John Story Jenks Academy for the Arts and Sciences

John Story Jenks Academy for the Arts and Sciences is a primary school of moderately sized scale in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, part of Philadelphia City SD, serveing 394 students in grades K through 8.

Across the 220 schools in Philadelphia City SD (116,230 students total), John Story Jenks Academy for the Arts and Sciences accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, John Story Jenks Academy for the Arts and Sciences logs that Black students make up the majority at 80%; the rest comes out to 8% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 98% of students at John Story Jenks Academy for the Arts and Sciences qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, John Story Jenks Academy for the Arts and Sciences tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.3%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Philadelphia County indicate median household earnings sit near $61,953, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. In all, Philadelphia County runs 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), of which John Story Jenks Academy for the Arts and Sciences is one.

The closest other public school is Springfield Twp El Sch-Enfield, roughly 1.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, John Story Jenks Academy for the Arts and Sciences comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 46.5%.

John Story Jenks Academy for the Arts and Sciences operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. John Story Jenks Academy for the Arts and Sciences's enrollment has fell 23% since 2018, when it stood at 513 (now 394). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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