Philadelphia Montessori CS

Philadelphia Montessori CS is one of the cozy elementary schools in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Philadelphia Montessori CS, with 226 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 49% leaner than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Operationally, Philadelphia Montessori CS answers to Philadelphia Montessori CS, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Looking at the student body, Philadelphia Montessori CS logs that 93% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 39% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Philadelphia Montessori CS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 18.5%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Philadelphia County) logs that median household earnings sit near $61,953, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Across Philadelphia County's 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), Philadelphia Montessori CS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Southwest Leadership Academy CS, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Philadelphia Montessori CS at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 17.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. Philadelphia Montessori CS is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Philadelphia Montessori CS has expanded 23%, going from 184 students in 2018 to 226 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged up from 89% to 93%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 22.7:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

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