Enrollment
238
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899003668
Samuel Gompers School
5701 Wynnefield Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19131 · (215) 400-7250 · Philadelphia County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL238 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
238 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 19 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 22 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 29 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 27 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 36 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 24 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 30 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 37% smaller than its 8th grade class (30).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
29.3%
PA avg 51.1% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
11.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.3% | 11.4% |
| 2023-24 | 27.3% | 6.5% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
19.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Samuel Gompers School
Samuel Gompers School's state test result (19.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Gompers School this school | 238 | 100.0% | 19.7% |
| Propel CS-Hazelwood Pittsburgh | 230 | 96.5% | 4.8% |
| Philadelphia Montessori CS Philadelphia | 226 | 98.7% | 18.5% |
| Gideon Edward School Philadelphia | 221 | 94.6% | 11.2% |
| W B Evans Elementary School Yeadon | 304 | 100.0% | 37.0% |
| McMichael Morton School Philadelphia | 285 | 98.2% | 10.0% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Samuel Gompers School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.7% | #1,293 of 1,396 | #98 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.4% | #1,396 of 1,511 ▲ 48 | #119 of 193 ▲ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #1,216 of 1,511 ▲ 102 | #74 of 193 ▲ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 238 | #1,440 of 1,638 | #175 of 194 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #177 of 1,528 | #43 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.0% | #1,099 of 1,531 | #128 of 189 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #303 of 1,600 | #74 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.0% | #119 of 1,045 | #59 of 135 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
238
-29 (-11%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 473
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 11.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 238 | 22 | 10.8:1 | 100% (238) |
| 2023-24 | 238 | 21.4 | 11.1:1 | 100% (238) |
| 2022-23 | 251 | 22.4 | 11.2:1 | 100% (251) |
| 2020-21 | 267 | 24 | 11.1:1 | 99% (264) |
| 2017-18 | 335 | 25.8 | 13.0:1 | 100% (335) |
| 2015-16 | 382 | 23 | 16.6:1 | 100% (382) |
| 2010-11 | 323 | 24 | 13.5:1 | 71% (230) |
| 2000-01 | 386 | 19 | 20.3:1 | 48% (184) |
| 1990-91 | 473 | 25 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Samuel Gompers School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (335 to 238); teachers down 15% (25.8 to 22).
About Samuel Gompers School
Samuel Gompers School sits in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is classified as an elementary school. A federal count lists 238 students at the school, in kindergarten through 8. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Pennsylvania) has about 443 students.
Philadelphia City SD enrolls 116,230 students, and its 220 schools include Samuel Gompers School.
Samuel Gompers School's enrollment is 87% Black. The school is also 4% Hispanic, 3% White, 2% Asian, and 2% multiracial. That is higher than the 39% Black share among all Philadelphia County residents. The school's diversity index is 24%, meaning two students picked at random have a 24% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teacher staffing is 22 full-time equivalents, or about 10.8 students per teacher. This ratio sits 2.2 below the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 100%.
The allk12 Grade for Samuel Gompers School is D. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 10% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Samuel Gompers School is 15.0 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (19.7% versus 34.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
In the county around the school, Philadelphia County, the median household income is $61,953, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 309 public schools in Philadelphia County, enrolling about 182,005 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, The Science Leadership Academy at Beeber is the closest, at about 0.5 miles. Samuel Gompers School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 37.0% proficiency; Samuel Gompers School posts 19.7%.
Locale data from NCES put Samuel Gompers School inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Federal data show an 11% enrollment decrease, from 267 in 2020-21 to 238 in 2024-25.
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Philadelphia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,579,706
Census ACS
Median income
$61,953
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
309
182,005 students
Quick facts
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- Northeast High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
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- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 2,472 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 2,329 students
- MaST Community CS IICombined · 1,875 students
- First Philadelphia Preparatory CSCombined · 1,831 students
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- The Science Leadership Academy at Beeber0.5 mi · 532
- Mastery CS - Mann Campus0.6 mi · 573
- Ad Prima CS0.7 mi · 602
- Overbrook High School0.8 mi · 440
- Overbrook Elementary School0.8 mi · 201
- Merion Elementary School1.1 mi · 438
Frequently asked questions
About Samuel Gompers SchoolHow large is Samuel Gompers School?
Samuel Gompers School enrolls approximately 238 students in grades KG-08.
Is Samuel Gompers School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Samuel Gompers School is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Samuel Gompers School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Samuel Gompers School is approximately 10.8:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Samuel Gompers School?
Student demographics at Samuel Gompers School are roughly 3% White, 4% Hispanic, 87% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Samuel Gompers School public or private?
Samuel Gompers School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Philadelphia City SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.