Philadelphia Military Academy at Elverson

As a very small 9-12 campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Military Academy at Elverson enrolls 273 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within Philadelphia City SD. That puts it 63% below the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 738 students.

Philadelphia Military Academy at Elverson is one of 220 schools operated by Philadelphia City SD, a district that enrolls 116,230 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Philadelphia Military Academy at Elverson shows that the largest single group is Black, at 65% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 25% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 39% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 116% of students at Philadelphia Military Academy at Elverson qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Philadelphia County runs at roughly 95%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Philadelphia County indicate median household earnings sit near $61,953, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Across Philadelphia County's 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), Philadelphia Military Academy at Elverson is one campus in the mix.

TECH Freire CS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Philadelphia Military Academy at Elverson.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Philadelphia Military Academy at Elverson's enrollment has ticked down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 305 (now 273). Hispanic enrollment moved from 34% to 25% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

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