Philadelphia Learning Academy - North

Located at 4224 N Front St, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Learning Academy - North is a very small secondary school that hosts 73 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Philadelphia City SD. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 738 students each, so Philadelphia Learning Academy - North sits 90% below that benchmark.

Philadelphia City SD comprises 220 schools with combined enrollment of 116,230 students; Philadelphia Learning Academy - North is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Philadelphia Learning Academy - North logs that the largest single group is Black, at 75% of enrollment; the rest looks like 18% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Philadelphia County as a whole is about 39% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Philadelphia Learning Academy - North tighter than the state norm the norm. About 116% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Philadelphia County (around 95%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Philadelphia County indicate the typical household earns roughly $61,953 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. In all, Philadelphia County runs 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), of which Philadelphia Learning Academy - North is one.

Edison HS/Fareira Skills is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. Philadelphia Learning Academy - North's enrollment has expanded 9% since 2018, when it stood at 67 (now 73). The Black share of enrollment ticked up from 67% to 75% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 4.4:1 in 2018 to 8.2:1 today.

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