Enrollment
264
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899004732
Locke Alain School
4550 Haverford Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19139 · (215) 400-7670 · Philadelphia County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL264 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
9.8:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
261 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 | 26 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 29 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 31 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 31 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 22 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 18% larger than its 8th grade class (22).
Student demographics
40%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
16.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.4pp since 2023
Math
10.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.2pp 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 10 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.4% | 10.4% |
| 2023-24 | 19.8% | 10.2% |
% 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
15.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% 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 Locke Alain School
Locke Alain School's state test result (15.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Locke Alain School this school | 264 | 98.9% | 15.5% |
| Aldan Elementary School Aldan | 238 | 98.3% | 25.6% |
| Morton Thomas G School Philadelphia | 356 | 99.2% | 16.7% |
| Samuel Gompers School Philadelphia | 238 | 100.0% | 19.7% |
| W B Evans Elementary School Yeadon | 304 | 100.0% | 37.0% |
| Propel CS-McKeesport McKeesport | 302 | 99.0% | 31.6% |
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 Locke Alain School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.5% | #1,331 of 1,396 | #120 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.4% | #1,412 of 1,511 ▼ 15 | #126 of 193 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.4% | #1,408 of 1,511 ▼ 5 | #140 of 193 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 264 | #1,367 of 1,638 | #169 of 194 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #72 of 1,528 | #23 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.9% | #765 of 1,531 | #95 of 189 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.9% | #395 of 1,600 | #94 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.0% | #45 of 1,045 | #26 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
264
-116 (-31%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 440
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 264 | 26.9 | 9.8:1 | 99% (261) |
| 2023-24 | 261 | 28.1 | 9.3:1 | 100% (261) |
| 2022-23 | 282 | 33.1 | 8.5:1 | 100% (282) |
| 2020-21 | 380 | 32 | 11.9:1 | 99% (377) |
| 2017-18 | 426 | 30.4 | 14.0:1 | 100% (426) |
| 2015-16 | 452 | 31 | 14.6:1 | 100% (452) |
| 2010-11 | 417 | 31 | 13.4:1 | 99% (414) |
| 2000-01 | 508 | 27 | 18.8:1 | 99% (505) |
| 1990-91 | 440 | 23 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Locke Alain School.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (426 to 264); teachers down 11% (30.4 to 26.9).
About Locke Alain School
Locke Alain School runs as a small elementary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its enrollment is 264 students, spread over kindergarten through 8. That compares with an average of about 443 students for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
In Philadelphia City SD, 220 schools enroll a combined 116,230 students.
More than half of enrollment at Locke Alain School is Black: 77%. The remaining shares are 9% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 3% White, and 2% multiracial. Philadelphia County as a whole is about 39% Black, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Locke Alain School scores 40%.
A staff of 26.9 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 9.8:1. Across elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is 13.1:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 99%.
Locke Alain School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 6% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Compared with Pennsylvania schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Locke Alain School scores 19.7 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 15.5%; the prediction is 35.2%.
For the population of Philadelphia County, the median household earns about $61,953 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. Locke Alain School shares Philadelphia County with 308 other public schools.
About 0.2 miles separate Locke Alain School from the closest public school, KIPP Philadelphia Octavius Catto CS. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Locke Alain School is 2nd of 4 nearby schools with test data.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 31%, from 380 to 264. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 11.9:1 to 9.8:1.
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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
Quick facts
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- First Philadelphia Preparatory CSCombined · 1,831 students
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- KIPP Philadelphia Octavius Catto CS0.2 mi · 398
- Middle Years Alternative0.3 mi · 128
- Parkway West0.3 mi · 149
- Washington Martha School0.3 mi · 204
- West Philadelphia High School0.5 mi · 718
- Robeson HS for Human Services0.5 mi · 266
Frequently asked questions
About Locke Alain SchoolHow many students attend Locke Alain School?
Locke Alain School enrolls approximately 264 students in grades KG-08.
Is Locke Alain School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Locke Alain School is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Locke Alain School?
Approximately 9.8:1 students per teacher at Locke Alain School.
What is the student diversity at Locke Alain School?
Student demographics at Locke Alain School are roughly 3% White, 8% Hispanic, 77% Black, 9% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Locke Alain School in?
Locke Alain School is part of Philadelphia City SD.
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