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Enrollment
432
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899005122
Cook-Wissahickon School
201 E Salaignac St, Philadelphia, PA 19128 · (215) 400-3430 · Philadelphia County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL432 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
14.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
412 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 42 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 49 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 10% smaller than its 8th grade class (49).
Student demographics
70%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
63.9%
PA avg 51.1% . +9.5pp since 2023
Math
51.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +8.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.9% | 51.8% |
| 2023-24 | 54.4% | 43.2% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
54.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 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 Cook-Wissahickon School
Cook-Wissahickon School's state test result (54.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cook-Wissahickon School this school | 432 | 95.4% | 54.1% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Erie | 447 | 98.0% | 15.9% |
| Ringing Rocks Elementary School Pottstown | 383 | 98.4% | N/A |
| Homeville Elementary School West Mifflin | 424 | 90.6% | 49.1% |
| Bellevue Elementary School Pittsburgh | 348 | 94.0% | 50.0% |
| Central Elementary School Beaver Falls | 466 | 97.9% | 41.1% |
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 Cook-Wissahickon School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #757 of 1,396 | #14 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #756 of 1,511 ▲ 145 | #15 of 193 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #328 of 1,511 ▲ 459 | #10 of 193 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 432 | #750 of 1,638 | #102 of 194 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #1,066 of 1,528 | #105 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.0% | #97 of 1,531 | #23 of 189 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.4% | #557 of 1,600 | #133 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.5% | #829 of 1,045 | #118 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
432
-31 (-7%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 471
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 432 | 30.9 | 14.0:1 | 95% (412) |
| 2023-24 | 412 | 28.5 | 14.4:1 | 100% (412) |
| 2022-23 | 442 | 33.7 | 13.1:1 | 100% (442) |
| 2020-21 | 463 | 32 | 14.5:1 | 99% (460) |
| 2017-18 | 457 | 29.2 | 15.7:1 | 100% (457) |
| 2015-16 | 453 | 28 | 16.2:1 | 100% (453) |
| 2010-11 | 465 | 33 | 14.1:1 | 92% (427) |
| 2000-01 | 334 | 29 | 11.5:1 | 88% (295) |
| 1990-91 | 471 | 34 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cook-Wissahickon School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (457 to 432); teachers up 6% (29.2 to 30.9).
About Cook-Wissahickon School
The public elementary school Cook-Wissahickon School is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Classes run from pre-K through 8, and the school has 432 students.
Philadelphia City SD is the district for Cook-Wissahickon School. It has 220 schools and 116,230 students.
White students are the largest group at Cook-Wissahickon School, with 42% of enrollment. Other reported shares: 29% Black, 14% Hispanic, and 12% multiracial. Cook-Wissahickon School has a diversity index of 70%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1 at Cook-Wissahickon School, with 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the typical ratio is 13.1:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 95% of enrollment. Across public schools in Philadelphia County, the average is about the same, 95%.
Cook-Wissahickon School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 65% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Cook-Wissahickon School beats its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 17.4 points (54.1% versus 36.7%), a top-10% result in Pennsylvania on BeatsExpectations.
In the county around the school, Philadelphia County, median household income is about $61,953, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 17%. A total of 309 public schools operate in Philadelphia County, serving about 182,005 students.
Nearest public school: Mifflin Thomas School, about 1.0 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Cook-Wissahickon School is 3rd of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Under the NCES locale system, Cook-Wissahickon School is City: Large.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 432 was 7% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 463.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Cook-Wissahickon School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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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Nearby schools
- Mifflin Thomas School1.0 mi · 393
- Roxborough High School1.3 mi · 613
- Lingelbach Anna L School1.4 mi · 363
- Dobson James School1.4 mi · 229
- Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS1.4 mi · 574
- Mastery CS-Pickett Campus1.5 mi · 929
Frequently asked questions
About Cook-Wissahickon SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cook-Wissahickon School?
Cook-Wissahickon School enrolls approximately 432 students in grades PK-08.
Is Cook-Wissahickon School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cook-Wissahickon School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Cook-Wissahickon School have?
Cook-Wissahickon School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Cook-Wissahickon School?
Student demographics at Cook-Wissahickon School are roughly 42% White, 14% Hispanic, 29% Black, 2% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Cook-Wissahickon School in?
Cook-Wissahickon School is part of Philadelphia City SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.