Cooke Jay MS

Cooke Jay MS is one of the cozy elementary-level communitys in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, operated by Philadelphia City SD, with 369 students on its rolls from grades K through 8.

Within Philadelphia City SD, which oversees 220 schools and 116,230 students, Cooke Jay MS is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Cooke Jay MS records that nearly all students (80%) are Black; the rest breaks down as 15% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. 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, On paper, Cooke Jay MS has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.9:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 108% of students at Cooke Jay MS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Philadelphia County runs at roughly 95%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Philadelphia County put median household earnings sit near $61,953, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Across Philadelphia County's 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), Cooke Jay MS is one campus in the mix.

Lindley Academy CS at Birney is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cooke Jay MS.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cooke Jay MS has declined 10%, going from 412 students in 2018 to 369 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 8% to 15% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 8.9:1 in 2025.

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