Dobson James Sch

Set in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Dobson James Sch is a small K-5 school, run under Philadelphia City SD. It enrolls 229 students across grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 48% smaller than typical.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Dobson James Sch logs that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 29% Black, 13% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 35% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Dobson James Sch ranks in the top 10% of Pennsylvania public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 34.5%; Dobson James Sch posts 52.9%, +18.3 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Philadelphia County shows the typical household earns roughly $61,953 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Across Philadelphia County's 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), Dobson James Sch is one campus in the mix.

Roxborough HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dobson James Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Dobson James Sch at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 55.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dobson James Sch has shrank 15%, going from 269 students in 2018 to 229 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share fell from 33% to 29%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.

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