New Foundations CS

New Foundations CS, an intimate all-grades campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, part of New Foundations CS, works with 1,529 students, covering grades K through 12.

Operationally, New Foundations CS answers to New Foundations CS, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Demographically, New Foundations CS reports that 34% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 28% Hispanic, 25% Black, 6% multiracial, 6% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Philadelphia County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, New Foundations CS has 107 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting New Foundations CS tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Philadelphia County runs at roughly 95%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, New Foundations CS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.3%; this one delivers 52.1%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Philadelphia County indicate median household earnings sit near $61,953, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Across Philadelphia County's 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), New Foundations CS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Brown Joseph Sch, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around New Foundations CS. On composite proficiency, New Foundations CS comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 27.0%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting. New Foundations CS is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at New Foundations CS has edged up 4%, going from 1,471 students in 2018 to 1,529 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 60% to 34% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

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