Enrollment
215
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899004868
Morris Robert School
2600 W Thompson St, Philadelphia, PA 19121 · (215) 400-7320 · Philadelphia County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL215 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% 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.
- DBeats 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
14.4:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
200 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 | 21 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 19 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 22 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 19 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 17 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (21) is 24% larger than its 8th grade class (17).
Student demographics
28%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
18.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -11.8pp since 2023
Math
14.5%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.5% | 14.5% |
| 2023-24 | 30.3% | 15.3% |
% 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
19.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 38% 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 →
Schools most like Morris Robert School
Morris Robert School's state test result (19.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morris Robert School this school | 215 | 93.0% | 19.2% |
| Stetser Elementary School Chester | 251 | 92.0% | 24.7% |
| Howe Julia Ward School Philadelphia | 229 | 91.7% | 20.8% |
| Logan James School Philadelphia | 264 | 92.4% | 30.1% |
| Propel CS-Hazelwood Pittsburgh | 230 | 96.5% | 4.8% |
| Gideon Edward School Philadelphia | 221 | 94.6% | 11.2% |
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 Morris Robert School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.2% | #1,300 of 1,396 | #101 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.5% | #1,358 of 1,511 ▼ 37 | #95 of 193 ▼ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #1,375 of 1,511 ▼ 102 | #128 of 193 ▼ 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 215 | #1,503 of 1,638 | #186 of 194 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,152 of 1,528 | #116 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.9% | #1,026 of 1,531 | #113 of 189 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.0% | #615 of 1,600 | #154 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.1% | #162 of 1,045 | #75 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
215
+7 (+3%) vs 2020
-60% since 1990-91, when it was 540
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 215 | 15 | 14.4:1 | 93% (200) |
| 2023-24 | 200 | 17.2 | 11.6:1 | 100% (200) |
| 2022-23 | 159 | 18.2 | 8.7:1 | 100% (159) |
| 2020-21 | 208 | 18 | 11.6:1 | 99% (205) |
| 2017-18 | 291 | 18.2 | 16.0:1 | 100% (291) |
| 2015-16 | 347 | 25 | 13.9:1 | 100% (347) |
| 2010-11 | 428 | 26 | 16.5:1 | 81% (346) |
| 2000-01 | 588 | 42 | 14.0:1 | 98% (574) |
| 1990-91 | 540 | 33 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Morris Robert School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (291 to 215); teachers down 18% (18.2 to 15).
About Morris Robert School
Students in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, attend Morris Robert School, a small elementary school. The grade span is pre-K through 8, and enrollment is 215 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 443, so this school runs 51% smaller than that.
Philadelphia City SD has 220 schools; together they serve 116,230 students.
Federal enrollment data show Morris Robert School is 84% Black. After that, the student body is 10% Hispanic and 4% White. Among all residents of Philadelphia County, the Black share is about 39%. Pick two students at random and there is a 28% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 15 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 14.4:1. That is higher than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 93%. For comparison, public schools in Philadelphia County average 95%.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Morris Robert School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Morris Robert School is 37.7%. It actually posts 19.2%, which is 18.5 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
Census Bureau estimates for Philadelphia County show that the median household income is $61,953, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 17%. There are 309 public schools in Philadelphia County, enrolling about 182,005 students in all.
The next-closest public school is Vaux HS: A Big Picture School, about 0.2 miles away. Morris Robert School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Morris Robert School's average proficiency of 19.2% compares with 15.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Federal data place Morris Robert School in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment climbed 3% from its 2020-21 level of 208. The ratio was 11.6:1 in 2020-21 and 14.4:1 in 2024-25.
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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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- Vaux HS: A Big Picture School0.2 mi · 284
- Kelley William D School0.3 mi · 211
- Bache-Martin School0.5 mi · 614
- Gideon Edward School0.6 mi · 221
- Blaine James G School0.7 mi · 332
- Meade Gen George C School0.8 mi · 314
Frequently asked questions
About Morris Robert SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Morris Robert School?
Morris Robert School enrolls approximately 215 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Morris Robert School serve?
Morris Robert School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Morris Robert School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Morris Robert School is approximately 14.4:1 (15 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Morris Robert School?
Morris Robert School reports a student body of 4% White, 10% Hispanic, 84% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Morris Robert School?
Morris Robert School is overseen by Philadelphia City SD in Philadelphia County.
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