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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Esperanza Academy CS this year?
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Enrollment
1,637
Combined
STATE 1,819
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ESPERANZA ACADEMY CS·NCES 420007600552
Esperanza Academy CS
301 W Hunting Park Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19140 · (215) 457-3667 · Philadelphia County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,637 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of Pennsylvania public K-12 schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
126 FTE teachers
STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
1,470 students
STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 24 | 1% |
| Grade 1 | 26 | 2% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 3% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 3% |
| Grade 6 | 233 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 236 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 232 | 14% |
| Grade 9 | 235 | 14% |
| Grade 10 | 204 | 12% |
| Grade 11 | 177 | 11% |
| Grade 12 | 176 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (24) is 90% smaller than its 8th grade class (232).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
23.9%
PA avg 51.1% . +5.6pp since 2023
Math
5.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 5 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.9% | 5.2% |
| 2023-24 | 18.3% | 4.4% |
% 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
18.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% 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 →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,637
-23 (-1%) vs 2020
+706% since 2000-01, when it was 203
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 1,637 | 126.2 | 13.0:1 | 90% (1,470) |
| 2023-24 | 1,641 | 115.8 | 14.2:1 | 90% (1,470) |
| 2022-23 | 1,628 | 116.2 | 14.0:1 | 85% (1,391) |
| 2020-21 | 1,660 | 108 | 15.4:1 | 100% (1,657) |
| 2017-18 | 1,558 | 96.5 | 16.1:1 | 96% (1,497) |
| 2015-16 | 1,421 | 81 | 17.5:1 | 92% (1,310) |
| 2010-11 | 727 | 50 | 14.5:1 | 82% (598) |
| 2000-01 | 203 | 12 | 16.9:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Esperanza Academy CS.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (1,558 to 1,637); teachers up 31% (96.5 to 126.2).
About Esperanza Academy CS
Esperanza Academy CS is a medium-sized combined-grade school that serves part of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school enrolls 1,637 students, from kindergarten through 12.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
Most students at Esperanza Academy CS are Hispanic: 92% of enrollment. Smaller groups are 5% Black and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Philadelphia County is roughly 16% Hispanic. Esperanza Academy CS has a diversity index of 15%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at Esperanza Academy CS is 126.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 13.0:1. The average ratio among combined schools in Pennsylvania is 15.5:1, higher than at this school. About 90% of students, or 1,470, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
The allk12 Grade for Esperanza Academy CS is C-. Compared with Pennsylvania public K-12 schools, the school scored higher than 16% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Esperanza Academy CS is in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools: 18.9% actual against 39.1% predicted.
Philadelphia County has these Census figures: median household income is about $61,953, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 17%. Esperanza Academy CS is among the 309 public schools in Philadelphia County.
The school nearest to Esperanza Academy CS is Esperanza Cyber CS, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Esperanza Academy CS ranks 2nd in a group of 7 nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, Esperanza Academy CS is City: Large. Esperanza Academy CS holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 1,660 in 2020-21, 1,637 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.4:1 in 2020-21 to 13.0:1 in 2024-25.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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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- Esperanza Cyber CS0.1 mi · 979
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Frequently asked questions
About Esperanza Academy CSWhat is the total enrollment at Esperanza Academy CS?
Esperanza Academy CS enrolls approximately 1,637 students in grades KG-12.
Is Esperanza Academy CS an elementary, middle, or high school?
Esperanza Academy CS is a combined-grade school covering grades KG-12.
How many students per teacher at Esperanza Academy CS?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at Esperanza Academy CS.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Esperanza Academy CS?
At Esperanza Academy CS, the student body is approximately 0% White, 92% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Esperanza Academy CS public or private?
Esperanza Academy CS is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Esperanza Academy CS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.