Gideon Edward Sch

Gideon Edward Sch, a close-knit K-5 school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, run under Philadelphia City SD, hosts 221 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 50% below the state mean of about 443.

Gideon Edward Sch is one of 220 schools operated by Philadelphia City SD, a district that serves 116,230 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Gideon Edward Sch logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (91%). The remainder consists of 4% Hispanic, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 39% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Gideon Edward Sch logs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.4:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 95% of students at Gideon Edward Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Gideon Edward Sch is in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 37.1%; Gideon Edward Sch posts 11.2%, -25.8 points below that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Philadelphia County) logs that median household income runs about $61,953, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Philadelphia County runs 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), of which Gideon Edward Sch is one.

Nearest neighbor: Blaine James G Sch, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Gideon Edward Sch at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 10.8%.

Gideon Edward Sch operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gideon Edward Sch has declined 20%, going from 277 students in 2018 to 221 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.

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