Heston Edward Sch

Heston Edward Sch is a modestly sized K-5 school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Philadelphia City SD. The school enrolls 245 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 45% smaller than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Philadelphia City SD runs 220 schools in total, collectively educating 116,230 students. Heston Edward Sch is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Heston Edward Sch records that nearly all students (93%) are Black. The remainder consists of 5% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

On the resource side, The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Heston Edward Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 129% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Philadelphia County runs at roughly 95%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

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%. Across Philadelphia County's 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), Heston Edward Sch is one campus in the mix.

Mastery CS - Shoemaker Campus is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Heston Edward Sch.

Heston Edward Sch operates from a high-density location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Heston Edward Sch has fell 56%, going from 562 students in 2018 to 245 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 8.2:1 today.

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