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Enrollment
929
High
STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MASTERY CS-PICKETT CAMPUS·NCES 420076106025
Mastery CS-Pickett Campus
5700 Wayne Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19144 · (215) 866-9000 · Philadelphia County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL929 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Pennsylvania public high 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
59 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
906 students
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 6 | 124 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 140 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 157 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 154 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 135 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 117 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 102 | 11% |
Student demographics
15%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
33.0%
PA avg 51.1% . +3.8pp since 2023
Math
10.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.5pp 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 11 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.0% | 10.8% |
| 2023-24 | 29.2% | 9.3% |
% 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
21.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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-Pickett Campus
Mastery CS-Pickett Campus's state test result (21.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mastery CS-Pickett Campus this school | 929 | 97.5% | 21.1% |
| Freire CS Philadelphia | 1,024 | 93.1% | 23.9% |
| Penn Wood High School Lansdowne | 1,148 | 97.6% | 21.9% |
| Mastery CS - Shoemaker Campus Philadelphia | 722 | 99.6% | 21.0% |
| Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS Philadelphia | 629 | 97.8% | 22.2% |
| Mastery CS-Gratz Campus Philadelphia | 1,048 | 98.9% | 21.1% |
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 Mastery CS-Pickett Campus ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #525 of 576 | #30 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.8% | #556 of 626 ▲ 4 | #35 of 67 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #545 of 626 ▲ 30 | #39 of 67 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 929 | #198 of 713 | #13 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #465 of 601 | #22 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.3% | #439 of 604 | #60 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.5% | #198 of 619 | #39 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.5% | #111 of 221 | #20 of 31 |
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
929
-4 (0%) vs 2020
+62% since 2010-11, when it was 574
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 929 | 58.6 | 15.9:1 | 98% (906) |
| 2023-24 | 905 | 58 | 15.6:1 | 100% (902) |
| 2022-23 | 938 | 61.9 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 933 | 56 | 16.7:1 | 99% (928) |
| 2017-18 | 864 | 56.8 | 15.2:1 | 100% (860) |
| 2015-16 | 865 | 59 | 14.7:1 | 100% (865) |
| 2010-11 | 574 | 39 | 14.7:1 | 92% (526) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mastery CS-Pickett Campus.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (864 to 929); teachers up 3% (56.8 to 58.6).
About Mastery CS-Pickett Campus
Mastery CS-Pickett Campus is a medium-sized high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The student body numbers 929 students, from grades 6 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Pennsylvania) has about 738 students.
Federal records list Mastery CS-Pickett Campus as its own district.
Most students at Mastery CS-Pickett Campus are Black: 92% of enrollment. The remaining students are 4% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Census figures show Philadelphia County is about 39% Black. By the diversity index, Mastery CS-Pickett Campus comes in at 15%.
Teachers at Mastery CS-Pickett Campus total 58.6 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.9:1. For comparison, high schools in Pennsylvania average 12.8:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 98%.
Measured against Pennsylvania public high schools, Mastery CS-Pickett Campus receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Mastery CS-Pickett Campus's average proficiency rate on state tests of 21.1% is 14.7 points below the 35.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Philadelphia County has these Census figures: median household income is about $61,953, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. The public schools of Philadelphia County number 309 and enroll about 182,005.
Lingelbach Anna L School is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. Mastery CS-Pickett Campus is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 28.1% proficiency; Mastery CS-Pickett Campus posts 21.1%.
Under the NCES locale system, Mastery CS-Pickett Campus is City: Large. NCES lists Mastery CS-Pickett Campus as a charter school.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 933 to 929, a small change.
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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
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- Lingelbach Anna L School0.6 mi · 363
- Kelly John B School0.6 mi · 365
- Mastery CS John Wister Elementary0.7 mi · 506
- Fitler Academics Plus0.9 mi · 159
- Roosevelt Theodore Middle School1.1 mi · 400
- Wissahickon CS1.2 mi · 965
Frequently asked questions
About Mastery CS-Pickett CampusHow large is Mastery CS-Pickett Campus?
Mastery CS-Pickett Campus enrolls approximately 929 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does Mastery CS-Pickett Campus serve?
Mastery CS-Pickett Campus serves grades 06-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mastery CS-Pickett Campus?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mastery CS-Pickett Campus is approximately 15.9:1 (59 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mastery CS-Pickett Campus?
At Mastery CS-Pickett Campus, the student body is approximately 1% White, 4% Hispanic, 92% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Mastery CS-Pickett Campus public or private?
Mastery CS-Pickett Campus is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Mastery CS-Pickett Campus.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.