Enrollment
341
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899003670
Lamberton Robert E School
7501 Woodbine Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19151 · (215) 400-7530 · Philadelphia County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL341 STUDENTS
F
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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
10.0:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
324 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 14 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 32 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 39 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 40 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 20% smaller than its 8th grade class (40).
Student demographics
22%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
8.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -9.0pp since 2023
Math
3.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 9 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 are down about 9 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 8.7% | 3.8% |
| 2023-24 | 17.7% | 3.0% |
% 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
9.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-27.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% 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 Lamberton Robert E School
Lamberton Robert E School's state test result (9.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamberton Robert E School this school | 341 | 95.0% | 9.8% |
| Kelly John B School Philadelphia | 365 | 96.4% | 22.1% |
| Samuel Pennypacker School Philadelphia | 328 | 99.1% | 14.4% |
| Dick William School Philadelphia | 343 | 89.8% | 10.2% |
| Blaine James G School Philadelphia | 332 | 97.3% | 6.3% |
| Kenderton Elementary School Philadelphia | 300 | 94.3% | 8.4% |
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 Lamberton Robert E School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.8% | #1,379 of 1,396 | #151 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 3.8% | #1,498 of 1,511 ▼ 6 | #188 of 193 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 8.7% | #1,497 of 1,511 ▼ 67 | #188 of 193 ▼ 41 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 341 | #1,101 of 1,638 | #136 of 194 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #91 of 1,528 | #29 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.8% | #1,151 of 1,531 | #136 of 189 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.0% | #572 of 1,600 | #137 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -43.8% | #19 of 1,045 | #12 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
341
-81 (-19%) vs 2020
-69% since 1990-91, when it was 1,091
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 341 | 34 | 10.0:1 | 95% (324) |
| 2023-24 | 324 | 28.2 | 11.5:1 | 100% (324) |
| 2022-23 | 310 | 27.7 | 11.2:1 | 100% (310) |
| 2020-21 | 422 | 33 | 12.8:1 | 99% (419) |
| 2017-18 | 607 | 35.1 | 17.3:1 | 100% (604) |
| 2015-16 | 558 | 30 | 18.6:1 | 100% (558) |
| 2010-11 | 562 | 34 | 16.5:1 | 61% (345) |
| 2000-01 | 1,598 | 71 | 22.5:1 | 32% (510) |
| 1990-91 | 1,091 | 62 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lamberton Robert E School.
Since 2017-18: students down 44% (607 to 341); teachers down 3% (35.1 to 34).
About Lamberton Robert E School
Lamberton Robert E School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Enrollment stands at 341 students, covering pre-K through 8. The school is 23% below the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Lamberton Robert E School reports to Philadelphia City SD, which has 220 schools and 116,230 students.
Black students account for 88% of the school's enrollment. After that, the student body is 9% Hispanic. Among all residents of Philadelphia County, the Black share is about 39%. A diversity index of 22% means there is a 22% chance two randomly chosen students at Lamberton Robert E School are from different groups.
Staffing at Lamberton Robert E School comes to 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 10.0:1. The school's 10.0:1 compares with an average of 13.1:1 for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. On the income side, 95% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Philadelphia County average a similar 95%.
On the allk12 Grade, Lamberton Robert E School lands at F, ahead of 1% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Compared with Pennsylvania schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Lamberton Robert E School scores 27.1 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 9.8%; the prediction is 36.9%.
Philadelphia County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $61,953 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 17%. Lamberton Robert E School shares Philadelphia County with 308 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Overbrook Edu Center is closest at about 0.6 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Lamberton Robert E School ranks 7th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, Lamberton Robert E School is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 81 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio was 12.8:1 in 2020-21 and 10.0:1 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
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Frequently asked questions
About Lamberton Robert E SchoolHow many students attend Lamberton Robert E School?
Lamberton Robert E School enrolls approximately 341 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Lamberton Robert E School serve?
Lamberton Robert E School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lamberton Robert E School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lamberton Robert E School is approximately 10.0:1 (34 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Lamberton Robert E School?
Lamberton Robert E School reports a student body of 1% White, 9% Hispanic, 88% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Lamberton Robert E School public or private?
Lamberton Robert E School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Philadelphia City SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.