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Which teacher or staff member at Maritime Academy CS deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
829
Combined
STATE 1,819
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARITIME ACADEMY CS·NCES 420012300759
Maritime Academy CS
2275 Bridge Street, Philadelphia, PA 19137 · (215) 535-4555 · Philadelphia County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL829 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of Pennsylvania public K-12 schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
12.1:1
69 FTE teachers
STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
766 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 | 35 | 4% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 4% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 5% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 87 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 85 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 90 | 11% |
| Grade 9 | 67 | 8% |
| Grade 10 | 65 | 8% |
| Grade 11 | 55 | 7% |
| Grade 12 | 56 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 61% smaller than its 8th grade class (90).
Student demographics
67%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
20.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.8pp since 2023
Math
13.7%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.5% | 13.7% |
| 2023-24 | 27.3% | 15.1% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
25.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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
829
-130 (-14%) vs 2020
+9% since 2010-11, when it was 762
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 829 | 68.6 | 12.1:1 | 92% (766) |
| 2023-24 | 822 | 66.6 | 12.3:1 | 93% (766) |
| 2022-23 | 825 | 64.1 | 12.9:1 | 56% (462) |
| 2020-21 | 959 | 61 | 15.7:1 | 79% (762) |
| 2017-18 | 818 | 46 | 17.8:1 | 98% (800) |
| 2015-16 | 825 | 49 | 16.8:1 | 69% (566) |
| 2010-11 | 762 | 42 | 18.1:1 | 90% (689) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Maritime Academy CS.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (818 to 829); teachers up 49% (46 to 68.6).
About Maritime Academy CS
Students in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, attend Maritime Academy CS, a small school serving multiple grade levels. There are 829 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 12. On average, combined schools in Pennsylvania enroll around 1,819, and this school is 54% below that mark.
Maritime Academy CS is its own local education agency in federal data.
At Maritime Academy CS, Hispanic students make up the biggest share, 45%. Enrollment also includes 31% White, 16% Black, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Among people living in Philadelphia County, the Hispanic share is about 16%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 67, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.1:1. The school has 68.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across combined schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is 15.5:1. Federal data show 92% of students (766) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 95% average for public schools in Philadelphia County.
Maritime Academy CS earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 36% of Pennsylvania public K-12 schools.
The model predicts 38.0% for a school in Pennsylvania with Maritime Academy CS's free or reduced-price lunch share. Maritime Academy CS posts 25.0%.
Philadelphia County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $61,953 a year, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. Maritime Academy CS shares Philadelphia County with 308 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Franklin Towne CHS is less than a tenth of a mile from Maritime Academy CS. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Maritime Academy CS comes in 5th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 14%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.7:1 to 12.1:1 over the same years.
This page is set up for the Maritime Academy CS community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Maritime Academy CSHow large is Maritime Academy CS?
Maritime Academy CS enrolls approximately 829 students in grades KG-12.
What age range does Maritime Academy CS serve?
Maritime Academy CS serves students from grade KG through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Maritime Academy CS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Maritime Academy CS is approximately 12.1:1 (69 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Maritime Academy CS?
Student demographics at Maritime Academy CS are roughly 31% White, 45% Hispanic, 16% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Maritime Academy CS in?
Maritime Academy CS is part of Maritime Academy CS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.