Hamilton Andrew Sch

Located at 5640 Spruce St, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Hamilton Andrew Sch is an intimate elementary school that caters to 348 students (grades K through 8), overseen by Philadelphia City SD. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Hamilton Andrew Sch sits 21% below that benchmark.

Philadelphia City SD comprises 220 schools with combined enrollment of 116,230 students; Hamilton Andrew Sch is among them.

In terms of who attends, Hamilton Andrew Sch lists that 92% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest consists of 5% Hispanic. 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, Hamilton Andrew Sch lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Roughly 102% of students at Hamilton Andrew Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Hamilton Andrew Sch falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 34.0%; this one comes in at 16.4%, -17.6 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Philadelphia County indicate 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%. Hamilton Andrew Sch is one of 309 public schools in Philadelphia County (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students).

The closest other public school is Sayre William L MS, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hamilton Andrew Sch ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 18.7%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. Hamilton Andrew Sch's enrollment has declined 33% since 2018, when it stood at 519 (now 348). Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Hamilton Andrew Sch community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.