Samuel Gompers Sch

Samuel Gompers Sch is a low-enrollment elementary campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, overseen by Philadelphia City SD. The school educates 238 students in grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 46% leaner than the state mean of about 443.

Philadelphia City SD runs 220 schools in total, collectively educating 116,230 students. Samuel Gompers Sch is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Samuel Gompers Sch logs that 87% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder is composed of 4% Hispanic, 3% White, 2% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

Looking at school resources, Samuel Gompers Sch lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Samuel Gompers Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Samuel Gompers Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 19.7%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Philadelphia County) records that median household income runs about $61,953, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Philadelphia County runs 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), of which Samuel Gompers Sch is one.

The Science Leadership Academy at Beeber is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Samuel Gompers Sch comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 37.0%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 29%: 335 students in 2018 compared to 238 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Samuel Gompers Sch community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.