Enrollment
270
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899003675
Peirce Thomas M School
2300 W Cambria St, Philadelphia, PA 19132 · (215) 400-7020 · Philadelphia County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL270 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
14.9:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
189 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 | 59 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 34% larger than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
14%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
7.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -7.2pp since 2023
Math
3.4%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 8 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 7.5% | 3.4% |
| 2023-24 | 14.7% | 3.9% |
% 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
10.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-37.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% 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 Peirce Thomas M School
Peirce Thomas M School's state test result (10.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peirce Thomas M School this school | 270 | 70.0% | 10.5% |
| Lewis C Cassidy Academics Plus School Philadelphia | 303 | 71.6% | 11.1% |
| Inquiry CS Philadelphia | 272 | 74.6% | 31.8% |
| Catalyst Academy CS Pittsburgh | 315 | 75.9% | 17.7% |
| Longstreth William C School Philadelphia | 314 | 83.4% | 9.4% |
| KIPP Philadelphia Octavius Catto CS Philadelphia | 398 | 75.9% | 26.9% |
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 Peirce Thomas M School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.5% | #1,372 of 1,396 | #145 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 3.4% | #1,504 of 1,511 ▼ 23 | #190 of 193 ▼ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 7.5% | #1,505 of 1,511 ▼ 42 | #191 of 193 ▼ 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 270 | #1,345 of 1,638 | #166 of 194 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #1,249 of 1,528 | #127 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.9% | #1,337 of 1,531 | #165 of 189 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.0% | #736 of 1,600 | #188 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -42.1% | #27 of 1,045 | #16 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
270
-16 (-6%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 561
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 270 | 18.1 | 14.9:1 | 70% (189) |
| 2023-24 | 189 | 18.1 | 10.4:1 | 100% (189) |
| 2022-23 | 242 | 18.1 | 13.4:1 | 100% (242) |
| 2020-21 | 286 | 22 | 13.0:1 | 99% (283) |
| 2017-18 | 466 | 29.1 | 16.0:1 | 100% (464) |
| 2015-16 | 460 | 23 | 20.0:1 | 100% (460) |
| 2010-11 | 454 | 22 | 20.6:1 | 86% (392) |
| 2000-01 | 548 | 27 | 20.3:1 | 92% (503) |
| 1990-91 | 561 | 30 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Peirce Thomas M School.
Since 2017-18: students down 42% (466 to 270); teachers down 38% (29.1 to 18.1).
About Peirce Thomas M School
Peirce Thomas M School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its 270 students are spread across pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 39% smaller than the 443 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia City SD has a total of 220 schools and 116,230 students, Peirce Thomas M School among them.
At Peirce Thomas M School, Black students make up 93% of the student body. Smaller groups are 6% Hispanic. County-wide, 39% of Philadelphia County residents are Black. By the diversity index, Peirce Thomas M School comes in at 14%.
Federal data list 18.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Peirce Thomas M School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 14.9:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 13.1:1, lower than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 70%. On average, public schools in Philadelphia County report 95%.
The allk12 Grade for Peirce Thomas M School is F. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 1% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Peirce Thomas M School falls short of its prediction by 37.1 points. The model expects 47.6% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Pennsylvania; the school's rate is 10.5%.
In the county around the school, Philadelphia County, median household income is about $61,953, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. A total of 309 public schools operate in Philadelphia County, serving about 182,005 students.
The closest public school, Dobbins Area Vocational-Technical High School, is about 0.3 miles from Peirce Thomas M School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Peirce Thomas M School is 4th of 6 nearby schools with test data.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 286 to 270. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 14.9:1, from 13.0:1.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Peirce Thomas M SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Peirce Thomas M School?
Peirce Thomas M School enrolls approximately 270 students in grades PK-05.
Is Peirce Thomas M School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Peirce Thomas M School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Peirce Thomas M School have?
Peirce Thomas M School employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Peirce Thomas M School?
At Peirce Thomas M School, the student body is approximately 6% Hispanic, 93% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Peirce Thomas M School public or private?
Peirce Thomas M School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Philadelphia City SD.
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