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Which teacher or staff member at Lindley Academy CS at Birney deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
739
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINDLEY ACADEMY CS AT BIRNEY·NCES 420085007405
Lindley Academy CS at Birney
900 West Lindley Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19141 · (267) 669-1450 · Philadelphia County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL739 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% 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
15.4:1
48 FTE teachers
STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
726 students
STATE 75%
Community
1
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 | 96 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 79 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 75 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 74 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 30% larger than its 8th grade class (74).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
17.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.3pp since 2023
Math
4.1%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 17 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.1% | 4.1% |
| 2023-24 | 21.4% | 4.3% |
% 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
13.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% 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 Lindley Academy CS at Birney
Lindley Academy CS at Birney's state test result (13.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lindley Academy CS at Birney this school | 739 | 98.2% | 13.7% |
| KIPP North Philadelphia CS Philadelphia | 683 | 98.2% | 11.2% |
| Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary Philadelphia | 647 | 99.5% | 20.9% |
| Harris School Collingdale | 715 | 96.2% | 24.0% |
| Mastery CS-Harrity Campus Philadelphia | 750 | 99.6% | 30.9% |
| Russell Byers CS Philadelphia | 686 | 97.4% | 18.6% |
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 Lindley Academy CS at Birney ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.7% | #1,346 of 1,396 | #130 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 4.1% | #1,494 of 1,511 ▼ 21 | #185 of 193 ▼ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.1% | #1,395 of 1,511 ▼ 14 | #135 of 193 ▼ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 739 | #109 of 1,638 | #34 of 194 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #1,323 of 1,528 | #144 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.1% | #1,038 of 1,531 | #115 of 189 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.2% | #445 of 1,600 | #108 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.5% | #1,023 of 1,045 | #135 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
739
+9 (+1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 739 | 48 | 15.4:1 | 98% (726) |
| 2023-24 | 726 | 49.8 | 14.6:1 | 100% (726) |
| 2022-23 | 710 | 52 | 13.7:1 | 100% (710) |
| 2020-21 | 730 | 49 | 14.9:1 | 100% (727) |
| 2017-18 | 743 | 40 | 18.6:1 | 99% (736) |
| 2015-16 | 689 | 43 | 16.0:1 | 100% (686) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lindley Academy CS at Birney.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (743 to 739); teachers up 20% (40 to 48).
About Lindley Academy CS at Birney
Lindley Academy CS at Birney is a high-enrollment elementary school with its address in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Federal data show 739 students enrolled in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 443 students, which makes this school 67% above average.
Lindley Academy CS at Birney operates as its own local education agency.
Roughly 85% of students at Lindley Academy CS at Birney are Black. Other students are 7% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. By comparison, Philadelphia County residents are about 39% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lindley Academy CS at Birney scores 27%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.4:1. The school has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is 13.1:1. Federal data show 98% of students (726) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Lindley Academy CS at Birney earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 3% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Lindley Academy CS at Birney is in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools: 13.7% actual against 35.5% predicted.
In the wider Philadelphia County area, 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%. Across Philadelphia County, 309 public schools serve about 182,005 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Marshall Thurgood, is about 0.2 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Lindley Academy CS at Birney ranks 6th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Lindley Academy CS at Birney as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Federal records list Lindley Academy CS at Birney as a charter school.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 730 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 739.
This page is set up for the Lindley Academy CS at Birney community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Lindley Academy CS at BirneyHow many students attend Lindley Academy CS at Birney?
Lindley Academy CS at Birney enrolls approximately 739 students in grades KG-08.
Is Lindley Academy CS at Birney an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lindley Academy CS at Birney is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lindley Academy CS at Birney?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lindley Academy CS at Birney is approximately 15.4:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lindley Academy CS at Birney?
At Lindley Academy CS at Birney, the student body is approximately 1% White, 7% Hispanic, 85% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Lindley Academy CS at Birney?
Lindley Academy CS at Birney is overseen by Lindley Academy CS at Birney in Philadelphia County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.