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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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 248 | 38% |
| Grade 10 | 179 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 129 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 95 | 15% |
Student demographics
60%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
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.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.3% | 9.1% |
| 2023-24 | 28.6% | 6.0% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School
Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School's state test result (20.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School this school | 651 | 90.3% | 20.1% |
| Frankford High School Philadelphia | 907 | 94.7% | 11.5% |
| Kensington Creative & Performing Arts High School Philadelphia | 510 | 97.8% | 15.5% |
| Harrisburg High School Harrisburg | 1,343 | 99.4% | 5.4% |
| Olney High School Philadephia | 1,168 | 99.7% | 15.7% |
| William Penn SHS York | 1,681 | 95.7% | 19.4% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high 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 Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.1% | #530 of 576 | #33 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.1% | #565 of 626 ▲ 13 | #38 of 67 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #544 of 626 ▲ 35 | #38 of 67 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 651 | #304 of 713 | #24 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #510 of 601 | #30 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.8% | #90 of 604 | #21 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.3% | #239 of 619 | #57 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.0% | #91 of 373 | #12 of 35 |
Ranked against other public high 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
651
-12 (-2%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 1,392
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 651 | 39 | 16.7:1 | 90% (588) |
| 2023-24 | 588 | 49 | 12.0:1 | 100% (588) |
| 2022-23 | 571 | 43 | 13.3:1 | 100% (571) |
| 2020-21 | 663 | 39 | 17.0:1 | 100% (660) |
| 2017-18 | 775 | 40.9 | 18.9:1 | 100% (775) |
| 2015-16 | 680 | 39 | 17.4:1 | 100% (680) |
| 2010-11 | 952 | 73 | 13.0:1 | 100% (949) |
| 2000-01 | 1,421 | 77 | 18.4:1 | 84% (1,189) |
| 1990-91 | 1,392 | 77 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (775 to 651); teachers down 5% (40.9 to 39).
About Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School
Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School sits in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is classified as a high school. The school offers grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 651 students.
Philadelphia City SD has 220 schools and 116,230 students, and Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School is one of those schools.
Hispanic students make up 46% of enrollment at Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School, the largest share of any group. Beyond that, enrollment is 43% Black, 5% White, and 5% multiracial. In Philadelphia County overall, about 16% of residents are Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 60, compared with 70 nationally.
Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1, with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Pennsylvania is 12.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 90% at Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School ranks in the bottom 10% in Pennsylvania. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 20.1%, against a prediction of 38.9%.
The school is in Philadelphia County, where the median household earns about $61,953 a year, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 17% of residents are in poverty. Across Philadelphia County, 309 public schools serve about 182,005 students.
Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School's closest public school neighbor is Conwell Russell Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School at 3rd of 4.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 663 in 2020-21 and 651 in 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
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Nearby schools
- Conwell Russell Middle School0.2 mi · 119
- Willard Frances E School0.2 mi · 377
- Webster School0.4 mi · 510
- Memphis Street Academy CS @ JP Jones0.4 mi · 493
- Sheridan School0.5 mi · 437
- Elkin Lewis School0.6 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.
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