Lowell James R Sch

Set in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Lowell James R Sch is a mid-tier elementary campus, run under Philadelphia City SD. It caters to 503 students across grades pre-K through 4.

Philadelphia City SD runs 220 schools in total, collectively educating 116,230 students. Lowell James R Sch is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Lowell James R Sch records that the largest single group is Black, at 61% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 23% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Lowell James R Sch has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Roughly 104% of students at Lowell James R Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Philadelphia County's rate of about 95%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lowell James R Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.1%, the actual is 25.1%, a residual of -8.0 points.

Across the wider county, Philadelphia County reports that the typical household earns roughly $61,953 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Across Philadelphia County's 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), Lowell James R Sch is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is ASPIRA Bilingual Cyber CS, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lowell James R Sch ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 21.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Lowell James R Sch's enrollment has fell 36% since 2018, when it stood at 788 (now 503). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 14% to 23% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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