Folk Arts-Cultural Treasures CS

Folk Arts-Cultural Treasures CS is a primary school of mid-tier scale in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, run under Folk Arts-Cultural Treasures CS, enrolling 501 students in grades K through 8.

Folk Arts-Cultural Treasures CS sits inside Folk Arts-Cultural Treasures CS, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Demographically, Folk Arts-Cultural Treasures CS shows that Asian students make up the majority at 71%. Beyond that, the school lists 9% White, 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 8% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Roughly 99% of students at Folk Arts-Cultural Treasures CS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Folk Arts-Cultural Treasures CS ranks in the top 10% of Pennsylvania public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 35.3%; Folk Arts-Cultural Treasures CS posts 62.3%, +27.0 points above that line.

Across the wider county, Philadelphia County reports that median household income runs about $61,953, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Folk Arts-Cultural Treasures CS is one of 309 public schools in Philadelphia County (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students).

The closest other public school is Parkway Center City Middle College, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Folk Arts-Cultural Treasures CS ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 52.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area. Folk Arts-Cultural Treasures CS is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Folk Arts-Cultural Treasures CS has remained close to its prior level, going from 505 students in 2018 to 501 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 14% to 6% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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