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What's something Finletter Thomas K Sch does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
607
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899003739
Finletter Thomas K School
6101 N Front St, Philadelphia, PA 19120 · (215) 400-3750 · Philadelphia County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL607 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
12.2:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
104%
632 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 | 64 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 66 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (66).
Student demographics
48%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
24.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.5pp since 2023
Math
16.3%
PA avg 43.0% . +8.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.8% | 16.3% |
| 2023-24 | 26.3% | 7.6% |
% 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
20.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 →
Where Finletter Thomas K School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.3% | #1,290 of 1,396 | #97 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.3% | #1,337 of 1,511 ▲ 92 | #85 of 193 ▲ 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #1,281 of 1,511 ▲ 48 | #92 of 193 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 607 | #257 of 1,638 | #56 of 194 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #514 of 1,528 | #69 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.4% | #573 of 1,531 | #81 of 189 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 104% | #142 of 1,600 | #40 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.1% | #439 of 1,045 | #97 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
607
-74 (-11%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 749
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
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 | 607 | 49.6 | 12.2:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 632 | 42.8 | 14.8:1 | 100% (632) |
| 2022-23 | 616 | 40.3 | 15.3:1 | 100% (616) |
| 2020-21 | 681 | 43 | 15.8:1 | 100% (678) |
| 2017-18 | 715 | 38.1 | 18.8:1 | 100% (714) |
| 2015-16 | 807 | 38 | 21.2:1 | 100% (807) |
| 2010-11 | 912 | 47 | 19.4:1 | 76% (689) |
| 2000-01 | 1,239 | 69 | 18.0:1 | 32% (394) |
| 1990-91 | 749 | 35 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Finletter Thomas K School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (715 to 607); teachers up 30% (38.1 to 49.6).
About Finletter Thomas K School
At 6101 N Front St in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Finletter Thomas K School operates as a mid-sized elementary school. Its enrollment is 607 students, spread over pre-K through 8. That compares with an average of about 443 students for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Finletter Thomas K School reports to Philadelphia City SD, which has 220 schools and 116,230 students.
The largest group at Finletter Thomas K School is Black students, at 69%. Enrollment also includes 20% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Philadelphia County, the Black share is about 39%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Finletter Thomas K School scores 48%.
Teacher count: 49.6 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.2:1. Across elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is 13.1:1.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Finletter Thomas K School outscored 10%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Finletter Thomas K School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 20.3%, compared with a predicted 33.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census data for Philadelphia County show the median household earns about $61,953 a year, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Finletter Thomas K School, Philadelphia County has 309 public schools.
Finletter Thomas K School is about 0.3 miles from ASPIRA Bilingual Cyber CS, its nearest public school. Finletter Thomas K School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Finletter Thomas K School at 4th of 6.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 607, compared with 681 in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 15.8:1 to 12.2:1.
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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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Frequently asked questions
About Finletter Thomas K SchoolHow large is Finletter Thomas K School?
Finletter Thomas K School enrolls approximately 607 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Finletter Thomas K School serve?
Finletter Thomas K School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Finletter Thomas K School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Finletter Thomas K School is approximately 12.2:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Finletter Thomas K School?
At Finletter Thomas K School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 20% Hispanic, 69% Black, 7% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Finletter Thomas K School public or private?
Finletter Thomas K School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Philadelphia City SD.
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