Mastery CHS-Lenfest Campus

Set in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mastery CHS-Lenfest Campus is a middle-of-the-pack 9-12 campus, overseen by Mastery CHS-Lenfest Campus. It teaches 660 students across grades 7 through 12.

Operationally, Mastery CHS-Lenfest Campus answers to Mastery CHS-Lenfest Campus, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On demographics, Mastery CHS-Lenfest Campus reports that 77% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school logs 18% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Philadelphia County as a whole is about 39% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Mastery CHS-Lenfest Campus reports 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.5:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mastery CHS-Lenfest Campus performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.4%, the actual is 31.2%, a residual of -5.2 points.

In the surrounding community, Philadelphia County reports that the typical household earns roughly $61,953 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Philadelphia County runs 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), of which Mastery CHS-Lenfest Campus is one.

Nearest neighbor: National Constitution Center HS, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mastery CHS-Lenfest Campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mastery CHS-Lenfest Campus at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 59.7%.

The school occupies a downtown site. As a public charter, Mastery CHS-Lenfest Campus 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 Mastery CHS-Lenfest Campus has increased 12%, going from 587 students in 2018 to 660 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 10% to 18%.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.