Saul W B Agricultural School

Saul W B Agricultural School, a cozy secondary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Philadelphia City SD, educates 417 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 43% leaner than the state mean of about 738.

Across the 220 schools in Philadelphia City SD (116,230 students total), Saul W B Agricultural School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Saul W B Agricultural School logs that Black students make up the majority at 65%; the rest breaks down as 15% White, 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Saul W B Agricultural School has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Saul W B Agricultural School higher than the state norm the norm. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Saul W B Agricultural School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.0%, the actual is 30.9%, a residual of -4.1 points.

In the broader community, census data for Philadelphia County shows the typical household earns roughly $61,953 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. In all, Philadelphia County runs 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), of which Saul W B Agricultural School is one.

The closest other public school is Green Woods CS, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Saul W B Agricultural School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 42.4%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 16%: 499 students in 2018 compared to 417 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 19% to 15% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 27.1:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 in 2025.

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