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Enrollment
629
High
STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA ELECTRICAL & TECHNOLOGY CHS·NCES 420010700678
Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS
1709 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103 · (267) 514-1824 · Philadelphia County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL629 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
35 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
615 students
STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 176 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 170 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 149 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 134 | 21% |
Student demographics
24%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
42.6%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
5.7%
PA avg 43.0% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.6% | 5.7% |
| 2023-24 | 41.9% | 7.7% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
22.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS
Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS's state test result (22.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS this school | 629 | 97.8% | 22.2% |
| School of the Future Philadelphia | 569 | 98.4% | 12.9% |
| King Martin Luther High School Philadelphia | 527 | 100.0% | 8.5% |
| Mastery CS - Shoemaker Campus Philadelphia | 722 | 99.6% | 21.0% |
| Universal Audenried CS Philadelphia | 588 | 99.1% | 32.2% |
| KIPP DuBois CS Philadelphia | 523 | 99.4% | 22.9% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high 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 Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.2% | #520 of 576 | #29 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.7% | #585 of 626 ▼ 19 | #51 of 67 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #492 of 626 ▲ 26 | #30 of 67 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 629 | #317 of 713 | #28 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #551 of 601 | #37 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.8% | #345 of 604 | #43 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.8% | #193 of 619 | #37 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.3% | #181 of 221 | #29 of 31 |
Ranked against other public high 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
629
-14 (-2%) vs 2020
+4% since 2010-11, when it was 607
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 19.5:1
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 | 629 | 35.3 | 17.8:1 | 98% (615) |
| 2023-24 | 615 | 36.3 | 16.9:1 | 100% (612) |
| 2022-23 | 610 | 38.8 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 643 | 33 | 19.5:1 | 100% (640) |
| 2017-18 | 615 | 31.7 | 19.4:1 | 100% (612) |
| 2015-16 | 613 | 29 | 21.1:1 | 100% (610) |
| 2010-11 | 607 | 36 | 16.9:1 | 70% (427) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (615 to 629); teachers up 12% (31.7 to 35.3).
About Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS
Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS is a high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, reachable at (267) 514-1824. Enrollment is 629 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 9 through 12.
In federal data, the district for Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS is the school itself.
At Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS, Black students make up 87% of the student body. After that, the student body is 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% White. Among all residents of Philadelphia County, the Black share is about 39%. Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS has a diversity index of 24%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Dividing enrollment by its 35.3 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 17.8:1. The average ratio among high schools in Pennsylvania is 12.8:1, lower than at this school. Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS reports 98% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Test results at Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS are 13.5 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (22.2% actual, 35.7% predicted).
Philadelphia County has these Census figures: median household income is about $61,953, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 17% of residents are in poverty. Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS is among the 309 public schools in Philadelphia County.
The next-closest public school is Russell Byers CS, about 0.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS is 5th of 7 on proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large). Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
The school's size has been steady, with 643 students in 2020-21 and 629 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 17.8:1, from 19.5:1.
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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
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHSHow large is Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS?
Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS enrolls approximately 629 students in grades 09-12.
Is Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS an elementary, middle, or high school?
Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS have?
Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS?
At Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS, the student body is approximately 3% White, 5% Hispanic, 87% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS public or private?
Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS.
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