Enrollment
458
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899003713
Houston Henry E School
7300 Rural Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19119 · (215) 400-3490 · Philadelphia County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL458 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
419 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 42 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 57 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (57).
Student demographics
49%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
46.7%
PA avg 51.1% . +3.9pp since 2023
Math
31.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.7% | 31.1% |
| 2023-24 | 42.8% | 29.6% |
% 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
37.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% 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 Houston Henry E School
Houston Henry E School's state test result (37.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Henry E School this school | 458 | 91.5% | 37.6% |
| Pittsburgh Dilworth K-5 Pittsburgh | 454 | 93.4% | 57.9% |
| Russell C. Phillips Elementary School Farrell | 414 | 94.9% | 14.5% |
| Pittsburgh Arlington K-8 Pittsburgh | 385 | 96.1% | 8.6% |
| Duquesne Elementary School Duquesne | 460 | 97.0% | 12.6% |
| Lingelbach Anna L School Philadelphia | 363 | 91.5% | 36.1% |
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 Houston Henry E School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #1,094 of 1,396 | #38 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.1% | #1,138 of 1,511 ▼ 15 | #42 of 193 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #830 of 1,511 ▲ 243 | #34 of 193 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 458 | #660 of 1,638 | #94 of 194 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #1,281 of 1,528 | #136 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.0% | #561 of 1,531 | #77 of 189 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.5% | #642 of 1,600 | #165 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.8% | #69 of 450 | #14 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
458
+91 (+25%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 824
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 458 | 30.3 | 15.1:1 | 91% (419) |
| 2023-24 | 419 | 29.1 | 14.4:1 | 100% (419) |
| 2022-23 | 365 | 29.1 | 12.5:1 | 100% (365) |
| 2020-21 | 367 | 27 | 13.6:1 | 99% (364) |
| 2017-18 | 373 | 27.4 | 13.6:1 | 100% (372) |
| 2015-16 | 367 | 27 | 13.6:1 | 100% (367) |
| 2010-11 | 507 | 35 | 14.5:1 | 51% (260) |
| 2000-01 | 785 | 43 | 18.3:1 | 30% (238) |
| 1990-91 | 824 | 46 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Houston Henry E School.
Since 2017-18: students up 23% (373 to 458); teachers up 10% (27.4 to 30.3).
About Houston Henry E School
Houston Henry E School is a mid-sized elementary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, one of the schools in Philadelphia City SD. It reported 458 students in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25.
Philadelphia City SD has 116,230 students in 220 schools, and Houston Henry E School is one of those schools.
The student body at Houston Henry E School is 67% Black. Other reported shares: 25% White, 4% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. Philadelphia County's residents are about 39% Black, 27 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 49, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at Houston Henry E School comes to 30.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.1:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 13.1:1. Houston Henry E School counts 91% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Houston Henry E School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 28% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Houston Henry E School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 37.6%; the prediction is 38.4%.
The school's county is Philadelphia County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $61,953 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. Public schools in Philadelphia County number 309, with about 182,005 students.
Houston Henry E School's closest public school neighbor is Henry Charles W School, about 0.9 miles away. The five-mile area around Houston Henry E School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 39.5% on proficiency, and Houston Henry E School is below that at 37.6%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 91 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The school's ratio increased from 13.6:1 to 15.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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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- Henry Charles W School0.9 mi · 518
- Emlen Eleanor C School0.9 mi · 301
- Amy Nw1.1 mi · 150
- John Story Jenks Academy for the Arts and Sciences1.2 mi · 394
- Roosevelt Theodore Middle School1.3 mi · 400
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Frequently asked questions
About Houston Henry E SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Houston Henry E School?
Houston Henry E School enrolls approximately 458 students in grades KG-08.
Is Houston Henry E School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Houston Henry E School is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Houston Henry E School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Houston Henry E School is approximately 15.1:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Houston Henry E School?
Student demographics at Houston Henry E School are roughly 25% White, 4% Hispanic, 67% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Houston Henry E School?
Houston Henry E School is overseen by Philadelphia City SD in Philadelphia County.
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