Enrollment
364
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899003653
Sharswood George School
2300 S 2nd St, Philadelphia, PA 19148 · (215) 400-8270 · Philadelphia County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL364 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
10.9:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
353 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 36 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 35 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 29 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 24 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 31 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 54 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 35% smaller than its 8th grade class (54).
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
42.8%
PA avg 51.1% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
21.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.8% | 21.1% |
| 2023-24 | 32.8% | 20.4% |
% 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
31.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Sharswood George School
Sharswood George School's state test result (31.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharswood George School this school | 364 | 97.0% | 31.4% |
| Paxtang Elementary School Harrisburg | 281 | 99.6% | 42.6% |
| Benjamin Rush Elementary School Bensalem | 446 | 91.9% | 28.8% |
| Fox Chase School Philadelphia | 507 | 93.1% | 49.0% |
| Samuel K Faust Elementary School Bensalem | 546 | 99.3% | 35.7% |
| Vare-Washington Elementary School Philadelphia | 375 | 87.7% | 40.8% |
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 Sharswood George School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #1,162 of 1,396 | #54 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #1,270 of 1,511 ▼ 16 | #68 of 193 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #951 of 1,511 ▲ 275 | #38 of 193 ▲ 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 364 | #1,008 of 1,638 | #125 of 194 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #183 of 1,528 | #44 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.8% | #31 of 1,531 | #8 of 189 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.0% | #503 of 1,600 | #120 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.0% | #57 of 1,045 | #32 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
364
-61 (-14%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 490
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 364 | 33.5 | 10.9:1 | 97% (353) |
| 2023-24 | 353 | 32.7 | 10.8:1 | 100% (353) |
| 2022-23 | 356 | 31.7 | 11.2:1 | 100% (356) |
| 2020-21 | 425 | 36 | 11.8:1 | 99% (422) |
| 2017-18 | 569 | 36 | 15.8:1 | 100% (569) |
| 2015-16 | 576 | 27 | 21.3:1 | 100% (576) |
| 2010-11 | 568 | 37 | 15.3:1 | 93% (530) |
| 2000-01 | 398 | 26 | 15.3:1 | 81% (323) |
| 1990-91 | 490 | 25 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sharswood George School.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (569 to 364); teachers down 7% (36 to 33.5).
About Sharswood George School
Sharswood George School is a small elementary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, one of the schools in Philadelphia City SD. It had 364 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 8.
Philadelphia City SD oversees Sharswood George School and 219 other schools, with 116,230 students in total.
The biggest share of students at Sharswood George School, 38%, is White. The next largest groups are 27% Hispanic, 17% Asian, 10% Black, and 8% multiracial. That is in line with Philadelphia County, where about 35% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 74%.
The school lists 33.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, 13.1:1, is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 97% of the student body. Public schools in Philadelphia County average a similar 95%.
On the allk12 Grade, Sharswood George School lands at C-, ahead of 21% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Compared with Pennsylvania schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Sharswood George School's results are 4.6 points below predicted: 31.4% against 36.0%.
Philadelphia County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $61,953 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 17%. Sharswood George School shares Philadelphia County with 308 other public schools.
Taggart John H School is about 0.2 miles from Sharswood George School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Sharswood George School is 6th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 14% drop, from 425 to 364.
Sharswood George School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as 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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Frequently asked questions
About Sharswood George SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sharswood George School?
Sharswood George School enrolls approximately 364 students in grades PK-08.
Is Sharswood George School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sharswood George School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sharswood George School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sharswood George School is approximately 10.9:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Sharswood George School?
Student demographics at Sharswood George School are roughly 38% White, 27% Hispanic, 10% Black, 17% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Sharswood George School in?
Sharswood George School is part of Philadelphia City SD.
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