Enrollment
476
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899010043
Guidon S Bluford El Sch
5720 Media St, Philadelphia, PA 19131 · (215) 400-9170 · Philadelphia County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL476 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
473 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
15.3%
PA avg 51.1% . +3.5pp since 2023
Math
6.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
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
9.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-25.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% 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 →
About Guidon S Bluford El Sch
Set in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Guidon S Bluford El Sch is a mid-sized K-5 school, operated by Philadelphia City SD. It instructs 476 students across grades K through 8.
Guidon S Bluford El Sch is one of 220 schools operated by Philadelphia City SD, a district that enrolls 116,230 students overall.
In terms of who attends, Guidon S Bluford El Sch logs that nearly all students (90%) are Black; the rest consists of 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 39% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.
On the resource side, The school currently runs with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Guidon S Bluford El Sch is in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 35.0%; Guidon S Bluford El Sch posts 9.1%, -25.9 points below that line.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Philadelphia County shows median household income runs about $61,953, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Guidon S Bluford El Sch is one of 309 public schools in Philadelphia County (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students).
The closest other public school is Mastery CS - Shoemaker Campus, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Guidon S Bluford El Sch. On composite proficiency, Guidon S Bluford El Sch comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 21.5%.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Philadelphia City SD
- Northeast HSHigh · 3,463 students
- Lincoln HSHigh · 2,472 students
- Central HSHigh · 2,329 students
- Northeast Community Propel AcademyElementary · 1,783 students
- Mayfair SchElementary · 1,763 students
- Washington George HSHigh · 1,755 students
Other schools in Philadelphia
- Northeast HSHigh · 3,463 students
- Philadelphia Performing Arts CSCombined · 2,572 students
- Lincoln HSHigh · 2,472 students
- Central HSHigh · 2,329 students
- MaST Community CS IICombined · 1,875 students
- First Philadelphia Preparatory CSCombined · 1,831 students
Nearby schools
- Mastery CS - Shoemaker Campus0.4 mi · 722
- Heston Edward Sch0.4 mi · 245
- Overbrook HS0.5 mi · 440
- Barry Comm John Sch0.7 mi · 467
- Overbrook Elementary School0.7 mi · 201
- Lewis C Cassidy Academics Plus Sch0.8 mi · 303
Frequently asked questions
About Guidon S Bluford El SchHow many students attend Guidon S Bluford El Sch?
Guidon S Bluford El Sch enrolls approximately 476 students in grades KG-08.
Is Guidon S Bluford El Sch an elementary, middle, or high school?
Guidon S Bluford El Sch is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Guidon S Bluford El Sch have?
Guidon S Bluford El Sch employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Guidon S Bluford El Sch?
At Guidon S Bluford El Sch, the student body is approximately 0% White, 7% Hispanic, 90% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Guidon S Bluford El Sch public or private?
Guidon S Bluford El Sch is a public K-12 school, overseen by Philadelphia City SD.
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