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Enrollment
547
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899003642
Fanny Jackson Coppin School
1213 S 12th St, Philadelphia, PA 19147 · (215) 400-7970 · Philadelphia County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL547 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
537 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 28 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 40 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 44 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 32% larger than its 8th grade class (44).
Student demographics
70%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
63.4%
PA avg 51.1% . +2.4pp since 2023
Math
59.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +5.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.4% | 59.6% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 54.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
59.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 36% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Fanny Jackson Coppin School
Fanny Jackson Coppin School's state test result (59.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fanny Jackson Coppin School this school | 547 | 98.2% | 59.3% |
| Shawnee Elementary School Easton | 567 | 98.8% | 64.5% |
| Tobyhanna El Center Pocono Pines | 551 | 99.5% | 55.9% |
| Rohrerstown Elementary School Lancaster | 457 | 97.4% | 69.2% |
| Dana El Center Forty Fort | 626 | 95.8% | 40.2% |
| Montessori Regional CS Erie | 626 | 97.9% | 32.2% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Fanny Jackson Coppin School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #614 of 1,396 | #10 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #544 of 1,511 ▲ 98 | #9 of 193 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #349 of 1,511 ▲ 244 | #11 of 193 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 547 | #399 of 1,638 | #70 of 194 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #1,440 of 1,528 | #163 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.6% | #109 of 1,531 | #26 of 189 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.2% | #451 of 1,600 | #110 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.1% | #692 of 1,045 | #114 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
547
-20 (-4%) vs 2020
+45% since 1990-91, when it was 376
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 547 | 32.8 | 16.7:1 | 98% (537) |
| 2023-24 | 537 | 37.2 | 14.4:1 | 100% (537) |
| 2022-23 | 520 | 35 | 14.9:1 | 100% (520) |
| 2020-21 | 567 | 36 | 15.8:1 | 99% (564) |
| 2017-18 | 602 | 35.5 | 17.0:1 | 100% (602) |
| 2015-16 | 543 | 30 | 18.1:1 | 100% (543) |
| 2010-11 | 372 | 28 | 13.3:1 | 90% (336) |
| 2000-01 | 304 | 23 | 13.2:1 | 88% (266) |
| 1990-91 | 376 | 27 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fanny Jackson Coppin School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (602 to 547); teachers down 8% (35.5 to 32.8).
About Fanny Jackson Coppin School
Fanny Jackson Coppin School is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school serves 547 students in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is roughly 443 students; this school is 23% bigger than that.
Federal data list 220 schools in Philadelphia City SD, with 116,230 students enrolled.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Fanny Jackson Coppin School is White (46%). Other students are 25% Hispanic, 12% Black, 12% multiracial, and 6% Asian. That is higher than the 35% White share among all Philadelphia County residents. By the diversity index, Fanny Jackson Coppin School comes in at 70%.
The school reports 32.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 16.7 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average 13.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 98% of students.
allk12 grades Fanny Jackson Coppin School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Fanny Jackson Coppin School beats its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 23.8 points (59.3% versus 35.5%), a top-10% result in Pennsylvania on BeatsExpectations.
According to the American Community Survey, in Philadelphia County, median household income is about $61,953, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 309 public schools operate in Philadelphia County, serving about 182,005 students.
Nearest public school: Christopher Columbus CS, about 0.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Fanny Jackson Coppin School ranks 2nd of 9 on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Fanny Jackson Coppin School had 567 students in 2020-21 and 547 in 2024-25, a 4% decrease.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Fanny Jackson Coppin School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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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Frequently asked questions
About Fanny Jackson Coppin SchoolHow many students attend Fanny Jackson Coppin School?
Fanny Jackson Coppin School enrolls approximately 547 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Fanny Jackson Coppin School serve?
Fanny Jackson Coppin School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Fanny Jackson Coppin School have?
Fanny Jackson Coppin School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Fanny Jackson Coppin School?
Student demographics at Fanny Jackson Coppin School are roughly 46% White, 25% Hispanic, 12% Black, 6% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Fanny Jackson Coppin School public or private?
Fanny Jackson Coppin School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Philadelphia City SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.