Ludlow James R Sch

Ludlow James R Sch is one of the tight-knit primary schools in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Philadelphia City SD, with 215 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Ludlow James R Sch sits 51% leaner than that benchmark.

Philadelphia City SD comprises 220 schools with combined enrollment of 116,230 students; Ludlow James R Sch is among them.

Looking at the student body, Ludlow James R Sch lists that the largest single group is Black, at 73% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 20% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Philadelphia County as a whole is about 39% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Ludlow James R Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Ludlow James R Sch falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 37.1%; this one comes in at 16.3%, -20.8 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Philadelphia County indicate median household earnings sit near $61,953, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. In all, Philadelphia County runs 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), of which Ludlow James R Sch is one.

The closest other public school is Bodine William W HS, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Ludlow James R Sch comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 25.7%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. Ludlow James R Sch's enrollment has contracted 29% since 2018, when it stood at 303 (now 215). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 today.

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