Lamberton Robert E Sch

Lamberton Robert E Sch is an intimate elementary-level community in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, run under Philadelphia City SD. The school enrolls 341 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Lamberton Robert E Sch sits 23% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Philadelphia City SD, which oversees 220 schools and 116,230 students, Lamberton Robert E Sch is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Lamberton Robert E Sch records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (88%). The remainder reads as 9% Hispanic. By comparison, Philadelphia County as a whole is about 39% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Lamberton Robert E Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Lamberton Robert E Sch sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 36.9%; actual is 9.8%, a gap of -27.1 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Philadelphia County) reports that median household income runs about $61,953, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Across Philadelphia County's 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), Lamberton Robert E Sch is one campus in the mix.

Overbrook Edu Ctr is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lamberton Robert E Sch ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 35.9%.

Lamberton Robert E Sch operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lamberton Robert E Sch has fell 44%, going from 607 students in 2018 to 341 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 3% to 9% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.