1
Welcome to the Mastery CS-Smedley Campus community. What's one thing that would make Mastery CS-Smedley Campus even better?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
751
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MASTERY CS-SMEDLEY CAMPUS·NCES 420082907358
Mastery CS-Smedley Campus
1790 Bridge Street, Philadelphia, PA 19124 · (215) 537-2525 · Philadelphia County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL751 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% 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.
- C-Beats 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
15.0:1
50 FTE teachers
STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
748 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 | 102 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 110 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 110 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 105 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 116 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 12% smaller than its 6th grade class (116).
Student demographics
52%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
32.2%
PA avg 51.1% . +2.7pp since 2023
Math
19.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.2% | 19.6% |
| 2023-24 | 29.5% | 17.4% |
% 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
26.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% 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-Smedley Campus
Mastery CS-Smedley Campus's state test result (26.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mastery CS-Smedley Campus this school | 751 | 99.6% | 26.3% |
| Marshall Thurgood Philadelphia | 639 | 98.3% | 16.4% |
| Northwood Academy CS Philadelphia | 796 | 88.6% | 22.1% |
| The Philadelphia CS for Arts and Sciences at HR Edmunds Philadelphia | 885 | 94.8% | 12.8% |
| Robert Benjamin Wiley Community CS Erie | 550 | 94.4% | 24.1% |
| McKinley School York | 578 | 97.9% | 17.6% |
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-Smedley Campus ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #1,226 of 1,396 | #68 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.6% | #1,287 of 1,511 ▲ 13 | #72 of 193 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #1,163 of 1,511 ▲ 121 | #61 of 193 ▲ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 751 | #99 of 1,638 | #30 of 194 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #1,261 of 1,528 | #128 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.3% | #496 of 1,531 | #74 of 189 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #326 of 1,600 | #79 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.9% | #412 of 450 | #42 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
751
-33 (-4%) vs 2020
+28% since 2010-11, when it was 588
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 751 | 50 | 15.0:1 | 100% (748) |
| 2023-24 | 776 | 43 | 18.1:1 | 100% (773) |
| 2022-23 | 753 | 48 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 784 | 49 | 16.0:1 | 99% (773) |
| 2017-18 | 744 | 49 | 15.2:1 | 100% (742) |
| 2015-16 | 771 | 49 | 15.7:1 | 100% (768) |
| 2010-11 | 588 | 44 | 13.4:1 | 93% (548) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mastery CS-Smedley Campus.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (744 to 751); teachers up 2% (49 to 50).
About Mastery CS-Smedley Campus
In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mastery CS-Smedley Campus is a large elementary school. It enrolls 751 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 6. It has 70% more students than the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania (about 443).
Mastery CS-Smedley Campus is its own local education agency in federal data.
More than half of enrollment at Mastery CS-Smedley Campus is Black: 61%. Enrollment also includes 31% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% White. The school's Black share is 22 points above the 39% share among Philadelphia County residents. The diversity index for Mastery CS-Smedley Campus is 52%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Mastery CS-Smedley Campus has a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1, with 50 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 13.1:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 100% at Mastery CS-Smedley Campus.
On the allk12 Grade, Mastery CS-Smedley Campus lands at C-, ahead of 15% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
In Pennsylvania, Mastery CS-Smedley Campus is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 26.3% actual against a predicted 34.9%.
American Community Survey estimates for Philadelphia County show that the median household earns about $61,953 a year, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Philadelphia County counts 309 public schools with about 182,005 students.
Measured in a straight line, Sullivan James J School is about 0.4 miles from Mastery CS-Smedley Campus. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Mastery CS-Smedley Campus ranks 1st on proficiency.
Mastery CS-Smedley Campus falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Mastery CS-Smedley Campus is run as a public charter school.
In 2020-21, Mastery CS-Smedley Campus enrolled 784 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 751.
You can use this page to share news and ask questions about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Philadelphia
- Northeast High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
- Philadelphia Performing Arts CSCombined · 2,572 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 2,472 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 2,329 students
- MaST Community CS IICombined · 1,875 students
- First Philadelphia Preparatory CSCombined · 1,831 students
Nearby schools
- Sullivan James J School0.4 mi · 373
- Harding Warren G Middle School0.5 mi · 570
- Frankford High School0.6 mi · 907
- Ziegler William H School0.7 mi · 522
- The Philadelphia CS for Arts and Sciences at HR Edmunds0.8 mi · 885
- Marshall John School0.8 mi · 250
Frequently asked questions
About Mastery CS-Smedley CampusWhat is the total enrollment at Mastery CS-Smedley Campus?
Mastery CS-Smedley Campus enrolls approximately 751 students in grades KG-06.
Is Mastery CS-Smedley Campus an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mastery CS-Smedley Campus is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Mastery CS-Smedley Campus have?
Mastery CS-Smedley Campus employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Mastery CS-Smedley Campus?
Student demographics at Mastery CS-Smedley Campus are roughly 3% White, 31% Hispanic, 61% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Mastery CS-Smedley Campus public or private?
Mastery CS-Smedley Campus is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Mastery CS-Smedley Campus.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.