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Nebinger George W Sch
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedWhat this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 are up about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Nebinger George W Sch
As a moderately sized elementary-level community in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Nebinger George W Sch enrolls 391 students from grades pre-K through 8, overseen by Philadelphia City SD.
Nebinger George W Sch is one of 220 schools operated by Philadelphia City SD, a district that works with 116,230 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Nebinger George W Sch logs that the largest single group is Black at 36%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 28% White, 23% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 6% multiracial. Compared to Philadelphia County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 103% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Philadelphia County (around 95%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Nebinger George W Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.7%.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for Philadelphia County put median household earnings sit near $61,953, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Nebinger George W Sch is one of 309 public schools in Philadelphia County (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students).
The closest other public school is Vare-Washington El Sch, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Nebinger George W Sch at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 61.3%.
Nebinger George W Sch operates from an inner-city location.
Over the past 7-year window. Nebinger George W Sch's enrollment has fell 3% since 2018, when it stood at 403 (now 391). White enrollment moved from 20% to 28% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.
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