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McClure Alexander K Sch
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About McClure Alexander K Sch
Set in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, McClure Alexander K Sch is an average-sized primary school, one of the schools within Philadelphia City SD. It works with 437 students across grades pre-K through 5.
Philadelphia City SD comprises 220 schools with combined enrollment of 116,230 students; McClure Alexander K Sch is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, McClure Alexander K Sch shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 70%. The remainder comes out to 29% Black. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 102% 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, On a poverty-adjusted basis, McClure Alexander K Sch sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 34.0%; actual is 8.3%, a gap of -25.6 points.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Philadelphia County) records that the typical household earns roughly $61,953 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Philadelphia County's 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), McClure Alexander K Sch is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Esperanza Cyber CS, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around McClure Alexander K Sch. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), McClure Alexander K Sch ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 16.9%.
Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at McClure Alexander K Sch has ticked down 31%, going from 635 students in 2018 to 437 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 61% to 70% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.
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