Enrollment
283
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899003798
Mitchell Elementary School
5500 Kingsessing Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19143 · (215) 400-7880 · Philadelphia County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL283 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
10.5:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
104%
295 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 26 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 29 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 31 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 24 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 33% larger than its 8th grade class (24).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
11.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.4pp since 2023
Math
5.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 5 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 11.2% | 5.0% |
| 2023-24 | 14.6% | 4.4% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
10.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 33% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Mitchell Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.5% | #1,371 of 1,396 | #144 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.0% | #1,483 of 1,511 ▼ 11 | #176 of 193 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.2% | #1,479 of 1,511 ▼ 13 | #180 of 193 ▼ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 283 | #1,307 of 1,638 | #161 of 194 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #137 of 1,528 | #37 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.3% | #1,220 of 1,531 | #146 of 189 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 104% | #133 of 1,600 | #35 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -44.6% | #17 of 1,045 | #10 of 135 |
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
283
-152 (-35%) vs 2020
-67% since 1990-91, when it was 868
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 283 | 27 | 10.5:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 295 | 29 | 10.2:1 | 100% (295) |
| 2022-23 | 337 | 30.1 | 11.2:1 | 100% (337) |
| 2020-21 | 435 | 30 | 14.5:1 | 99% (432) |
| 2017-18 | 511 | 29 | 17.6:1 | 100% (510) |
| 2015-16 | 660 | 38 | 17.4:1 | 100% (660) |
| 2010-11 | 558 | 31 | 18.0:1 | 94% (522) |
| 2000-01 | 711 | 37 | 19.2:1 | 90% (637) |
| 1990-91 | 868 | 39 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mitchell Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 45% (511 to 283); teachers down 7% (29 to 27).
About Mitchell Elementary School
Mitchell Elementary School is a small elementary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (ZIP code 19143). Enrollment is 283 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 8. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 443 students, so this school is 36% smaller than average.
Mitchell Elementary School is one of 220 schools in Philadelphia City SD, which enrolls 116,230 students in total.
Black students are the large majority at Mitchell Elementary School, with 90% of enrollment. Next come 6% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 39% Black among all Philadelphia County residents. By the diversity index, Mitchell Elementary School comes in at 18%.
A ratio of 10.5:1 comes from the school's 27 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is higher than this school's figure.
allk12 grades Mitchell Elementary School an F. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Mitchell Elementary School is 32.9%. It actually posts 10.5%, which is 22.4 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
Philadelphia County has these Census figures: median household income is about $61,953, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 17%. The public schools of Philadelphia County number 309 and enroll about 182,005.
The closest public school, Independence CS West, is less than a tenth of a mile from Mitchell Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Mitchell Elementary School ranks 5th in a group of 6 nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, Mitchell Elementary School is City: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Mitchell Elementary School went from 435 students to 283. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.5:1 to 10.5:1.
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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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Other Mitchell Elementary schools
22 other US public schools in 17 states are named Mitchell Elementary. Mitchell Elementary School is the 19th largest of the 23.
- Mitchell Elementary SchoolBridgewater, MA · 931 students
- Mitchell Elementary SchoolDALLAS, TX · 787 students
- MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 698 students
- Mitchell ElementaryMilwaukee, WI · 597 students
- Mitchell ElementaryAtwater, CA · 528 students
Nearby schools
- Independence CS West0.1 mi · 811
- Mastery CS-Hardy Williams0.4 mi · 1,253
- Comegys Benjamin B School0.5 mi · 252
- Longstreth William C School0.5 mi · 314
- Richard Allen Preparatory CS0.6 mi · 315
- Harrington Avery D School0.8 mi · 274
Frequently asked questions
About Mitchell Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Mitchell Elementary School?
Mitchell Elementary School enrolls approximately 283 students in grades PK-08.
Is Mitchell Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mitchell Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Mitchell Elementary School have?
Mitchell Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
How diverse is Mitchell Elementary School?
Mitchell Elementary School reports a student body of 0% White, 6% Hispanic, 90% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Mitchell Elementary School in?
Mitchell Elementary School is part of Philadelphia City SD.
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