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Enrollment
502
High
DISTRICT 689 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899000923
Science Leadership Academy
1482 Green St, Philadelphia, PA 19130 · (215) 979-5620 · Philadelphia County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL502 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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
25.5:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
500 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 | 131 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 124 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 131 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 116 | 23% |
Student demographics
74%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
89.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.0pp since 2023
Math
70.3%
PA avg 43.0% . -10.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 89.0% | 70.3% |
| 2023-24 | 95.0% | 81.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
79.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+44.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 44 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 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 Science Leadership Academy
Science Leadership Academy's state test result (79.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Science Leadership Academy this school | 502 | 99.6% | 79.3% |
| Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush Philadelphia | 599 | 97.3% | 64.6% |
| Northwest PA Collegiate Academy Erie | 750 | 99.6% | 72.7% |
| Bodine William W High School Philadelphia | 489 | 94.9% | 61.2% |
| Dauphin County Technical School Harrisburg | 1,187 | 99.1% | 48.8% |
| Gateway SHS Monroeville | 1,152 | 98.0% | 59.1% |
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 Science Leadership Academy ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.3% | #30 of 576 | #4 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #47 of 626 ▼ 37 | #5 of 67 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #22 of 626 ▼ 18 | #6 of 67 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 502 | #406 of 713 | #44 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.5:1 | #591 of 601 | #57 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.9% | #9 of 604 | #6 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #120 of 619 | #23 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.8% | #212 of 221 | #31 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
502
-1 (0%) vs 2020
+4% since 2010-11, when it was 484
Student : Teacher
25.5:1
was 27.9:1
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 | 502 | 19.7 | 25.5:1 | 100% (500) |
| 2023-24 | 500 | 29 | 17.2:1 | 100% (500) |
| 2022-23 | 497 | 27.2 | 18.3:1 | 100% (497) |
| 2020-21 | 503 | 18 | 27.9:1 | 99% (500) |
| 2017-18 | 498 | 15 | 33.1:1 | 100% (497) |
| 2015-16 | 492 | 12 | 41.0:1 | 100% (492) |
| 2010-11 | 484 | 20 | 24.2:1 | 32% (154) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Science Leadership Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (498 to 502); teachers up 31% (15 to 19.7).
About Science Leadership Academy
Science Leadership Academy is a small high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school serves grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 502 students. It has 32% fewer students than the average for high schools in Pennsylvania (about 738).
Philadelphia City SD enrolls 116,230 students, and its 220 schools include Science Leadership Academy.
At Science Leadership Academy, White students make up the biggest share, 37%. Other groups include 29% Black, 16% Hispanic, 10% Asian, and 9% multiracial. Philadelphia County residents are about 35% White, a similar share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 74, compared with 70 nationally.
The school lists 19.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.5:1. The average for high schools in Pennsylvania is 12.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A total of 500 students, or 100%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Science Leadership Academy lands at A+, ahead of 98% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 34.9% for Science Leadership Academy, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 79.3%. The 44.4-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
In Philadelphia County, the median household earns about $61,953 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 17% of people live in poverty. Philadelphia County has 309 public schools with about 182,005 students, including Science Leadership Academy.
Franklin Benjamin High School is less than a tenth of a mile from Science Leadership Academy, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Science Leadership Academy holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 45.4% proficiency; Science Leadership Academy posts 79.3%.
Science Leadership Academy is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 502, starting from 503. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (25.5:1) than in 2020-21 (27.9:1).
The allk12 page for Science Leadership Academy lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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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- Franklin Benjamin High School0.1 mi · 570
- Franklin LC0.1 mi · 918
- Parkway Center City Middle College0.2 mi · 436
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- The SD of Philadelphia Virtual Academy0.2 mi · 913
- People for People CS0.3 mi · 573
Frequently asked questions
About Science Leadership AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Science Leadership Academy?
Science Leadership Academy enrolls approximately 502 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Science Leadership Academy serve?
Science Leadership Academy serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Science Leadership Academy?
Approximately 25.5:1 students per teacher at Science Leadership Academy.
What is the student diversity at Science Leadership Academy?
Student demographics at Science Leadership Academy are roughly 37% White, 16% Hispanic, 29% Black, 10% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Science Leadership Academy in?
Science Leadership Academy is part of Philadelphia City SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.