Enrollment
189
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899003645
Kearny Gen Philip School
601 Fairmount Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19123 · (215) 400-7590 · Philadelphia County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL189 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
9.3:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
166 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 | 18 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 16 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 25 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 19 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 19 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 25 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 19 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (18) is 5% smaller than its 8th grade class (19).
Student demographics
44%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
32.0%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.4pp since 2023
Math
9.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 9.7% |
| 2023-24 | 31.6% | 7.9% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
21.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Kearny Gen Philip School
Kearny Gen Philip School's state test result (21.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kearny Gen Philip School this school | 189 | 87.8% | 21.7% |
| Ludlow James R School Philadelphia | 215 | 94.4% | 16.3% |
| Howe Julia Ward School Philadelphia | 229 | 91.7% | 20.8% |
| Sylvan Heights Science CS Harrisburg | 217 | 96.3% | 31.6% |
| Barrett Elementary School Homestead | 225 | 91.6% | 23.0% |
| Morris Robert School Philadelphia | 215 | 93.0% | 19.2% |
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 Kearny Gen Philip School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #1,270 of 1,396 | #88 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.7% | #1,422 of 1,511 ▼ 2 | #133 of 193 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #1,167 of 1,511 ▲ 81 | #62 of 193 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 189 | #1,550 of 1,638 | #191 of 194 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.8% | #671 of 1,600 | #178 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -42.4% | #24 of 1,045 | #14 of 135 |
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
189
-83 (-31%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 391
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 189 | 20.3 | 9.3:1 | 88% (166) |
| 2023-24 | 166 | 21.8 | 7.6:1 | 100% (166) |
| 2022-23 | 194 | 21.8 | 8.9:1 | 100% (194) |
| 2020-21 | 272 | 22 | 12.4:1 | 99% (269) |
| 2017-18 | 328 | 19.5 | 16.8:1 | 100% (327) |
| 2015-16 | 444 | 29 | 15.3:1 | 100% (444) |
| 2010-11 | 416 | 30 | 13.9:1 | 99% (413) |
| 2000-01 | 377 | 25 | 15.1:1 | 98% (370) |
| 1990-91 | 391 | 26 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kearny Gen Philip School.
Since 2017-18: students down 42% (328 to 189); teachers up 4% (19.5 to 20.3).
About Kearny Gen Philip School
Kearny Gen Philip School is the name of a small elementary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It enrolled 189 students in kindergarten through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 57% lower than the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, which is about 443.
Philadelphia City SD has 220 schools and 116,230 students, and Kearny Gen Philip School is one of those schools.
Black students make up a majority at Kearny Gen Philip School, at 72%. Next come 19% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% White. That compares with about 39% Black among all Philadelphia County residents. The school's diversity index is 44%, meaning two students picked at random have a 44% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 9.3:1 comes from the school's 20.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. The lunch program counts 88% of students at Kearny Gen Philip School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades Kearny Gen Philip School a D. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Kearny Gen Philip School falls short of its prediction by 18.2 points. The model expects 40.0% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Pennsylvania; the school's rate is 21.7%.
Federal survey data for Philadelphia County show that the median household income is $61,953, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 17%. Philadelphia County is home to 309 public schools and about 182,005 public school students.
Young Scholars CS is the public school closest to Kearny Gen Philip School, about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Kearny Gen Philip School is 4th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The NCES locale for Kearny Gen Philip School is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 31% enrollment decrease, from 272 in 2020-21 to 189 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 12.4 in 2020-21 to 9.3 in 2024-25.
Discussions about Kearny Gen Philip School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Kearny Gen Philip SchoolHow many students attend Kearny Gen Philip School?
Kearny Gen Philip School enrolls approximately 189 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Kearny Gen Philip School serve?
Kearny Gen Philip School serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kearny Gen Philip School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kearny Gen Philip School is approximately 9.3:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kearny Gen Philip School?
At Kearny Gen Philip School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 19% Hispanic, 72% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Kearny Gen Philip School in?
Kearny Gen Philip School is part of Philadelphia City SD.
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