Logan James Sch

As a compact elementary-level community in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Logan James Sch enrolls 264 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Philadelphia City SD. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 40% below typical.

Logan James Sch is one of 220 schools operated by Philadelphia City SD, a district that hosts 116,230 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Logan James Sch shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (86%); the rest is composed of 11% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Logan James Sch records 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.6:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Logan James Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.0%; this one delivers 30.1%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Philadelphia County indicate median household income runs about $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 Logan James Sch is one.

Central HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Logan James Sch ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 36.7%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. Logan James Sch's enrollment has ticked down 26% since 2018, when it stood at 357 (now 264). The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 3% to 11% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 today.

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