Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS

Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS is an average-sized secondary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, overseen by Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS. The school instructs 629 students in grades 9 through 12.

Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS is the operating authority for Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Demographically, Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS reports that 87% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest comes out to 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% White. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS reports 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.8:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.7%, the actual is 22.2%, a residual of -13.5 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Philadelphia County put the typical household earns roughly $61,953 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS is one of 309 public schools in Philadelphia County (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students).

The closest other public school is Russell Byers CS, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 50.6%.

The campus sits in an urban setting. Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 615 (now 629). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 13% to 3%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 in 2025.

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