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Enrollment
647
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MASTERY CS-FRANCIS D. PASTORIUS ELEMENTARY·NCES 420087407515
Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary
5650 Sprague Street, Philadelphia, PA 19138 · (215) 951-5689 · Philadelphia County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL647 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
43 FTE teachers
STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
644 students
STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 79 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 69 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 73 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 67 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 18% larger than its 8th grade class (67).
Student demographics
23%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
26.4%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.1pp since 2023
Math
14.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.4% | 14.5% |
| 2023-24 | 26.3% | 10.8% |
% 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
20.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% 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 →
Schools most like Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary
Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary's state test result (20.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary this school | 647 | 99.5% | 20.9% |
| KIPP North Philadelphia CS Philadelphia | 683 | 98.2% | 11.2% |
| Mastery CS - Mann Campus Philadelphia | 573 | 97.7% | 24.1% |
| Lindley Academy CS at Birney Philadelphia | 739 | 98.2% | 13.7% |
| Mastery Prep Elementary CS Philadelphia | 598 | 99.5% | 25.9% |
| Russell Byers CS Philadelphia | 686 | 97.4% | 18.6% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary 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 Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #1,281 of 1,396 | #94 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.5% | #1,356 of 1,511 ▲ 28 | #93 of 193 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #1,259 of 1,511 ▲ 68 | #85 of 193 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 647 | #185 of 1,638 | #45 of 194 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #1,267 of 1,528 | #130 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.9% | #1,127 of 1,531 | #131 of 189 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #331 of 1,600 | #82 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.8% | #178 of 450 | #26 of 48 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
647
+21 (+3%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
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 | 647 | 43 | 15.1:1 | 100% (644) |
| 2023-24 | 648 | 40 | 16.2:1 | 100% (645) |
| 2022-23 | 658 | 39 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 626 | 40 | 15.7:1 | 98% (616) |
| 2017-18 | 589 | 36.4 | 16.2:1 | 99% (585) |
| 2015-16 | 589 | 36 | 16.4:1 | 99% (586) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (589 to 647); teachers up 18% (36.4 to 43).
About Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary
Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary is an elementary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it is part of Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary. Enrollment stands at 647 students, covering kindergarten through 8. That puts enrollment 46% larger than the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary operates as its own local education agency.
A large majority of enrollment at Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary is Black, at 87%. After that, the student body is 6% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Philadelphia County, the Black share is about 39%. The diversity index for Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary is 23%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
A staff of 43 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 15.1:1. Across elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is 13.1:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 100%.
Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 10% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary scores 20.9% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 34.9%.
Looking at the county, Philadelphia County, median household income comes to about $61,953, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 17%. The county has 309 public schools and about 182,005 students.
Imhotep Institute CHS is about 0.4 miles from Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary ranks 3rd in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large). NCES lists Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary as a charter school.
The school's enrollment increased 3% from 2020-21 to 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 Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary?
Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary enrolls approximately 647 students in grades KG-08.
Is Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary is approximately 15.1:1 (43 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary?
Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary reports a student body of 0% White, 6% Hispanic, 87% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary?
Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary is overseen by Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary in Philadelphia County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.