Edison HS/Fareira Skills

Set in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Edison HS/Fareira Skills is a mid-tier senior high, overseen by Philadelphia City SD. It serves 983 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 738 students per school, that is 33% bigger than typical.

Philadelphia City SD runs 220 schools in total, collectively educating 116,230 students. Edison HS/Fareira Skills is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Edison HS/Fareira Skills shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 63% of enrollment; the rest reads as 31% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Philadelphia County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Edison HS/Fareira Skills logs 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Edison HS/Fareira Skills higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 90% of students at Edison HS/Fareira Skills qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Edison HS/Fareira Skills falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 38.9%; this one comes in at 14.9%, -24.0 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, Philadelphia County reports that median household income runs about $61,953, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. In all, Philadelphia County runs 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), of which Edison HS/Fareira Skills is one.

The closest other public school is Antonia Pantoja Community CS, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Edison HS/Fareira Skills at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 14.6%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 3%: 1,015 students in 2018 compared to 983 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share decreased from 68% to 63%. Class-load math has widened: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

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