Freire CS

Set in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Freire CS is a mid-tier 9-12 campus, part of Freire CS. It enrolls 1,024 students across grades 5 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 39% bigger than the state mean of about 738.

Freire CS sits inside Freire CS, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Freire CS lists that 90% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Philadelphia County as a whole is about 39% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Freire CS higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 93% of students at Freire CS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Freire CS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.9%.

Around the school, census data for Philadelphia County shows the typical household earns roughly $61,953 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Across Philadelphia County's 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), Freire CS is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Greenfield Albert M Sch, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Freire CS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Freire CS at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 40.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. As a public charter, Freire CS runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Freire CS's enrollment has climbed 5% since 2018, when it stood at 977 (now 1,024). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.