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Enrollment
692
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GLOBAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY CS·NCES 420007300515
Global Leadership Academy CS
4601 Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19131 · (267) 295-5700 · Philadelphia County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL692 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- DTest 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
23.9:1
29 FTE teachers
STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
668 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 | 63 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 76 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 79 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 77 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 18% smaller than its 8th grade class (77).
Student demographics
6%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
20.7%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.2pp since 2023
Math
10.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.7% | 10.2% |
| 2023-24 | 20.5% | 6.3% |
% 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
16.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 36% 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 Global Leadership Academy CS
Global Leadership Academy CS's state test result (16.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Leadership Academy CS this school | 692 | 96.5% | 16.2% |
| Russell Byers CS Philadelphia | 686 | 97.4% | 18.6% |
| Discovery CS Philadelphia | 626 | 99.2% | 20.9% |
| Mastery CS-Harrity Campus Philadelphia | 750 | 99.6% | 30.9% |
| KIPP North Philadelphia CS Philadelphia | 683 | 98.2% | 11.2% |
| KIPP West Philadelphia CS Philadelphia | 848 | 99.6% | 19.2% |
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 Global Leadership Academy CS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.2% | #1,328 of 1,396 | #118 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.2% | #1,415 of 1,511 ▲ 33 | #129 of 193 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.7% | #1,349 of 1,511 ▲ 44 | #116 of 193 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 692 | #146 of 1,638 | #38 of 194 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.9:1 | #1,527 of 1,528 | #188 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.9% | #1,501 of 1,531 | #186 of 189 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.5% | #523 of 1,600 | #124 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.0% | #1,005 of 1,045 | #132 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
692
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
+129% since 2000-01, when it was 302
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
was 22.8:1
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 | 692 | 29 | 23.9:1 | 97% (668) |
| 2023-24 | 668 | 33 | 20.2:1 | 100% (668) |
| 2022-23 | 636 | 32 | 19.9:1 | 99% (631) |
| 2020-21 | 685 | 30 | 22.8:1 | 100% (682) |
| 2017-18 | 699 | 35 | 20.0:1 | 100% (697) |
| 2015-16 | 704 | 36 | 19.6:1 | 100% (704) |
| 2010-11 | 592 | 26 | 22.8:1 | 89% (528) |
| 2000-01 | 302 | 15 | 20.1:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Global Leadership Academy CS.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (699 to 692); teachers down 17% (35 to 29).
About Global Leadership Academy CS
Families in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, are served by Global Leadership Academy CS, a high-enrollment elementary school. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 8, with 692 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 443 students for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Global Leadership Academy CS is its own local education agency in federal data.
By race and ethnicity, Global Leadership Academy CS is 97% Black. The county population is about 39% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 6%.
There are 29 full-time-equivalent teachers at Global Leadership Academy CS, giving a ratio of 23.9:1. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have an average ratio of 13.1:1. By family income, 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Philadelphia County average a similar 95%.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Global Leadership Academy CS outscored 5%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Pennsylvania with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 36.2%. Global Leadership Academy CS posts 16.2%, 20.1 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
In the surrounding county, Philadelphia County, the median household earns about $61,953 a year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 17% of people live in poverty. Philadelphia County has 309 public schools with about 182,005 students, including Global Leadership Academy CS.
Among nearby public schools, Blankenburg Rudolph School is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 19.6%, higher than Global Leadership Academy CS's 16.2%.
Federal data place Global Leadership Academy CS in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Global Leadership Academy CS is a public charter school.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 685 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 692. Students per teacher increased from 22.8 in 2020-21 to 23.9 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Global Leadership Academy CS is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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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Frequently asked questions
About Global Leadership Academy CSWhat is the total enrollment at Global Leadership Academy CS?
Global Leadership Academy CS enrolls approximately 692 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Global Leadership Academy CS serve?
Global Leadership Academy CS serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many teachers does Global Leadership Academy CS have?
Global Leadership Academy CS employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Global Leadership Academy CS?
Student demographics at Global Leadership Academy CS are roughly 2% Hispanic, 97% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Global Leadership Academy CS public or private?
Global Leadership Academy CS is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Global Leadership Academy CS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.