National Constitution Center HS

Set in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, National Constitution Center HS is a compact 9-12 campus, overseen by Philadelphia City SD. It serves 421 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 738 students per school, that is 43% smaller than typical.

National Constitution Center HS is one of 220 schools operated by Philadelphia City SD, a district that hosts 116,230 students overall.

In terms of who attends, National Constitution Center HS reports that the largest single group is Black, at 71% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 15% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Asian, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 39% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, National Constitution Center HS records 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, National Constitution Center HS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.0%, the actual is 37.7%, a residual of +0.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, Philadelphia County reports that the typical household earns roughly $61,953 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. National Constitution Center HS is one of 309 public schools in Philadelphia County (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students).

Mastery CHS-Lenfest Campus is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around National Constitution Center HS. On composite proficiency, National Constitution Center HS comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 58.0%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 8%: 391 students in 2018 compared to 421 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 27.9:1 in 2018 to 22.1:1 today.

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