Mariana Bracetti Academy CS

Mariana Bracetti Academy CS, a cozy combined-grade school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, part of Mariana Bracetti Academy CS, teaches 1,512 students, covering grades K through 12.

Mariana Bracetti Academy CS is the operating authority for Mariana Bracetti Academy CS, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Demographically, Mariana Bracetti Academy CS shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 76% of enrollment. Other groups include 19% Black, 3% White. By comparison, Philadelphia County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 105 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Mariana Bracetti Academy CS tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at Mariana Bracetti Academy CS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Mariana Bracetti Academy CS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.9%; this one delivers 29.9%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Philadelphia County) shows that median household earnings sit near $61,953, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Across Philadelphia County's 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), Mariana Bracetti Academy CS is one campus in the mix.

Hopkinson Francis Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Mariana Bracetti Academy CS comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 18.3%.

The school occupies a city-core site. As a public charter, Mariana Bracetti Academy CS runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mariana Bracetti Academy CS has rose 30%, going from 1,163 students in 2018 to 1,512 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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