Rhodes E Washington Sch

Rhodes E Washington Sch is a low-enrollment K-5 school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, run under Philadelphia City SD. The school hosts 354 students in grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 20% below typical.

Rhodes E Washington Sch is one of 220 schools operated by Philadelphia City SD, a district that educates 116,230 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Rhodes E Washington Sch shows that 88% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 8% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 39% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Rhodes E Washington Sch shows 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Rhodes E Washington Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 111% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Philadelphia County (around 95%), the school's rate is north of typical.

In the broader community, Philadelphia County reports that median household income runs about $61,953, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Rhodes E Washington Sch is one of 309 public schools in Philadelphia County (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students).

Randolph A. Philip Area Vocational-Technical High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 36%: 552 students in 2018 compared to 354 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 2% to 8% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 21.1:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 in 2025.

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