Enrollment
343
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899003786
Dick William School
2498 W Diamond St, Philadelphia, PA 19121 · (215) 400-7340 · Philadelphia County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL343 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
13.9:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
308 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 39 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 53 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 28% smaller than its 8th grade class (53).
Student demographics
19%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
12.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.3pp since 2023
Math
5.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 5 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 12.7% | 5.1% |
| 2023-24 | 19.0% | 3.4% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
10.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-28.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Dick William School
Dick William School's state test result (10.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dick William School this school | 343 | 89.8% | 10.2% |
| Meade Gen George C School Philadelphia | 314 | 88.9% | 10.3% |
| Pittsburgh King K-8 Pittsburgh | 368 | 88.9% | 10.1% |
| Steel Edward School Philadelphia | 379 | 89.2% | 9.6% |
| Lamberton Robert E School Philadelphia | 341 | 95.0% | 9.8% |
| Kelly John B School Philadelphia | 365 | 96.4% | 22.1% |
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 Dick William School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.2% | #1,374 of 1,396 | #147 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.1% | #1,478 of 1,511 ▲ 11 | #171 of 193 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.7% | #1,457 of 1,511 ▼ 46 | #170 of 193 ▼ 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 343 | #1,094 of 1,638 | #135 of 194 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,032 of 1,528 | #102 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.4% | #1,200 of 1,531 | #143 of 189 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.8% | #657 of 1,600 | #170 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.1% | #84 of 1,045 | #45 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
343
-83 (-19%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 466
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 343 | 24.7 | 13.9:1 | 90% (308) |
| 2023-24 | 308 | 25.3 | 12.2:1 | 100% (308) |
| 2022-23 | 356 | 26.1 | 13.6:1 | 100% (356) |
| 2020-21 | 426 | 28 | 15.2:1 | 99% (423) |
| 2017-18 | 513 | 30 | 17.1:1 | 100% (512) |
| 2015-16 | 546 | 31 | 17.6:1 | 100% (546) |
| 2010-11 | 335 | 24 | 14.0:1 | 88% (296) |
| 2000-01 | 249 | 17 | 14.7:1 | 97% (242) |
| 1990-91 | 466 | 30 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dick William School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (513 to 343); teachers down 18% (30 to 24.7).
About Dick William School
Students in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, attend Dick William School, a small elementary school. It is open to students in kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 343 students. It has 23% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania (about 443).
The district, Philadelphia City SD, operates 220 schools serving 116,230 students.
Of every 100 students at Dick William School, about 90 are Black. Smaller groups are 7% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Philadelphia County is roughly 39% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 19, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at Dick William School totals 24.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.9:1. Compared with the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, this school's ratio is higher. Federal data show 90% of students (308) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Dick William School earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 1% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Dick William School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 10.2%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Pennsylvania are predicted to post 39.1%, so the school is 28.9 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
For the population of Philadelphia County, median household income comes to about $61,953, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 17%. Philadelphia County's 309 public schools enroll about 182,005 students and include Dick William School.
Frederick Douglass Mastery CS is about 0.3 miles from Dick William School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Dick William School places 4th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 19%, from 426 to 343. The number of students per teacher dropped from 15.2 to 13.9 over 4 years.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Dick William School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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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- Kelley William D School0.6 mi · 211
- Strawberry Mansion High School0.6 mi · 309
Frequently asked questions
About Dick William SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Dick William School?
Dick William School enrolls approximately 343 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Dick William School serve?
Dick William School serves grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Dick William School?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at Dick William School.
What is the student diversity at Dick William School?
Student demographics at Dick William School are roughly 1% White, 7% Hispanic, 90% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Dick William School in?
Dick William School is part of Philadelphia City SD.
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