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Which teacher or staff member at Duckrey Tanner Sch deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
418
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899005040
Duckrey Tanner School
1501 W Diamond St, Philadelphia, PA 19121 · (215) 400-7350 · Philadelphia County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL418 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
12.9:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
101%
422 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 43 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 44 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 43 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (43).
Student demographics
14%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
18.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.4pp since 2023
Math
9.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.2% | 9.1% |
| 2023-24 | 19.6% | 8.9% |
% 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
14.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% 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 →
Where Duckrey Tanner School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.6% | #1,338 of 1,396 | #124 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.1% | #1,430 of 1,511 ▼ 22 | #138 of 193 ▼ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.2% | #1,381 of 1,511 ▲ 27 | #130 of 193 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 418 | #806 of 1,638 | #105 of 194 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #745 of 1,528 | #87 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.4% | #1,319 of 1,531 | #162 of 189 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 101% | #261 of 1,600 | #66 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.7% | #48 of 1,045 | #28 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
418
-118 (-22%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 728
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 418 | 32.3 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 422 | 34.3 | 12.3:1 | 100% (422) |
| 2022-23 | 436 | 31.2 | 14.0:1 | 100% (436) |
| 2020-21 | 536 | 30 | 17.9:1 | 99% (533) |
| 2017-18 | 660 | 35 | 18.9:1 | 100% (658) |
| 2015-16 | 618 | 33 | 18.7:1 | 100% (618) |
| 2010-11 | 434 | 26 | 16.7:1 | 82% (356) |
| 2000-01 | 432 | 29 | 14.9:1 | 96% (415) |
| 1990-91 | 728 | 37 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Duckrey Tanner School.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (660 to 418); teachers down 8% (35 to 32.3).
About Duckrey Tanner School
This page covers Duckrey Tanner School, a mid-sized elementary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school covers kindergarten through 8 and reported 418 students in 2024-25.
Philadelphia City SD is the district for Duckrey Tanner School. It has 220 schools and 116,230 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Duckrey Tanner School is Black, at 92%. It is also 6% Hispanic. Philadelphia County's residents are about 39% Black, 53 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 14%.
The school has 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 12.9 students per teacher. The 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is close to this figure.
Duckrey Tanner School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 5% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
A school in Pennsylvania with Duckrey Tanner School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 34.3%. Duckrey Tanner School scores 14.6%.
The county, Philadelphia County, is where the school is located. 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%. The county has 309 public schools and about 182,005 students.
Measured in a straight line, HS of Engineering & Science is about 0.2 miles from Duckrey Tanner School. The five-mile area around Duckrey Tanner School holds at least 8 other public schools. Duckrey Tanner School comes in 5th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 118 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Students per teacher dropped from 17.9 in 2020-21 to 12.9 in 2024-25.
You can use this page to share news and ask questions about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. 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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Other schools in Philadelphia
- Northeast High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
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- Central High SchoolHigh · 2,329 students
- MaST Community CS IICombined · 1,875 students
- First Philadelphia Preparatory CSCombined · 1,831 students
Nearby schools
- HS of Engineering & Science0.2 mi · 851
- TECH Freire CS0.2 mi · 541
- Philadelphia Military Academy at Elverson0.2 mi · 273
- YouthBuild Phila CS0.3 mi · 271
- KIPP North Philadelphia CS0.5 mi · 683
- KIPP Philadelphia CS0.5 mi · 861
Frequently asked questions
About Duckrey Tanner SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Duckrey Tanner School?
Duckrey Tanner School enrolls approximately 418 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Duckrey Tanner School serve?
Duckrey Tanner School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many teachers does Duckrey Tanner School have?
Duckrey Tanner School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Duckrey Tanner School?
Student demographics at Duckrey Tanner School are roughly 0% White, 6% Hispanic, 92% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Duckrey Tanner School?
Duckrey Tanner School is overseen by Philadelphia City SD in Philadelphia County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.