Sharswood George Sch

Located at 2300 S 2nd St, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sharswood George Sch is an intimate elementary school that works with 364 students (grades pre-K through 8), run under Philadelphia City SD.

Within Philadelphia City SD, which oversees 220 schools and 116,230 students, Sharswood George Sch is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Sharswood George Sch reports that 38% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 27% Hispanic, 17% Asian, 10% Black, 8% multiracial. Compared to Philadelphia County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Sharswood George Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.4%.

Around the school, Philadelphia County reports that median household earnings sit near $61,953, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sharswood George Sch is one of 309 public schools in Philadelphia County (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students).

Taggart John H 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. On composite proficiency, Sharswood George Sch comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 38.5%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sharswood George Sch has shrank 36%, going from 569 students in 2018 to 364 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 14% to 27% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

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