Lawton Henry W Sch

Set in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Lawton Henry W Sch is a mid-sized K-5 school, run under Philadelphia City SD. It instructs 571 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 29% bigger than typical.

Lawton Henry W Sch is one of 220 schools operated by Philadelphia City SD, a district that teaches 116,230 students overall.

Demographically, Lawton Henry W Sch records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 33% Black, 12% White, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Philadelphia County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lawton Henry W Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.0%; this one delivers 23.6%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Philadelphia County put median household income runs about $61,953, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Across Philadelphia County's 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), Lawton Henry W Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Sullivan James J Sch, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lawton Henry W Sch ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 28.3%.

Lawton Henry W Sch operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. Lawton Henry W Sch's enrollment has decreased 27% since 2018, when it stood at 783 (now 571). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 25% to 47% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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