Houston Henry E Sch

Houston Henry E Sch is one of the mid-tier primary schools in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Philadelphia City SD, with 458 students on its rolls from grades K through 8.

Across the 220 schools in Philadelphia City SD (116,230 students total), Houston Henry E Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Houston Henry E Sch shows that the largest single group is Black, at 67% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 25% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 39% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Houston Henry E Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.6%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Philadelphia County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $61,953 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Philadelphia County runs 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), of which Houston Henry E Sch is one.

Nearest neighbor: Henry Charles W Sch, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Houston Henry E Sch ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 39.5%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 23%: 373 students in 2018 compared to 458 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share grew from 3% to 25%. Class-load math has widened: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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