Cook-Wissahickon Sch

Cook-Wissahickon Sch, a medium-sized elementary campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, overseen by Philadelphia City SD, caters to 432 students, covering grades pre-K through 8.

Philadelphia City SD runs 220 schools in total, collectively educating 116,230 students. Cook-Wissahickon Sch is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Cook-Wissahickon Sch shows that 42% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 29% Black, 14% Hispanic, 12% multiracial.

On the resource side, Cook-Wissahickon Sch records 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cook-Wissahickon Sch sits in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 36.7%; actual is 54.1%, +17.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, Philadelphia County reports that median household earnings sit near $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 Cook-Wissahickon Sch is one.

Mifflin Thomas Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cook-Wissahickon Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cook-Wissahickon Sch at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 40.6%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 5%: 457 students in 2018 compared to 432 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 40% to 29% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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