Frankford HS

Frankford HS is one of the average-sized 9-12 campuss in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, overseen by Philadelphia City SD, with 907 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 23% bigger than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 738 students.

Within Philadelphia City SD, which oversees 220 schools and 116,230 students, Frankford HS is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Frankford HS shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 38% Black, 6% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Frankford HS falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 37.0%; this one comes in at 11.5%, -25.5 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, census data for Philadelphia County shows median household income runs about $61,953, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. In all, Philadelphia County runs 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), of which Frankford HS is one.

The Philadelphia CS for Arts and Sciences at HR Edmunds is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Frankford HS comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 17.6%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Frankford HS has showed little movement, going from 923 students in 2018 to 907 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 33% to 48% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.