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Enrollment
528
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREDERICK DOUGLASS MASTERY CS·NCES 420083007365
Frederick Douglass Mastery CS
2118 West Norris St., Philadelphia, PA 19121 · (267) 443-0673 · Philadelphia County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL528 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of Pennsylvania public elementary 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
33 FTE teachers
STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
525 students
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 55 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 13% larger than its 8th grade class (55).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
13.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -7.2pp since 2023
Math
9.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.3% | 9.2% |
| 2023-24 | 20.5% | 7.5% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
13.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% 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 Frederick Douglass Mastery CS
Frederick Douglass Mastery CS's state test result (13.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick Douglass Mastery CS this school | 528 | 99.4% | 13.6% |
| Mastery CS John Wister Elementary Philadelphia | 506 | 98.4% | 25.0% |
| Guidon S Bluford Elementary School Philadelphia | 476 | 99.4% | 9.1% |
| Mastery CS - Mann Campus Philadelphia | 573 | 97.7% | 24.1% |
| Sharon Hill School Sharon Hill | 552 | 96.2% | 26.9% |
| Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary Philadelphia | 647 | 99.5% | 20.9% |
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 Frederick Douglass Mastery CS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.6% | #1,349 of 1,396 | #133 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.2% | #1,428 of 1,511 ▲ 3 | #136 of 193 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.3% | #1,450 of 1,511 ▼ 55 | #165 of 193 ▼ 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 528 | #454 of 1,638 | #73 of 194 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #1,393 of 1,528 | #153 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.0% | #1,229 of 1,531 | #149 of 189 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #340 of 1,600 | #84 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.5% | #116 of 1,045 | #58 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
528
-177 (-25%) vs 2020
-19% since 2010-11, when it was 655
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 528 | 33 | 16.0:1 | 99% (525) |
| 2023-24 | 556 | 32 | 17.4:1 | 99% (553) |
| 2022-23 | 581 | 37 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 705 | 37 | 19.1:1 | 99% (701) |
| 2017-18 | 749 | 48 | 15.6:1 | 99% (744) |
| 2015-16 | 763 | 56 | 13.6:1 | 86% (658) |
| 2010-11 | 655 | 40 | 16.4:1 | 100% (652) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Frederick Douglass Mastery CS.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (749 to 528); teachers down 31% (48 to 33).
About Frederick Douglass Mastery CS
Frederick Douglass Mastery CS is a medium-sized elementary school in Pennsylvania, located in Philadelphia. The latest federal count shows 528 students in kindergarten through 8.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
Black students are the large majority at Frederick Douglass Mastery CS, with 90% of enrollment. Other groups include 6% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Philadelphia County residents are about 39% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Frederick Douglass Mastery CS belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 18%.
Frederick Douglass Mastery CS employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 16.0:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 13.1:1, lower than at this school. Frederick Douglass Mastery CS's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 99%.
allk12 grades Frederick Douglass Mastery CS an F. 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, Frederick Douglass Mastery CS scores 21.4 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 13.6%; the prediction is 35.0%.
In Philadelphia County (population about 1,579,706), median household income is about $61,953, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Frederick Douglass Mastery CS is one of 309 public schools in Philadelphia County, which together enroll about 182,005 students.
Dick William School is located about 0.3 miles from Frederick Douglass Mastery CS. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Frederick Douglass Mastery CS is 3rd of 8 on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Frederick Douglass Mastery CS is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
The student count in 2024-25 was 528, 25% below the 705 of 2020-21. The number of students per teacher fell from 19.1 to 16.0 over 4 years.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Frederick Douglass Mastery CS covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Frederick Douglass Mastery CSHow large is Frederick Douglass Mastery CS?
Frederick Douglass Mastery CS enrolls approximately 528 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Frederick Douglass Mastery CS serve?
Frederick Douglass Mastery CS serves grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Frederick Douglass Mastery CS have?
Frederick Douglass Mastery CS employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Frederick Douglass Mastery CS?
Student demographics at Frederick Douglass Mastery CS are roughly 1% White, 6% Hispanic, 90% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Frederick Douglass Mastery CS public or private?
Frederick Douglass Mastery CS is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Frederick Douglass Mastery CS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.