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Enrollment
570
High
DISTRICT 689 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899003851
Franklin Benjamin High School
550 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19130 · (215) 400-7600 · Philadelphia County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL570 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
543 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 147 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 141 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 118 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 164 | 29% |
Student demographics
45%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
14.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.5pp since 2023
Math
3.1%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 3 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 14.1% | 3.1% |
| 2023-24 | 17.6% | 4.8% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
8.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-27.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 37% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Franklin Benjamin High School
Franklin Benjamin High School's state test result (8.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Benjamin High School this school | 570 | 95.3% | 8.8% |
| Bartram John - Main Philadelphia | 583 | 90.2% | 14.2% |
| National Constitution Center High School Philadelphia | 421 | 94.8% | 37.7% |
| Mastery CHS-Lenfest Campus Philadelphia | 660 | 96.1% | 31.2% |
| Parkway Center City Middle College Philadelphia | 436 | 97.7% | 65.7% |
| STEM at Showalter Chester | 477 | 91.4% | 18.0% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high 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 Franklin Benjamin High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.8% | #567 of 576 | #54 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 3.1% | #601 of 626 ▼ 17 | #61 of 67 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.1% | #606 of 626 ▼ 1 | #63 of 67 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 570 | #359 of 713 | #37 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #315 of 601 | #12 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.2% | #188 of 604 | #34 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.3% | #217 of 619 | #45 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.8% | #41 of 221 | #11 of 31 |
Ranked against other public high 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
570
+109 (+24%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 1,120
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 570 | 40.7 | 14.0:1 | 95% (543) |
| 2023-24 | 543 | 40 | 13.6:1 | 100% (543) |
| 2022-23 | 466 | 42.5 | 11.0:1 | 100% (466) |
| 2020-21 | 461 | 36 | 12.8:1 | 99% (458) |
| 2017-18 | 484 | 35.6 | 13.6:1 | 100% (484) |
| 2015-16 | 612 | 44 | 13.9:1 | 100% (612) |
| 2010-11 | 678 | 55 | 12.3:1 | 98% (664) |
| 2000-01 | 1,435 | 66 | 21.7:1 | 89% (1,280) |
| 1990-91 | 1,120 | 67 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Benjamin High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (484 to 570); teachers up 14% (35.6 to 40.7).
About Franklin Benjamin High School
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is home to Franklin Benjamin High School, a low-enrollment high school. It educates 570 students in grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Pennsylvania is about 738 students.
Franklin Benjamin High School reports to Philadelphia City SD, which has 220 schools and 116,230 students.
Black students are the majority at Franklin Benjamin High School, with 71% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 19% Hispanic, 4% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Philadelphia County, the Black share is about 39%. The school's diversity index is 45%, meaning two students picked at random have a 45% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teacher staffing is 40.7 full-time equivalents, or about 14.0 students per teacher. On average, high schools in Pennsylvania have 12.8:1, compared with 14.0:1 here. About 95% of students, or 543, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That tracks the 95% average for public schools in Philadelphia County.
The allk12 Grade for Franklin Benjamin High School is F. Compared with Pennsylvania public high schools, the school scored higher than 2% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations places Franklin Benjamin High School in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 27.9 points below it (8.8% actual, 36.8% predicted).
Across Philadelphia County, the median household income is $61,953, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 17% of residents are in poverty. In all, Philadelphia County has 309 public schools and roughly 182,005 students.
Science Leadership Academy is located less than a tenth of a mile from Franklin Benjamin High School. The five-mile area around Franklin Benjamin High School holds at least 8 other public schools. Franklin Benjamin High School comes in 6th of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 109 more students in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.0:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Franklin Benjamin High School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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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- MaST Community CS IICombined · 1,875 students
- First Philadelphia Preparatory CSCombined · 1,831 students
Nearby schools
- Science Leadership Academy0.1 mi · 502
- Franklin LC0.1 mi · 918
- Parkway Center City Middle College0.1 mi · 436
- The SD of Philadelphia Virtual Academy0.2 mi · 913
- Masterman Julia R Sec School0.2 mi · 1,183
- Waring Laura W School0.3 mi · 196
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin Benjamin High SchoolHow many students attend Franklin Benjamin High School?
Franklin Benjamin High School enrolls approximately 570 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Franklin Benjamin High School serve?
Franklin Benjamin High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Franklin Benjamin High School?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at Franklin Benjamin High School.
How diverse is Franklin Benjamin High School?
Franklin Benjamin High School reports a student body of 2% White, 19% Hispanic, 71% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Franklin Benjamin High School in?
Franklin Benjamin High School is part of Philadelphia City SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.