Enrollment
215
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899003694
Ludlow James R School
550 W Master St, Philadelphia, PA 19122 · (215) 400-7430 · Philadelphia County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL215 STUDENTS
D
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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
9.2:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
203 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 | 20 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 14 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 23 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 22 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 18 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 28 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 33 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 27 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is 26% smaller than its 8th grade class (27).
Student demographics
42%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
14.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -9.9pp since 2023
Math
12.3%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 14.5% | 12.3% |
| 2023-24 | 24.4% | 11.1% |
% 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
16.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 37% 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 Ludlow James R School
Ludlow James R School's state test result (16.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ludlow James R School this school | 215 | 94.4% | 16.3% |
| Howe Julia Ward School Philadelphia | 229 | 91.7% | 20.8% |
| Sylvan Heights Science CS Harrisburg | 217 | 96.3% | 31.6% |
| Kearny Gen Philip School Philadelphia | 189 | 87.8% | 21.7% |
| Morris Robert School Philadelphia | 215 | 93.0% | 19.2% |
| Barrett Elementary School Homestead | 225 | 91.6% | 23.0% |
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 Ludlow James R School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.3% | #1,326 of 1,396 | #116 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.3% | #1,381 of 1,511 ▼ 1 | #109 of 193 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.5% | #1,437 of 1,511 ▼ 90 | #158 of 193 ▼ 53 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 215 | #1,501 of 1,638 | #184 of 194 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.2:1 | #29 of 1,528 | #9 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.7% | #722 of 1,531 | #90 of 189 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.4% | #590 of 1,600 | #143 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.0% | #120 of 1,045 | #60 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
215
-56 (-21%) vs 2020
-55% since 1990-91, when it was 479
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 215 | 23.3 | 9.2:1 | 94% (203) |
| 2023-24 | 202 | 23 | 8.8:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 202 | 24.5 | 8.2:1 | 100% (202) |
| 2020-21 | 271 | 23 | 11.8:1 | 99% (268) |
| 2017-18 | 303 | 25.8 | 11.8:1 | 100% (302) |
| 2015-16 | 329 | 25 | 13.2:1 | 100% (329) |
| 2010-11 | 332 | 27 | 12.3:1 | 92% (304) |
| 2000-01 | 507 | 34 | 14.9:1 | 99% (504) |
| 1990-91 | 479 | 32 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ludlow James R School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (303 to 215); teachers down 10% (25.8 to 23.3).
About Ludlow James R School
Ludlow James R School is an elementary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, according to federal school records. The school serves 215 students in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is roughly 443 students; this school is 51% smaller than that.
The 220 schools in Philadelphia City SD enroll 116,230 students altogether, Ludlow James R School among them.
Black students account for 73% of enrollment at Ludlow James R School. Other groups include 20% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. The county population is about 39% Black. Ludlow James R School has a diversity index of 42%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teacher staffing is 23.3 full-time equivalents, or about 9.2 students per teacher. Among elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the typical ratio is 13.1:1. About 94% of students, or 203, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is close to the 95% average for public schools in Philadelphia County.
allk12 grades Ludlow James R School a D. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Ludlow James R School falls short of its prediction by 20.8 points. The model expects 37.1% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Pennsylvania; the school's rate is 16.3%.
Federal survey data for Philadelphia County show that median household income is about $61,953, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. A total of 309 public schools operate in Philadelphia County, serving about 182,005 students.
Bodine William W High School is the public school closest to Ludlow James R School, about 0.3 miles away. Ludlow James R School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ludlow James R School ranks 5th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 16.3% against a local average of 25.7%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Ludlow James R School saw enrollment fall 21% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The ratio was 11.8:1 in 2020-21 and 9.2:1 in 2024-25.
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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
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- Bodine William W High School0.3 mi · 489
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Frequently asked questions
About Ludlow James R SchoolHow large is Ludlow James R School?
Ludlow James R School enrolls approximately 215 students in grades PK-08.
Is Ludlow James R School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ludlow James R School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Ludlow James R School have?
Ludlow James R School employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ludlow James R School?
At Ludlow James R School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 20% Hispanic, 73% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Ludlow James R School?
Ludlow James R School is overseen by Philadelphia City SD in Philadelphia County.
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