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Enrollment
1,512
Combined
STATE 1,819
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARIANA BRACETTI ACADEMY CS·NCES 420007900564
Mariana Bracetti Academy CS
1840 Torresdale Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19124 · (215) 291-4436 · Philadelphia County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,512 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of Pennsylvania public K-12 schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
105 FTE teachers
STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,506 students
STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 129 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 160 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 148 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 152 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 138 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 132 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 133 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 86 | 6% |
| Grade 8 | 107 | 7% |
| Grade 9 | 73 | 5% |
| Grade 10 | 87 | 6% |
| Grade 11 | 69 | 5% |
| Grade 12 | 98 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (129) is 21% larger than its 8th grade class (107).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
27.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.2pp since 2023
Math
18.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.9% | 18.2% |
| 2023-24 | 30.1% | 16.6% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,512
+28 (+2%) vs 2020
+851% since 2000-01, when it was 159
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 1,512 | 105 | 14.4:1 | 100% (1,506) |
| 2023-24 | 1,506 | 101 | 14.9:1 | 100% (1,506) |
| 2022-23 | 1,557 | 100 | 15.6:1 | 100% (1,556) |
| 2020-21 | 1,484 | 96 | 15.5:1 | 100% (1,481) |
| 2017-18 | 1,163 | 67 | 17.4:1 | 100% (1,163) |
| 2015-16 | 1,217 | 65 | 18.7:1 | 100% (1,217) |
| 2010-11 | 1,105 | 72 | 15.3:1 | 91% (1,006) |
| 2000-01 | 159 | 7 | 22.7:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mariana Bracetti Academy CS.
Since 2017-18: students up 30% (1,163 to 1,512); teachers up 57% (67 to 105).
About Mariana Bracetti Academy CS
Mariana Bracetti Academy CS is a low-enrollment school serving multiple grade levels found in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school serves kindergarten through 12. Enrollment is 1,512 students.
Mariana Bracetti Academy CS is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.
Federal enrollment data show Mariana Bracetti Academy CS is 76% Hispanic. Other groups include 19% Black and 3% White. The county population is about 16% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 38, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 105 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 14.4:1. The gap from the 15.5:1 average for combined schools in Pennsylvania is 1.1 students per teacher. The school reported 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Among Pennsylvania public K-12 schools, Mariana Bracetti Academy CS outscored 61%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Mariana Bracetti Academy CS would score about 34.9%. It scores 29.9%, 5.0 points below that figure.
Census data for Philadelphia County show median household income comes to about $61,953, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Mariana Bracetti Academy CS, Philadelphia County has 309 public schools.
Mariana Bracetti Academy CS's nearest public school is Hopkinson Francis School (about 0.5 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Mariana Bracetti Academy CS is 1st of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Federal records list Mariana Bracetti Academy CS as a charter school.
Enrollment went from 1,484 in 2020-21 to 1,512 in 2024-25, a change of 28 students. The ratio was 15.5:1 in 2020-21 and 14.4:1 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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Frequently asked questions
About Mariana Bracetti Academy CSWhat is the total enrollment at Mariana Bracetti Academy CS?
Mariana Bracetti Academy CS enrolls approximately 1,512 students in grades KG-12.
What grades does Mariana Bracetti Academy CS serve?
Mariana Bracetti Academy CS serves grades KG-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mariana Bracetti Academy CS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mariana Bracetti Academy CS is approximately 14.4:1 (105 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mariana Bracetti Academy CS?
At Mariana Bracetti Academy CS, the student body is approximately 3% White, 76% Hispanic, 19% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Mariana Bracetti Academy CS public or private?
Mariana Bracetti Academy CS is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Mariana Bracetti Academy CS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.