Sayre William L MS

Sayre William L MS is a low-enrollment four-year high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, run under Philadelphia City SD. The school enrolls 447 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 738 students per school, that is 39% below typical.

Sayre William L MS is one of 220 schools operated by Philadelphia City SD, a district that caters to 116,230 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sayre William L MS lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (89%). The remainder breaks down as 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Philadelphia County as a whole is about 39% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.0:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 95% of students at Sayre William L MS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Sayre William L MS is in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 36.9%; Sayre William L MS posts 13.5%, -23.4 points below that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Philadelphia County) shows that median household earnings sit near $61,953, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Sayre William L MS is one.

Hamilton Andrew Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sayre William L MS at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 19.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Sayre William L MS's enrollment has increased 8% since 2018, when it stood at 415 (now 447). The Black share of enrollment fell from 95% to 89% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 today.

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