Enrollment
303
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899003664
Lewis C Cassidy Academics Plus School
6523 Lansdowne Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19151 · (215) 400-7510 · Philadelphia County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL303 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
14.4:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
217 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 | 31 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 29 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 7% larger than its 8th grade class (29).
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
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
16.4%
PA avg 51.1% . +2.8pp since 2023
Math
6.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.4% | 6.7% |
| 2023-24 | 13.6% | 5.5% |
% 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
11.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-35.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 47% 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 Lewis C Cassidy Academics Plus School
Lewis C Cassidy Academics Plus School's state test result (11.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis C Cassidy Academics Plus School this school | 303 | 71.6% | 11.1% |
| Peirce Thomas M School Philadelphia | 270 | 70.0% | 10.5% |
| Inquiry CS Philadelphia | 272 | 74.6% | 31.8% |
| Catalyst Academy CS Pittsburgh | 315 | 75.9% | 17.7% |
| KIPP Philadelphia Octavius Catto CS Philadelphia | 398 | 75.9% | 26.9% |
| Longstreth William C School Philadelphia | 314 | 83.4% | 9.4% |
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 Lewis C Cassidy Academics Plus School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.1% | #1,367 of 1,396 | #142 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.7% | #1,463 of 1,511 ▼ 6 | #161 of 193 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.4% | #1,407 of 1,511 ▲ 69 | #139 of 193 ▲ 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 303 | #1,241 of 1,638 | #153 of 194 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,156 of 1,528 | #117 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.2% | #1,142 of 1,531 | #135 of 189 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.6% | #728 of 1,600 | #186 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.6% | #168 of 1,045 | #78 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
303
-49 (-14%) vs 2020
-58% since 1990-91, when it was 724
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 303 | 21 | 14.4:1 | 72% (217) |
| 2023-24 | 217 | 17.3 | 12.5:1 | 99% (214) |
| 2022-23 | 232 | 17.3 | 13.4:1 | 99% (229) |
| 2020-21 | 352 | 29 | 12.1:1 | 99% (349) |
| 2017-18 | 407 | 30.4 | 13.4:1 | 100% (407) |
| 2015-16 | 499 | 19 | 26.3:1 | 100% (499) |
| 2010-11 | 630 | 35 | 18.0:1 | 100% (627) |
| 2000-01 | 890 | 43 | 20.7:1 | 66% (587) |
| 1990-91 | 724 | 36 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lewis C Cassidy Academics Plus School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (407 to 303); teachers down 31% (30.4 to 21).
About Lewis C Cassidy Academics Plus School
Lewis C Cassidy Academics Plus School is a public low-enrollment elementary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school counted 303 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 8. That is 32% below the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Lewis C Cassidy Academics Plus School is a school in Philadelphia City SD. The district has 220 schools and 116,230 students.
By race and ethnicity, Lewis C Cassidy Academics Plus School is 88% Black. Enrollment also includes 8% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The school's Black share is 48 points above the 39% share among Philadelphia County residents. A diversity index of 22% means there is a 22% chance two randomly chosen students at Lewis C Cassidy Academics Plus School are from different groups.
There are 21 full-time-equivalent teachers at Lewis C Cassidy Academics Plus School, giving a ratio of 14.4:1. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have an average ratio of 13.1:1. By family income, 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Philadelphia County average 95%.
Lewis C Cassidy Academics Plus School holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 1% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Lewis C Cassidy Academics Plus School is among the bottom 10% of schools in Pennsylvania. Predicted: 46.9%. Actual: 11.1%.
American Community Survey estimates for Philadelphia County show that the median household earns about $61,953 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 17% of residents are in poverty. Across Philadelphia County, 309 public schools serve about 182,005 students.
A public school about 0.1 miles away, Harambee Institute of Science and Technology CS, is the closest to Lewis C Cassidy Academics Plus School. Lewis C Cassidy Academics Plus School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 11.1% average proficiency ranks 5th among 7 nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, Lewis C Cassidy Academics Plus School is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 352 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 303 by 2024-25. The school's ratio increased from 12.1:1 to 14.4:1 between 2020-21 and 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 Lewis C Cassidy Academics Plus SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lewis C Cassidy Academics Plus School?
Lewis C Cassidy Academics Plus School enrolls approximately 303 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Lewis C Cassidy Academics Plus School serve?
Lewis C Cassidy Academics Plus School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Lewis C Cassidy Academics Plus School?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Lewis C Cassidy Academics Plus School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lewis C Cassidy Academics Plus School?
At Lewis C Cassidy Academics Plus School, the student body is approximately 0% White, 8% Hispanic, 88% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Lewis C Cassidy Academics Plus School public or private?
Lewis C Cassidy Academics Plus 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.