Enrollment
300
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899007593
Kenderton Elementary School
1500 W Ontario St, Philadelphia, PA 19140 · (215) 400-8340 · Philadelphia County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL300 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
12.0:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
283 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 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 25 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 20 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 39 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 8% smaller than its 8th grade class (39).
Student demographics
27%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
9.8%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
4.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 10 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 4 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 | 9.8% | 4.4% |
| 2023-24 | 8.9% | 2.5% |
% 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
8.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-28.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 37% 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 Kenderton Elementary School
Kenderton Elementary School's state test result (8.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenderton Elementary School this school | 300 | 94.3% | 8.4% |
| Logan James School Philadelphia | 264 | 92.4% | 30.1% |
| Lamberton Robert E School Philadelphia | 341 | 95.0% | 9.8% |
| Stetser Elementary School Chester | 251 | 92.0% | 24.7% |
| Meade Gen George C School Philadelphia | 314 | 88.9% | 10.3% |
| Samuel Pennypacker School Philadelphia | 328 | 99.1% | 14.4% |
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 Kenderton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.4% | #1,389 of 1,396 | #159 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 4.4% | #1,491 of 1,511 ▲ 6 | #182 of 193 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 9.8% | #1,488 of 1,511 ▲ 17 | #184 of 193 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 300 | #1,253 of 1,638 | #156 of 194 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #435 of 1,528 | #63 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.5% | #1,052 of 1,531 | #117 of 189 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.3% | #594 of 1,600 | #145 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.6% | #92 of 1,045 | #48 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
300
-146 (-33%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 300 | 25 | 12.0:1 | 94% (283) |
| 2023-24 | 283 | 26.2 | 10.8:1 | 100% (283) |
| 2022-23 | 354 | 29.2 | 12.1:1 | 100% (354) |
| 2020-21 | 446 | 27 | 16.5:1 | 99% (443) |
| 2017-18 | 445 | 33.5 | 13.3:1 | 100% (444) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kenderton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (445 to 300); teachers down 25% (33.5 to 25).
About Kenderton Elementary School
As a small elementary school, Kenderton Elementary School serves students in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Enrollment totals 300 students across kindergarten through 8. On average, elementary schools in Pennsylvania enroll around 443, and this school is 32% below that mark.
In Philadelphia City SD, 220 schools enroll a combined 116,230 students.
Kenderton Elementary School is 85% Black by enrollment. The next largest groups are 13% Hispanic. In Philadelphia County overall, about 39% of residents are Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Kenderton Elementary School scores 27%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kenderton Elementary School is 12.0:1, based on 25 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 13.1:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Kenderton Elementary School counts 94% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 95% average for public schools in Philadelphia County.
Kenderton Elementary School earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 1% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 37.2% for Kenderton Elementary School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 8.4%. The 28.7-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
The county, Philadelphia County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $61,953 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 17% of people live in poverty. Counting Kenderton Elementary School, Philadelphia County has 309 public schools.
Kenderton Elementary School is about 0.3 miles from Bethune Mary McLeod School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Kenderton Elementary School's average proficiency of 8.4% compares with 20.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell by 33% across 4 years, from 446 in 2020-21 to 300 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 16.5:1 in 2020-21 to 12.0:1 in 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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Frequently asked questions
About Kenderton Elementary SchoolHow large is Kenderton Elementary School?
Kenderton Elementary School enrolls approximately 300 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Kenderton Elementary School serve?
Kenderton Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Kenderton Elementary School?
Approximately 12.0:1 students per teacher at Kenderton Elementary School.
How diverse is Kenderton Elementary School?
Kenderton Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 13% Hispanic, 85% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Kenderton Elementary School in?
Kenderton Elementary School is part of Philadelphia City SD.
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