ▼ 18 | #8 of 18 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #470 of 513 ▼ 65 | #7 of 18 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 119 | #514 of 522 | #17 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 107% | #22 of 510 | #7 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -70.6% | #2 of 332 | #2 of 14 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
119
-187 (-61%) vs 2020
-85% since 1990-91, when it was 793
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 21.9:1
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 | 119 | 10.7 | 11.1:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 127 | 13.3 | 9.6:1 | 100% (127) |
| 2022-23 | 175 | 14.3 | 12.2:1 | 100% (175) |
| 2020-21 | 306 | 14 | 21.9:1 | 99% (303) |
| 2017-18 | 405 | 16.5 | 24.6:1 | 100% (404) |
| 2015-16 | 489 | 26 | 18.8:1 | 100% (489) |
| 2010-11 | 791 | 39 | 20.3:1 | 52% (415) |
| 2000-01 | 875 | 43 | 20.4:1 | 53% (468) |
| 1990-91 | 793 | 44 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Conwell Russell Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 71% (405 to 119); teachers down 35% (16.5 to 10.7).
About Conwell Russell Middle School
Conwell Russell Middle School is a very small middle school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is open to students in grades 5 through 8 and enrolls 119 students. Middle schools in Pennsylvania have about 594 students on average; enrollment here is 80% lower.
Philadelphia City SD enrolls 116,230 students, and its 220 schools include Conwell Russell Middle School.
Hispanic students are 65% of those enrolled at Conwell Russell Middle School. The next largest groups are 25% Black and 7% White. In Philadelphia County overall, about 16% of residents are Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 51, compared with 70 nationally.
With 10.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.1:1. Middle schools in Pennsylvania average 13.2:1, 2.0 more students per teacher than here.
Among Pennsylvania public middle schools, Conwell Russell Middle School outscored 11%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Philadelphia County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $61,953 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. Public schools in Philadelphia County number 309, with about 182,005 students.
Conwell Russell Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Willard Frances E School, about 0.1 miles away. The five-mile area around Conwell Russell Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
In 2020-21, federal data counted 306 students at Conwell Russell Middle School; in 2024-25, 119. The grades served may not have been the same in both years. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 21.9:1 in 2020-21 to 11.1:1 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
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Frequently asked questions
About Conwell Russell Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Conwell Russell Middle School?
Conwell Russell Middle School enrolls approximately 119 students in grades 05-08.
Is Conwell Russell Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Conwell Russell Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Conwell Russell Middle School have?
Conwell Russell Middle School employs 11 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Conwell Russell Middle School?
At Conwell Russell Middle School, the student body is approximately 7% White, 65% Hispanic, 25% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Conwell Russell Middle School public or private?
Conwell Russell Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Philadelphia City SD.
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