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Enrollment
906
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899003781
Fitzpatrick Aloysius L School
11061 Knights Rd, Philadelphia, PA 19154 · (215) 400-3060 · Philadelphia County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL906 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% 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
17.2:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
847 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 | 64 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 102 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 88 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 95 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 66 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 55% larger than its 8th grade class (66).
Student demographics
76%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
33.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -7.3pp since 2023
Math
23.1%
PA avg 43.0% . -3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.2% | 23.1% |
| 2023-24 | 40.5% | 26.8% |
% 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
32.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Fitzpatrick Aloysius L School
Fitzpatrick Aloysius L School's state test result (32.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fitzpatrick Aloysius L School this school | 906 | 93.5% | 32.5% |
| Holme Thomas School Philadelphia | 850 | 93.2% | 34.6% |
| Decatur Stephen School Philadelphia | 1,028 | 94.0% | 46.4% |
| John Hancock Demonstration School Philadelphia | 895 | 85.3% | 45.2% |
| North Side Elementary School Harrisburg | 722 | 97.6% | 55.4% |
| Pittsburgh Colfax K-8 Pittsburgh | 789 | 93.9% | 66.6% |
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 Fitzpatrick Aloysius L School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #1,144 of 1,396 | #52 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #1,252 of 1,511 ▼ 76 | #64 of 193 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.2% | #1,144 of 1,511 ▼ 30 | #55 of 193 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 906 | #43 of 1,638 | #16 of 194 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #1,472 of 1,528 | #173 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.6% | #16 of 1,531 | #3 of 189 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.5% | #608 of 1,600 | #150 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.3% | #272 of 450 | #31 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
906
+102 (+13%) vs 2020
+55% since 1990-91, when it was 586
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 906 | 52.6 | 17.2:1 | 93% (847) |
| 2023-24 | 847 | 49.7 | 17.0:1 | 100% (847) |
| 2022-23 | 821 | 48.7 | 16.9:1 | 100% (821) |
| 2020-21 | 804 | 46 | 17.5:1 | 100% (801) |
| 2017-18 | 852 | 48.2 | 17.7:1 | 100% (851) |
| 2015-16 | 942 | 49 | 19.2:1 | 100% (942) |
| 2010-11 | 825 | 48 | 17.2:1 | 43% (358) |
| 2000-01 | 673 | 32 | 21.0:1 | 45% (306) |
| 1990-91 | 586 | 30 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fitzpatrick Aloysius L School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (852 to 906); teachers up 9% (48.2 to 52.6).
About Fitzpatrick Aloysius L School
This page covers Fitzpatrick Aloysius L School, a large elementary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Enrolled students number 906 students, in pre-K through 8. Statewide, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 443 students each.
The district, Philadelphia City SD, operates 220 schools serving 116,230 students.
White students form the largest group at Fitzpatrick Aloysius L School, 35% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 24% Black, 18% Hispanic, 15% Asian, and 7% multiracial. The White share in Philadelphia County as a whole is similar, at about 35%. The chance that two students picked at random at Fitzpatrick Aloysius L School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 76%.
At Fitzpatrick Aloysius L School, 52.6 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 17.2:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average 13.1:1. Roughly 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That is close to the 95% average for public schools in Philadelphia County.
allk12 grades Fitzpatrick Aloysius L School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with Pennsylvania schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Fitzpatrick Aloysius L School's results are 5.0 points below predicted: 32.5% against 37.5%.
Within Philadelphia County, median household income is about $61,953, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 17% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 309 public schools in Philadelphia County, with a combined enrollment of about 182,005.
The nearest public school is Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush, at about 0.2 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Fitzpatrick Aloysius L School is 6th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Fitzpatrick Aloysius L School in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 13%, from 804 to 906.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Philadelphia City SD
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- Central High SchoolHigh · 2,329 students
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- Mayfair SchoolElementary · 1,763 students
- Washington George High SchoolHigh · 1,755 students
Other schools in Philadelphia
- Northeast High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
- Philadelphia Performing Arts CSCombined · 2,572 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 2,472 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 2,329 students
- MaST Community CS IICombined · 1,875 students
- First Philadelphia Preparatory CSCombined · 1,831 students
Nearby schools
- Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush0.2 mi · 599
- Decatur Stephen School1.1 mi · 1,028
- John Hancock Demonstration School1.1 mi · 895
- Cornwells Elementary School1.3 mi · 556
- School Lane CS1.5 mi · 1,378
- Swenson Arts and Technology High School2.2 mi · 805
Frequently asked questions
About Fitzpatrick Aloysius L SchoolHow large is Fitzpatrick Aloysius L School?
Fitzpatrick Aloysius L School enrolls approximately 906 students in grades PK-08.
Is Fitzpatrick Aloysius L School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fitzpatrick Aloysius L School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fitzpatrick Aloysius L School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fitzpatrick Aloysius L School is approximately 17.2:1 (53 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fitzpatrick Aloysius L School?
At Fitzpatrick Aloysius L School, the student body is approximately 35% White, 18% Hispanic, 24% Black, 15% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Fitzpatrick Aloysius L School public or private?
Fitzpatrick Aloysius L 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.