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How has Forrest Edwin Sch changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
841
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899003764
Forrest Edwin School
7300 Cottage St, Philadelphia, PA 19136 · (215) 400-3330 · Philadelphia County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL841 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
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
17.5:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
819 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 | 33 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 130 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 130 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 144 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 123 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 147 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 134 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (130) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (134).
Student demographics
66%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
22.1%
PA avg 51.1% . +1.5pp since 2023
Math
14.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.1% | 14.5% |
| 2023-24 | 20.6% | 14.5% |
% 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
21.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% 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 Forrest Edwin School
Forrest Edwin School's state test result (21.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forrest Edwin School this school | 841 | 97.4% | 21.7% |
| Disston Hamilton School Philadelphia | 737 | 99.9% | 13.8% |
| Allen Ethan School Philadelphia | 957 | 95.3% | 16.8% |
| Isaac Tripp Elementary School Scranton | 710 | 94.5% | 29.4% |
| Clear Run Intrmd School Tobyhanna | 919 | 99.2% | 35.7% |
| Marshall Street Elementary School Norristown | 585 | 96.8% | 35.5% |
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 Forrest Edwin School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #1,272 of 1,396 | #90 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.5% | #1,357 of 1,511 ▼ 28 | #94 of 193 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #1,324 of 1,511 ▲ 67 | #104 of 193 ▲ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 841 | #63 of 1,638 | #24 of 194 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #1,488 of 1,528 | #177 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.2% | #181 of 1,531 | #38 of 189 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.4% | #483 of 1,600 | #116 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.7% | #103 of 1,045 | #52 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
841
-225 (-21%) vs 2020
+55% since 1990-91, when it was 541
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 841 | 48.1 | 17.5:1 | 97% (819) |
| 2023-24 | 819 | 53.3 | 15.4:1 | 100% (819) |
| 2022-23 | 799 | 55.8 | 14.3:1 | 100% (799) |
| 2020-21 | 1,066 | 63 | 16.9:1 | 100% (1,063) |
| 2017-18 | 1,213 | 57.9 | 21.0:1 | 100% (1,213) |
| 2015-16 | 1,171 | 46 | 25.5:1 | 100% (1,171) |
| 2010-11 | 1,151 | 57 | 20.2:1 | 76% (878) |
| 2000-01 | 727 | 39 | 18.6:1 | 44% (317) |
| 1990-91 | 541 | 32 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Forrest Edwin School.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (1,213 to 841); teachers down 17% (57.9 to 48.1).
About Forrest Edwin School
A large elementary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Forrest Edwin School is part of Philadelphia City SD. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 841 students. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have about 443 students on average; enrollment here is 90% higher.
Philadelphia City SD counts 220 schools and 116,230 students, including Forrest Edwin School.
The student body at Forrest Edwin School is 51% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 24% Black, 12% White, 8% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Philadelphia County's residents are about 16% Hispanic, 35 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 66% means there is a 66% chance two randomly chosen students at Forrest Edwin School are from different groups.
Forrest Edwin School reports a ratio of 17.5 students per teacher, from 48.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 17.5:1 compares with an average of 13.1:1 for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Lunch program data show 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is in line with the 95% average for public schools in Philadelphia County.
Forrest Edwin School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 10% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 35.9% for Forrest Edwin School. The school posts 21.7%, 14.2 points below the prediction.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Philadelphia County show that median household income comes to about $61,953, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 17%. The county's public schools total 309, with about 182,005 students.
Keystone Academy CS is the nearest public school to Forrest Edwin School, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Forrest Edwin School is 8th of 9 on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 841, from 1,066 in 2020-21.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Northeast High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 2,472 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 2,329 students
- Northeast Community Propel AcademyElementary · 1,783 students
- 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
- Keystone Academy CS0.6 mi · 642
- New Foundations CS0.6 mi · 1,529
- Disston Hamilton School0.7 mi · 737
- Lincoln High School0.7 mi · 2,472
- Northeast Community Propel Academy0.9 mi · 1,783
- Brown Joseph School0.9 mi · 441
Frequently asked questions
About Forrest Edwin SchoolHow many students attend Forrest Edwin School?
Forrest Edwin School enrolls approximately 841 students in grades PK-05.
Is Forrest Edwin School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Forrest Edwin School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Forrest Edwin School?
Approximately 17.5:1 students per teacher at Forrest Edwin School.
How diverse is Forrest Edwin School?
Forrest Edwin School reports a student body of 12% White, 51% Hispanic, 24% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Forrest Edwin School in?
Forrest Edwin School is part of Philadelphia City SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.