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How has Hill Freedman World Academy changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
640
High
DISTRICT 689 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899003711
Hill Freedman World Academy
1100 E. Mt. Pleasant Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19150 · (215) 400-3530 · Philadelphia County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL640 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
572 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 56 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 77 | 12% |
| Grade 9 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 61 | 10% |
| Grade 11 | 78 | 12% |
| Grade 12 | 163 | 25% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
62.8%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.1pp since 2023
Math
24.4%
PA avg 43.0% . -4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 down about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.8% | 24.4% |
| 2023-24 | 62.7% | 29.1% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Hill Freedman World Academy
Hill Freedman World Academy's state test result (47.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hill Freedman World Academy this school | 640 | 89.4% | 47.2% |
| TECH Freire CS Philadelphia | 541 | 90.8% | 29.9% |
| West Philadelphia High School Philadelphia | 718 | 82.6% | 9.5% |
| Overbrook High School Philadelphia | 440 | 88.9% | 12.8% |
| Imhotep Institute CHS Philadelphia | 603 | 83.4% | 10.7% |
| Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS Philadelphia | 629 | 97.8% | 22.2% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high 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 Hill Freedman World Academy ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #345 of 576 | #13 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #467 of 626 ▼ 62 | #18 of 67 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #268 of 626 ▲ 21 | #15 of 67 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 640 | #311 of 713 | #26 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #258 of 601 | #6 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.8% | #337 of 604 | #41 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.4% | #243 of 619 | #60 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.9% | #209 of 221 | #30 of 31 |
Ranked against other public high 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
640
-33 (-5%) vs 2020
+175% since 1990-91, when it was 233
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 640 | 48 | 13.3:1 | 89% (572) |
| 2023-24 | 572 | 52.4 | 10.9:1 | 100% (572) |
| 2022-23 | 638 | 53.8 | 11.9:1 | 100% (638) |
| 2020-21 | 673 | 50 | 13.5:1 | 100% (670) |
| 2017-18 | 634 | 27.6 | 23.0:1 | 100% (632) |
| 2015-16 | 485 | 17 | 28.5:1 | 100% (485) |
| 2010-11 | 214 | 24 | 8.9:1 | 42% (90) |
| 2000-01 | 245 | 23 | 10.7:1 | 19% (47) |
| 1990-91 | 233 | 21 | 11.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hill Freedman World Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (634 to 640); teachers up 74% (27.6 to 48).
About Hill Freedman World Academy
Hill Freedman World Academy is a mid-sized high school. Its address is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It had 640 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 12.
Hill Freedman World Academy is one of the 220 schools that make up Philadelphia City SD (116,230 students in total).
At Hill Freedman World Academy, 86% of students are Black. It is also 5% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Philadelphia County is roughly 39% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Hill Freedman World Academy scores 25%.
There are 48 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.3:1. The average for high schools in Pennsylvania is about 12.8:1. Of all students at Hill Freedman World Academy, 89% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Hill Freedman World Academy lands at B, ahead of 55% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Hill Freedman World Academy would be expected to post about 39.3%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 47.2%.
The county, Philadelphia County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $61,953, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. The county's public schools total 309, with about 182,005 students.
Measured in a straight line, Franklin S Edmonds School is about 0.2 miles from Hill Freedman World Academy. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 47.2% is above the 28.8% average for nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 640, down from 673 in 2020-21.
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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
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Nearby schools
- Franklin S Edmonds School0.2 mi · 391
- McCloskey John F School0.7 mi · 228
- Amy Nw0.8 mi · 150
- Day Anna B School0.9 mi · 314
- Samuel Pennypacker School0.9 mi · 328
- West Oak Lane CS1.0 mi · 955
Frequently asked questions
About Hill Freedman World AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Hill Freedman World Academy?
Hill Freedman World Academy enrolls approximately 640 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does Hill Freedman World Academy serve?
Hill Freedman World Academy serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Hill Freedman World Academy?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Hill Freedman World Academy.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hill Freedman World Academy?
At Hill Freedman World Academy, the student body is approximately 2% White, 5% Hispanic, 86% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Hill Freedman World Academy public or private?
Hill Freedman World Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Philadelphia City SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.