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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS this year?
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Enrollment
574
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA HEBREW PUBLIC CS·NCES 420090207673
Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS
3300 Henry Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19129 · (267) 225-1511 · Philadelphia County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL574 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
13.7:1
42 FTE teachers
STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
489 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 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 56 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 45% larger than its 6th grade class (56).
Student demographics
34%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
18.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -9.5pp since 2023
Math
13.8%
PA avg 43.0% . -5.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.2% | 13.8% |
| 2023-24 | 27.7% | 19.0% |
% 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
22.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 41% 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 Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS
Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS's state test result (22.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS this school | 574 | 85.2% | 22.7% |
| Southwest Leadership Academy CS Philadelphia | 670 | 87.9% | 18.0% |
| Universal Alcorn CS Philadelphia | 467 | 90.6% | 27.7% |
| Sharon Hill School Sharon Hill | 552 | 96.2% | 26.9% |
| Penn Hills CS of Entrepreneurship Pittsburgh | 527 | 94.5% | 35.8% |
| Edgewood El STEAM Academy Pittsburgh | 516 | 78.9% | 27.3% |
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 Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #1,265 of 1,396 | #84 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.8% | #1,367 of 1,511 ▼ 91 | #100 of 193 ▼ 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.2% | #1,379 of 1,511 ▼ 66 | #129 of 193 ▼ 38 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 574 | #314 of 1,638 | #61 of 194 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #973 of 1,528 | #97 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.5% | #898 of 1,531 | #105 of 189 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.2% | #684 of 1,600 | #181 of 193 |
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
574
+306 (+114%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 574 | 42 | 13.7:1 | 85% (489) |
| 2023-24 | 489 | 37 | 13.2:1 | 100% (489) |
| 2022-23 | 418 | 34 | 12.3:1 | 100% (417) |
| 2020-21 | 268 | 18 | 14.9:1 | 99% (265) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS.
About Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS
Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school serves 574 students in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is roughly 443 students; this school is 30% bigger than that.
Federal records list Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS as its own district.
Black students are the large majority at Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS, with 80% of enrollment. Next come 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% White. That compares with about 39% Black among all Philadelphia County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 34%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.7:1, with 42 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 13.1:1, a similar figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS is 85%. That rate is below the 95% average among public schools in Philadelphia County.
Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS is graded D by allk12, scoring above 9% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school in Pennsylvania with Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 41.1%. Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS scores 22.7%.
Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS is located in Philadelphia County, where median household income is about $61,953, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 17% of residents are in poverty. Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS is one of 309 public schools in Philadelphia County, which together enroll about 182,005 students.
The closest public school, Randolph A. Philip Area Vocational-Technical High School, is about 0.3 miles from Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 21.0%; Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS's is 22.7%, ranking 4th of 8.
Federal data place Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS is a publicly funded charter school.
Reported enrollment: 268 (2020-21) and 574 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.9:1 to 13.7:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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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- First Philadelphia Preparatory CSCombined · 1,831 students
Nearby schools
- Randolph A. Philip Area Vocational-Technical High School0.3 mi · 437
- Mifflin Thomas School0.4 mi · 393
- Rhodes E Washington School0.7 mi · 354
- Wissahickon CS0.7 mi · 965
- Allen Dr Ethel School1.0 mi · 322
- Kelly John B School1.1 mi · 365
Frequently asked questions
About Philadelphia Hebrew Public CSHow many students attend Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS?
Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS enrolls approximately 574 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS serve?
Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS is approximately 13.7:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS?
At Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS, the student body is approximately 3% White, 9% Hispanic, 80% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS public or private?
Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.