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Enrollment
750
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MASTERY CS-HARRITY CAMPUS·NCES 420082807351
Mastery CS-Harrity Campus
5601 Christian Street, Philadelphia, PA 19143 · (215) 471-2908 · Philadelphia County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL750 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
18.3:1
41 FTE teachers
STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
747 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 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 84 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 84 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 86 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 8% smaller than its 8th grade class (86).
Student demographics
13%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
36.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.1pp since 2023
Math
21.3%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.6% | 21.3% |
| 2023-24 | 38.7% | 21.8% |
% 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
30.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% 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-Harrity Campus
Mastery CS-Harrity Campus's state test result (30.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mastery CS-Harrity Campus this school | 750 | 99.6% | 30.9% |
| Russell Byers CS Philadelphia | 686 | 97.4% | 18.6% |
| KIPP West Philadelphia CS Philadelphia | 848 | 99.6% | 19.2% |
| KIPP North Philadelphia CS Philadelphia | 683 | 98.2% | 11.2% |
| Global Leadership Academy CS Philadelphia | 692 | 96.5% | 16.2% |
| Discovery CS Philadelphia | 626 | 99.2% | 20.9% |
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-Harrity Campus ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #1,165 of 1,396 | #55 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #1,268 of 1,511 ▼ 29 | #67 of 193 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #1,086 of 1,511 ▲ 52 | #48 of 193 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 750 | #100 of 1,638 | #31 of 194 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #1,502 of 1,528 | #181 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.2% | #1,343 of 1,531 | #167 of 189 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #327 of 1,600 | #80 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.5% | #623 of 1,045 | #107 of 135 |
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
750
-99 (-12%) vs 2020
-6% since 2010-11, when it was 801
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 750 | 41 | 18.3:1 | 100% (747) |
| 2023-24 | 782 | 41 | 19.1:1 | 100% (779) |
| 2022-23 | 813 | 47 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 849 | 49 | 17.3:1 | 100% (845) |
| 2017-18 | 838 | 54 | 15.5:1 | 100% (834) |
| 2015-16 | 852 | 53 | 16.1:1 | 100% (849) |
| 2010-11 | 801 | 54 | 14.8:1 | 98% (784) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mastery CS-Harrity Campus.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (838 to 750); teachers down 24% (54 to 41).
About Mastery CS-Harrity Campus
Families in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, are served by Mastery CS-Harrity Campus, a large elementary school. The school enrolls 750 students in kindergarten through 8. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 443 students, which makes this school 69% bigger than average.
Mastery CS-Harrity Campus is its own local education agency in federal data.
Roughly 93% of students at Mastery CS-Harrity Campus are Black. The remaining students are 3% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. Among people living in Philadelphia County, the Black share is about 39%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Mastery CS-Harrity Campus scores 13%.
Mastery CS-Harrity Campus reported 41 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 18.3:1. The school's 18.3:1 compares with an average of 13.1:1 for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Roughly 100% of students at Mastery CS-Harrity Campus can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Mastery CS-Harrity Campus lands at C-, ahead of 21% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Mastery CS-Harrity Campus is 4.0 points below its prediction. Actual: 30.9%. Predicted: 34.9%.
Looking at the county, Philadelphia County, the median household earns about $61,953 a year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Mastery CS-Harrity Campus, Philadelphia County has 309 public schools.
Mastery CS-Harrity Campus's nearest public school is Boys' Latin of Philadelphia CS (about 0.2 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Mastery CS-Harrity Campus. On state test proficiency, Mastery CS-Harrity Campus ranks 1st in a group of 6 nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, Mastery CS-Harrity Campus is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Mastery CS-Harrity Campus had a net loss of 99 students, or 12%.
This page is set up for the Mastery CS-Harrity Campus community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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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Frequently asked questions
About Mastery CS-Harrity CampusHow many students attend Mastery CS-Harrity Campus?
Mastery CS-Harrity Campus enrolls approximately 750 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Mastery CS-Harrity Campus serve?
Mastery CS-Harrity Campus serves grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Mastery CS-Harrity Campus have?
Mastery CS-Harrity Campus employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Mastery CS-Harrity Campus?
Student demographics at Mastery CS-Harrity Campus are roughly 1% White, 2% Hispanic, 93% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Mastery CS-Harrity Campus?
Mastery CS-Harrity Campus is overseen by Mastery CS-Harrity Campus in Philadelphia County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.