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Which teacher or staff member at People for People CS deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
573
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PEOPLE FOR PEOPLE CS·NCES 420008500586
People for People CS
800 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19130 · (215) 763-7060 · Philadelphia County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL573 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% 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
18.2:1
31 FTE teachers
STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
102%
587 students
STATE 75%
Community
1
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 | 65 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 63 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 63 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 57 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 14% larger than its 8th grade class (57).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
16.8%
PA avg 51.1% . +5.4pp since 2023
Math
11.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +8.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.8% | 11.9% |
| 2023-24 | 11.4% | 3.6% |
% 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
12.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% 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 →
Where People for People CS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.6% | #1,355 of 1,396 | #137 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.9% | #1,392 of 1,511 ▲ 93 | #117 of 193 ▲ 56 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.8% | #1,398 of 1,511 ▲ 94 | #136 of 193 ▲ 47 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 573 | #318 of 1,638 | #62 of 194 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #1,500 of 1,528 | #180 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.5% | #1,482 of 1,531 | #185 of 189 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 102% | #195 of 1,600 | #49 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.8% | #135 of 450 | #24 of 48 |
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
573
+43 (+8%) vs 2020
+8% since 2010-11, when it was 529
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 573 | 31.5 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 576 | 31.5 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 528 | 28.5 | 18.5:1 | 98% (516) |
| 2020-21 | 530 | 34 | 15.6:1 | 99% (525) |
| 2017-18 | 499 | 53 | 9.4:1 | 99% (495) |
| 2015-16 | 531 | 32 | 16.6:1 | 100% (531) |
| 2010-11 | 529 | 39 | 13.6:1 | 91% (479) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for People for People CS.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (499 to 573); teachers down 41% (53 to 31.5).
About People for People CS
People for People CS is a mid-sized elementary school in Pennsylvania, located in Philadelphia. The school offers kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 573 students. The school is 29% larger than the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
People for People CS operates as its own local education agency.
The share of students at People for People CS who are Black is 96%. Other groups make up 2% Hispanic. County-wide, 39% of Philadelphia County residents are Black. A diversity index of 7% means there is a 7% chance two randomly chosen students at People for People CS are from different groups.
The school has 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 18.2 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have an average ratio of 13.1:1.
On the allk12 Grade, People for People CS lands at F, ahead of 4% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
People for People CS trails its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 21.0 points (12.6% versus 33.7%), a bottom-10% result in Pennsylvania on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Philadelphia County show that the median household earns about $61,953 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 17% of people live in poverty. Philadelphia County has 309 public schools with about 182,005 students, including People for People CS.
Of the public schools around it, People for People CS is closest to Franklin LC, about 0.2 miles away. People for People CS has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts People for People CS at 5th of 6.
In the federal locale system, People for People CS is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
In 2020-21, People for People CS enrolled 530 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 573. Federal data show the ratio rising from 15.6:1 to 18.2:1.
On allk12, people connected to People for People CS can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. 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
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Frequently asked questions
About People for People CSHow large is People for People CS?
People for People CS enrolls approximately 573 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does People for People CS serve?
People for People CS serves grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at People for People CS?
Approximately 18.2:1 students per teacher at People for People CS.
What is the student diversity at People for People CS?
Student demographics at People for People CS are roughly 0% White, 2% Hispanic, 96% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is People for People CS public or private?
People for People CS is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by People for People CS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.