Mastery CS-Smedley Campus

Located at 1790 Bridge Street, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mastery CS-Smedley Campus is a well-populated elementary-level community that caters to 751 students (grades K through 6), run under Mastery CS-Smedley Campus. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Mastery CS-Smedley Campus sits 70% above that benchmark.

Operationally, Mastery CS-Smedley Campus answers to Mastery CS-Smedley Campus, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mastery CS-Smedley Campus records that 61% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% White. By comparison, Philadelphia County as a whole is about 39% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Mastery CS-Smedley Campus has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Mastery CS-Smedley Campus higher than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Mastery CS-Smedley Campus sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.9%; this one delivers 26.3%.

Zooming out to the county, Philadelphia County reports that median household earnings sit near $61,953, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. In all, Philadelphia County runs 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), of which Mastery CS-Smedley Campus is one.

Nearest neighbor: Sullivan James J Sch, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mastery CS-Smedley Campus. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mastery CS-Smedley Campus ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 15.9%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mastery CS-Smedley Campus has changed only slightly, going from 744 students in 2018 to 751 in 2025.

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