Mastery CS -Thomas Campus

Mastery CS -Thomas Campus is a low-enrollment combined-grade school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Mastery CS-Thomas Campus. The school works with 1,314 students in grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,819 students per school, that is 28% smaller than typical.

Mastery CS-Thomas Campus is the operating authority for Mastery CS -Thomas Campus, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, Mastery CS -Thomas Campus lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 29% Black, 16% Asian, 9% White, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 79 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Mastery CS -Thomas Campus higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at Mastery CS -Thomas Campus qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mastery CS -Thomas Campus performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.8%, the actual is 43.0%, a residual of +8.1 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Philadelphia County) records that median household earnings sit near $61,953, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Mastery CS -Thomas Campus is one of 309 public schools in Philadelphia County (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students).

Fell D Newlin Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mastery CS -Thomas Campus ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 36.2%.

The campus sits in an urban setting. Mastery CS -Thomas Campus operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Mastery CS -Thomas Campus's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 1,303 (now 1,314). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 17% to 40% over that span.

On the community side, members of the Mastery CS -Thomas Campus community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.