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What's one thing Holme Thomas Sch gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
850
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899003766
Holme Thomas School
3001 Ryan Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19152 · (215) 400-3130 · Philadelphia County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL850 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
14.2:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
792 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 64 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 92 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 97 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 85 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 84 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 10% larger than its 8th grade class (84).
Student demographics
77%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
35.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.6pp since 2023
Math
30.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.9% | 30.2% |
| 2023-24 | 37.5% | 27.3% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Holme Thomas School
Holme Thomas School's state test result (34.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holme Thomas School this school | 850 | 93.2% | 34.6% |
| Fitzpatrick Aloysius L School Philadelphia | 906 | 93.5% | 32.5% |
| John Hancock Demonstration School Philadelphia | 895 | 85.3% | 45.2% |
| Pollock Robert B School Philadelphia | 845 | 88.2% | 36.1% |
| Decatur Stephen School Philadelphia | 1,028 | 94.0% | 46.4% |
| Farrell Louis H School Philadelphia | 1,187 | 96.9% | 35.4% |
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 Holme Thomas School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #1,125 of 1,396 | #46 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #1,149 of 1,511 ▲ 21 | #45 of 193 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #1,098 of 1,511 ▲ 57 | #51 of 193 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 850 | #59 of 1,638 | #21 of 194 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #1,117 of 1,528 | #111 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.7% | #11 of 1,531 | #1 of 189 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.2% | #611 of 1,600 | #151 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +26.7% | #51 of 450 | #9 of 48 |
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
850
+174 (+26%) vs 2020
+44% since 1990-91, when it was 591
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 850 | 59.8 | 14.2:1 | 93% (792) |
| 2023-24 | 792 | 54.6 | 14.5:1 | 100% (792) |
| 2022-23 | 813 | 53.5 | 15.2:1 | 100% (813) |
| 2020-21 | 676 | 43 | 15.7:1 | 100% (673) |
| 2017-18 | 671 | 42.4 | 15.8:1 | 100% (671) |
| 2015-16 | 624 | 39 | 16.0:1 | 100% (624) |
| 2010-11 | 514 | 33 | 15.6:1 | 82% (419) |
| 2000-01 | 472 | 38 | 12.4:1 | 86% (408) |
| 1990-91 | 591 | 34 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Holme Thomas School.
Since 2017-18: students up 27% (671 to 850); teachers up 41% (42.4 to 59.8).
About Holme Thomas School
Holme Thomas School is an elementary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, reachable at (215) 400-3130. It has an enrollment of 850 students in pre-K through 8. On average, elementary schools in Pennsylvania enroll around 443, and this school is 92% bigger than that mark.
Holme Thomas School is one school in Philadelphia City SD, a system of 220 schools with 116,230 students.
Of every 100 students at Holme Thomas School, about 30 are White, the largest group. Smaller groups are 27% Hispanic, 19% Black, 16% Asian, and 7% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 77%.
With 59.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.2:1. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have an average ratio of 13.1:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Holme Thomas School, 93% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Philadelphia County average a similar 95%.
On the allk12 Grade, Holme Thomas School lands at C-, ahead of 24% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Holme Thomas School is 37.7%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 34.6%.
In Philadelphia County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $61,953 a year, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. Public schools in Philadelphia County number 309, with about 182,005 students.
Among nearby public schools, Northeast Community Propel Academy is closest at about 0.1 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Holme Thomas School places 2nd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 26% gain, from 676 to 850. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 15.7:1 in 2020-21 to 14.2:1 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 2,472 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 2,329 students
- Northeast Community Propel AcademyElementary · 1,783 students
- Mayfair SchoolElementary · 1,763 students
- Washington George High SchoolHigh · 1,755 students
Other schools in Philadelphia
- Northeast High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
- Philadelphia Performing Arts CSCombined · 2,572 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 2,472 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 2,329 students
- MaST Community CS IICombined · 1,875 students
- First Philadelphia Preparatory CSCombined · 1,831 students
Nearby schools
- Northeast Community Propel Academy0.1 mi · 1,783
- Lincoln High School0.1 mi · 2,472
- Mayfair School0.6 mi · 1,763
- Forrest Edwin School0.9 mi · 841
- Solis-Cohen Solomon School1.0 mi · 1,350
- Brown Joseph School1.0 mi · 441
Frequently asked questions
About Holme Thomas SchoolHow large is Holme Thomas School?
Holme Thomas School enrolls approximately 850 students in grades PK-08.
Is Holme Thomas School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Holme Thomas School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Holme Thomas School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Holme Thomas School is approximately 14.2:1 (60 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Holme Thomas School?
Student demographics at Holme Thomas School are roughly 30% White, 27% Hispanic, 19% Black, 16% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Holme Thomas School in?
Holme Thomas School is part of Philadelphia City SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.