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What's one thing Mastbaum Jules E AVTS gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
651
High
DISTRICT 689 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899003842
Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School
3116 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19134 · (215) 400-7220 · Philadelphia County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE ICAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL651 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
588 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
33.3%
PA avg 51.1% . +4.7pp since 2023
Math
9.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
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
20.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
651
-124 (-16%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 18.9:1
% White
5%
was 6%
% Hispanic
46%
was 45%
% Black
43%
was 46%
% Asian
1%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School
Located at 3116 Frankford Avenue, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School is a reasonably sized secondary school that hosts 651 students (grades 9 through 12), part of Philadelphia City SD.
Philadelphia City SD comprises 220 schools with combined enrollment of 116,230 students; Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 43% Black, 5% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Philadelphia County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School reports 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 90% of students at Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
With demographic context factored in, Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School is in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 38.9%; Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School posts 20.1%, -18.7 points below that line.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Philadelphia County indicate median household earnings sit near $61,953, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Conwell Russell MS, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 24.8%.
Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School operates from a city-core location.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 16%: 775 students in 2018 compared to 651 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 today.
In the discussion threads here, the feed for Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Philadelphia City SD
- Northeast HSHigh · 3,463 students
- Lincoln HSHigh · 2,472 students
- Central HSHigh · 2,329 students
- Northeast Community Propel AcademyElementary · 1,783 students
- Mayfair SchElementary · 1,763 students
- Washington George HSHigh · 1,755 students
Other schools in Philadelphia
- Northeast HSHigh · 3,463 students
- Philadelphia Performing Arts CSCombined · 2,572 students
- Lincoln HSHigh · 2,472 students
- Central HSHigh · 2,329 students
- MaST Community CS IICombined · 1,875 students
- First Philadelphia Preparatory CSCombined · 1,831 students
Nearby schools
- Conwell Russell MS0.2 mi · 119
- Willard Frances E Sch0.2 mi · 377
- Webster Sch0.4 mi · 510
- Memphis Street Academy CS @ JP Jones0.4 mi · 493
- Sheridan Sch0.5 mi · 437
- Elkin Lewis Sch0.6 mi · 455
Frequently asked questions
About Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical SchoolHow many students attend Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School?
Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School enrolls approximately 651 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School serve?
Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School?
Approximately 16.7:1 students per teacher at Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School.
What is the student diversity at Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School?
Student demographics at Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School are roughly 5% White, 46% Hispanic, 43% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School in?
Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School is part of Philadelphia City SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.