Enrollment
440
High
DISTRICT 689 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899003857
Overbrook HS
5898 Lancaster Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19131 · (215) 400-7300 · Philadelphia County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL440 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
391 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
21.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -8.6pp since 2023
Math
2.5%
PA avg 43.0% . -4.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 3 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
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
12.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-26.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
440
-113 (-20%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 17.8:1
% White
1%
was 4%
% Hispanic
5%
was 2%
% Black
90%
was 94%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Overbrook HS
Overbrook HS, a close-knit high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, overseen by Philadelphia City SD, instructs 440 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 40% leaner than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 738 students.
Philadelphia City SD comprises 220 schools with combined enrollment of 116,230 students; Overbrook HS is among them.
On demographics, Overbrook HS lists that nearly all students (90%) are Black. Beyond that, the school reports 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.
On the resource side, On paper, Overbrook HS has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Overbrook HS falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 39.5%; this one comes in at 12.8%, -26.7 points off the demographic line.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Philadelphia County) logs that 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%. In all, Philadelphia County runs 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), of which Overbrook HS is one.
The closest other public school is Overbrook Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Overbrook HS ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 16.3%.
The school occupies a metropolitan site.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 20%: 553 students in 2018 compared to 440 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 today.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Philadelphia City SD
- Northeast HSHigh · 3,463 students
- Lincoln HSHigh · 2,472 students
- Central HSHigh · 2,329 students
- Northeast Community Propel AcademyElementary · 1,783 students
- Mayfair SchElementary · 1,763 students
- Washington George HSHigh · 1,755 students
Other schools in Philadelphia
- Northeast HSHigh · 3,463 students
- Philadelphia Performing Arts CSCombined · 2,572 students
- Lincoln HSHigh · 2,472 students
- Central HSHigh · 2,329 students
- MaST Community CS IICombined · 1,875 students
- First Philadelphia Preparatory CSCombined · 1,831 students
Nearby schools
- Overbrook Elementary School0.4 mi · 201
- The Science Leadership Academy at Beeber0.4 mi · 532
- Mastery CS - Mann Campus0.5 mi · 573
- Guidon S Bluford El Sch0.5 mi · 476
- Heston Edward Sch0.5 mi · 245
- Ad Prima CS0.6 mi · 602
Frequently asked questions
About Overbrook HSWhat is the total enrollment at Overbrook HS?
Overbrook HS enrolls approximately 440 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Overbrook HS serve?
Overbrook HS serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Overbrook HS have?
Overbrook HS employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Overbrook HS?
At Overbrook HS, the student body is approximately 1% White, 5% Hispanic, 90% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Overbrook HS public or private?
Overbrook HS is a public K-12 school, overseen by Philadelphia City SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.