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What's the most underrated thing about Creative and Performing Arts that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
643
High
DISTRICT 689 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899006996
Creative and Performing Arts
901 S Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19147 · (215) 400-8140 · Philadelphia County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL643 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- BTest 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
31.6:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
102%
654 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 146 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 137 | 21% |
| Grade 11 | 186 | 29% |
| Grade 12 | 174 | 27% |
Student demographics
66%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
84.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.4pp since 2023
Math
37.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.1% | 37.2% |
| 2023-24 | 85.5% | 35.8% |
% 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
55.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% 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 21 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 →
Where Creative and Performing Arts ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #227 of 576 | #11 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #327 of 626 ▲ 7 | #12 of 67 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.1% | #43 of 626 ▲ 3 | #8 of 67 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 643 | #308 of 713 | #25 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 31.6:1 | #598 of 601 | #63 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.5% | #48 of 604 | #15 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 102% | #81 of 619 | #15 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.5% | #217 of 373 | #21 of 35 |
Ranked against other public high 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
643
-101 (-14%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 575
Student : Teacher
31.6:1
was 28.6:1
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 | 643 | 20.4 | 31.6:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 654 | 36.7 | 17.8:1 | 100% (654) |
| 2022-23 | 743 | 37.9 | 19.6:1 | 100% (743) |
| 2020-21 | 744 | 26 | 28.6:1 | 100% (741) |
| 2017-18 | 703 | 28.1 | 25.1:1 | 100% (703) |
| 2015-16 | 707 | 31 | 22.8:1 | 100% (707) |
| 2010-11 | 682 | 43 | 15.9:1 | 100% (679) |
| 2000-01 | 658 | 38 | 17.3:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 575 | 38 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Creative and Performing Arts.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (703 to 643); teachers down 27% (28.1 to 20.4).
About Creative and Performing Arts
Creative and Performing Arts is a high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it is part of Philadelphia City SD. It reported 643 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25.
Creative and Performing Arts is part of Philadelphia City SD, where 220 schools serve 116,230 students.
At Creative and Performing Arts, 50% of students are Black. Other students are 27% White, 12% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 5% multiracial. That is higher than the 39% Black share among all Philadelphia County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.
Creative and Performing Arts has a student-to-teacher ratio of 31.6:1, with 20.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Pennsylvania, 12.8:1, is lower.
Among Pennsylvania public high schools, Creative and Performing Arts outscored 81%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Pennsylvania with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 34.0%. Creative and Performing Arts posts 55.1%, 21.1 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
In the wider Philadelphia County area, 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%. Creative and Performing Arts shares Philadelphia County with 308 other public schools.
Creative and Performing Arts is about 0.2 miles from Universal Institute CS, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 55.1% is above the 50.1% average for nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Creative and Performing Arts as City: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 14%, from 744 to 643. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 28.6:1 to 31.6:1.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Philadelphia City SD
- Northeast High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 2,472 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 2,329 students
- Northeast Community Propel AcademyElementary · 1,783 students
- Mayfair SchoolElementary · 1,763 students
- Washington George High SchoolHigh · 1,755 students
Other schools in Philadelphia
- Northeast High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
- Philadelphia Performing Arts CSCombined · 2,572 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 2,472 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 2,329 students
- MaST Community CS IICombined · 1,875 students
- First Philadelphia Preparatory CSCombined · 1,831 students
Nearby schools
- Universal Institute CS0.2 mi · 597
- Academy at Palumbo0.2 mi · 1,225
- Stanton Edwin M School0.3 mi · 329
- Fanny Jackson Coppin School0.3 mi · 547
- Christopher Columbus CS0.4 mi · 829
- Independence CS0.4 mi · 796
Frequently asked questions
About Creative and Performing ArtsWhat is the total enrollment at Creative and Performing Arts?
Creative and Performing Arts enrolls approximately 643 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Creative and Performing Arts serve?
Creative and Performing Arts serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Creative and Performing Arts?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Creative and Performing Arts is approximately 31.6:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Creative and Performing Arts?
Student demographics at Creative and Performing Arts are roughly 27% White, 12% Hispanic, 50% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Creative and Performing Arts public or private?
Creative and Performing Arts is a public K-12 school, overseen by Philadelphia City SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.