Emlen Eleanor C Sch

Set in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Emlen Eleanor C Sch is a compact elementary school, part of Philadelphia City SD. It instructs 301 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Emlen Eleanor C Sch sits 32% smaller than that benchmark.

Philadelphia City SD comprises 220 schools with combined enrollment of 116,230 students; Emlen Eleanor C Sch is among them.

In terms of who attends, Emlen Eleanor C Sch records that 87% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder consists of 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 39% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Emlen Eleanor C Sch records 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. An estimated 108% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Philadelphia County's rate of about 95%.

In the broader community, Philadelphia County reports that the typical household earns roughly $61,953 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Across Philadelphia County's 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), Emlen Eleanor C Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: AMY NW, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 28%: 416 students in 2018 compared to 301 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.