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What's the most underrated thing about School of the Future that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
569
High
DISTRICT 689 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899000993
School of the Future
4021 Parkside Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19104 · (215) 400-7790 · Philadelphia County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL569 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- FTest 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
560 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 211 | 37% |
| Grade 10 | 134 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 119 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 105 | 18% |
Student demographics
17%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
24.7%
PA avg 51.1% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
8.3%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.7% | 8.3% |
| 2023-24 | 23.3% | 4.1% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
12.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 School of the Future
School of the Future's state test result (12.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| School of the Future this school | 569 | 98.4% | 12.9% |
| King Martin Luther High School Philadelphia | 527 | 100.0% | 8.5% |
| Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS Philadelphia | 629 | 97.8% | 22.2% |
| Universal Audenried CS Philadelphia | 588 | 99.1% | 32.2% |
| KIPP DuBois CS Philadelphia | 523 | 99.4% | 22.9% |
| Mastery CS - Shoemaker Campus Philadelphia | 722 | 99.6% | 21.0% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high 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 School of the Future ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.9% | #552 of 576 | #44 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.3% | #572 of 626 ▲ 18 | #42 of 67 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #583 of 626 ▲ 9 | #49 of 67 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 569 | #360 of 713 | #38 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #334 of 601 | #15 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.9% | #419 of 604 | #58 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.4% | #170 of 619 | #32 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.5% | #36 of 221 | #10 of 31 |
Ranked against other public high 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
569
-181 (-24%) vs 2020
+41% since 2010-11, when it was 404
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 569 | 40 | 14.2:1 | 98% (560) |
| 2023-24 | 560 | 45.3 | 12.4:1 | 100% (560) |
| 2022-23 | 568 | 41.3 | 13.8:1 | 100% (568) |
| 2020-21 | 750 | 45 | 16.7:1 | 100% (747) |
| 2017-18 | 480 | 25.7 | 18.6:1 | 100% (480) |
| 2015-16 | 513 | 12 | 42.8:1 | 100% (513) |
| 2010-11 | 404 | 30 | 13.5:1 | 50% (201) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for School of the Future.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (480 to 569); teachers up 56% (25.7 to 40).
About School of the Future
School of the Future is a small high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, administered by Philadelphia City SD. There are 569 students enrolled, covering grades 9 through 12. Across high schools in Pennsylvania, the average enrollment is about 738.
A total of 220 schools make up Philadelphia City SD, with 116,230 students enrolled.
A large majority of enrollment at School of the Future is Black, at 91%. After that, the student body is 4% Hispanic. Among all residents of Philadelphia County, the Black share is about 39%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 17%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.2:1. The school has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania is 1.5 students per teacher. In all, 98% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Pennsylvania public high schools, School of the Future outscored 4%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, School of the Future ranks in the bottom 10% in Pennsylvania. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 12.9%, against a prediction of 35.4%.
The county, Philadelphia County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $61,953 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 17% of residents are in poverty. Philadelphia County has 309 public schools with about 182,005 students, including School of the Future.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Inquiry CS, is about 0.5 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 16.9%; School of the Future's is 12.9%, ranking 4th of 7.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 569, from 750 in 2020-21. The ratio was 16.7:1 in 2020-21 and 14.2:1 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
Related schools
Other schools in Philadelphia City SD
- Northeast High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 2,472 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 2,329 students
- Northeast Community Propel AcademyElementary · 1,783 students
- Mayfair SchoolElementary · 1,763 students
- Washington George High SchoolHigh · 1,755 students
Other schools in Philadelphia
- Northeast High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
- Philadelphia Performing Arts CSCombined · 2,572 students
- 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
Nearby schools
- Inquiry CS0.5 mi · 272
- Discovery CS0.6 mi · 626
- Philadelphia Learning Academy - West0.6 mi · 99
- Belmont CS0.6 mi · 959
- Blankenburg Rudolph School0.7 mi · 278
- Global Leadership Academy CS0.7 mi · 692
Frequently asked questions
About School of the FutureHow large is School of the Future?
School of the Future enrolls approximately 569 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does School of the Future serve?
School of the Future serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at School of the Future?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at School of the Future.
How diverse is School of the Future?
School of the Future reports a student body of 1% White, 4% Hispanic, 91% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is School of the Future public or private?
School of the Future 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.