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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Farrell Louis H Sch administration to hear?
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Enrollment
1,187
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899003779
Farrell Louis H School
8300 Castor Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19152 · (215) 400-3230 · Philadelphia County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,187 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Pennsylvania public elementary 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
73 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
1,150 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 112 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 134 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 142 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 122 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 135 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 129 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 157 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 128 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 128 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (112) is 13% smaller than its 8th grade class (128).
Student demographics
74%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
34.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -5.3pp since 2023
Math
30.3%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.5% | 30.3% |
| 2023-24 | 39.8% | 29.4% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 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 Farrell Louis H School
Farrell Louis H School's state test result (35.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farrell Louis H School this school | 1,187 | 96.9% | 35.4% |
| Decatur Stephen School Philadelphia | 1,028 | 94.0% | 46.4% |
| Holme Thomas School Philadelphia | 850 | 93.2% | 34.6% |
| Fitzpatrick Aloysius L School Philadelphia | 906 | 93.5% | 32.5% |
| Pollock Robert B School Philadelphia | 845 | 88.2% | 36.1% |
| John Hancock Demonstration School Philadelphia | 895 | 85.3% | 45.2% |
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 Farrell Louis H School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #1,117 of 1,396 | #44 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #1,146 of 1,511 ▼ 17 | #44 of 193 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #1,128 of 1,511 ▼ 3 | #54 of 193 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,187 | #16 of 1,638 | #8 of 194 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #1,414 of 1,528 | #160 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.3% | #27 of 1,531 | #6 of 189 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.9% | #508 of 1,600 | #122 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.4% | #269 of 450 | #30 of 48 |
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
1,187
+48 (+4%) vs 2020
+51% since 1990-91, when it was 785
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 1,187 | 73.1 | 16.3:1 | 97% (1,150) |
| 2023-24 | 1,150 | 69.2 | 16.6:1 | 100% (1,150) |
| 2022-23 | 1,102 | 66.4 | 16.6:1 | 100% (1,102) |
| 2020-21 | 1,139 | 63 | 18.1:1 | 100% (1,136) |
| 2017-18 | 1,116 | 53.5 | 20.9:1 | 100% (1,116) |
| 2015-16 | 1,095 | 50 | 21.9:1 | 100% (1,095) |
| 2010-11 | 926 | 58 | 16.0:1 | 56% (514) |
| 2000-01 | 849 | 47 | 18.1:1 | 30% (255) |
| 1990-91 | 785 | 40 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Farrell Louis H School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (1,116 to 1,187); teachers up 37% (53.5 to 73.1).
About Farrell Louis H School
At 8300 Castor Ave in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Farrell Louis H School operates as a large elementary school. The school offers kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 1,187 students. On average, elementary schools in Pennsylvania enroll around 443, and this school is 168% above that mark.
Farrell Louis H School reports to Philadelphia City SD, which has 220 schools and 116,230 students.
The student body at Farrell Louis H School has no majority group. White students lead at 34%. Next come 26% Hispanic, 22% Asian, 15% Black, and 2% multiracial. In Philadelphia County overall, the White share is about 35%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 74%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Farrell Louis H School is 16.3:1, based on 73.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, this school's ratio is higher. Lunch program data show 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Philadelphia County is similar, at 95%.
On the allk12 Grade, Farrell Louis H School lands at C, ahead of 26% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
A school with Farrell Louis H School's lunch-eligibility share in Pennsylvania is predicted to score 36.1%. Farrell Louis H School scores 35.4%, within a point of that line.
For the population of Philadelphia County, median household income comes to about $61,953, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 17% of people live in poverty. Philadelphia County's 309 public schools enroll about 182,005 students and include Farrell Louis H School.
Rhawnhurst School sits about 0.7 miles from Farrell Louis H School. Farrell Louis H School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 35.4% average proficiency ranks 4th among 9 nearby schools.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 1,139 to 1,187, a 4% increase. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 18.1:1 to 16.3:1.
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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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- Rhawnhurst School0.7 mi · 621
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- Pollock Robert B School1.4 mi · 845
- Holme Thomas School1.5 mi · 850
Frequently asked questions
About Farrell Louis H SchoolHow many students attend Farrell Louis H School?
Farrell Louis H School enrolls approximately 1,187 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Farrell Louis H School serve?
Farrell Louis H School serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Farrell Louis H School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Farrell Louis H School is approximately 16.3:1 (73 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Farrell Louis H School?
At Farrell Louis H School, the student body is approximately 34% White, 26% Hispanic, 15% Black, 22% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Farrell Louis H School public or private?
Farrell Louis H 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.