Dunbar Paul L Sch

Dunbar Paul L Sch is an elementary campus of small scale in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, overseen by Philadelphia City SD, caters to 224 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 49% leaner than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Across the 220 schools in Philadelphia City SD (116,230 students total), Dunbar Paul L Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Dunbar Paul L Sch logs that nearly all students (81%) are Black; the rest reads as 11% Hispanic, 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 39% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Dunbar Paul L Sch has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Dunbar Paul L Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 102% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Dunbar Paul L Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 19.0%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Philadelphia County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $61,953 per year, 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), Dunbar Paul L Sch is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Philadelphia Military Academy at Elverson, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dunbar Paul L Sch ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 23.6%.

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

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dunbar Paul L Sch has shrank 17%, going from 270 students in 2018 to 224 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 3% to 11%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 today.

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