Mastery CS-Harrity Campus

Located at 5601 Christian Street, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mastery CS-Harrity Campus is a well-populated elementary-level community that educates 750 students (grades K through 8), overseen by Mastery CS-Harrity Campus. That puts it 69% above the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Mastery CS-Harrity Campus is a school of Mastery CS-Harrity Campus, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Mastery CS-Harrity Campus records that nearly all students (93%) are Black. Other groups include 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 39% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at Mastery CS-Harrity Campus qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Mastery CS-Harrity Campus tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.9%.

Around the school, Philadelphia County reports that median household earnings sit near $61,953, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Philadelphia County's 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), Mastery CS-Harrity Campus is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Boys' Latin of Philadelphia CS, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mastery CS-Harrity Campus. On composite proficiency, Mastery CS-Harrity Campus comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 15.7%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting. Mastery CS-Harrity Campus is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 11%: 838 students in 2018 compared to 750 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 98% to 93% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.