Lindley Academy CS at Birney

Lindley Academy CS at Birney is a roomy primary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, overseen by Lindley Academy CS at Birney. The school enrolls 739 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Lindley Academy CS at Birney sits 67% above that benchmark.

Lindley Academy CS at Birney is a school of Lindley Academy CS at Birney, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lindley Academy CS at Birney logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (85%). The remainder consists of 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Philadelphia County as a whole is about 39% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Lindley Academy CS at Birney has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 98% of students at Lindley Academy CS at Birney qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lindley Academy CS at Birney falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 35.5%; this one comes in at 13.7%, -21.8 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, Philadelphia County reports that median household earnings sit near $61,953, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Philadelphia County runs 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), of which Lindley Academy CS at Birney is one.

Nearest neighbor: Marshall Thurgood, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lindley Academy CS at Birney ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 18.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area. Lindley Academy CS at Birney is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Lindley Academy CS at Birney's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 743 (now 739). The Black share of enrollment declined from 93% to 85% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.

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