Kirkbride Eliza B Sch

Kirkbride Eliza B Sch is one of the medium-sized K-5 schools in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, overseen by Philadelphia City SD, with 522 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8.

Kirkbride Eliza B Sch is one of 220 schools operated by Philadelphia City SD, a district that educates 116,230 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Kirkbride Eliza B Sch logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 56%. Beyond that, the school records 20% Asian, 13% White, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Philadelphia County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Kirkbride Eliza B Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.8%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Philadelphia County shows median household income runs about $61,953, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Kirkbride Eliza B Sch is one of 309 public schools in Philadelphia County (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students).

Nearest neighbor: Vare-Washington El Sch, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Kirkbride Eliza B Sch ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 46.0%.

Kirkbride Eliza B Sch operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kirkbride Eliza B Sch has ticked down 10%, going from 577 students in 2018 to 522 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment declined from 31% to 20% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

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