Sheppard Isaac Sch

Set in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sheppard Isaac Sch is a minimally staffed primary school, one of the schools within Philadelphia City SD. It serves 123 students across grades K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 72% leaner than typical.

Philadelphia City SD comprises 220 schools with combined enrollment of 116,230 students; Sheppard Isaac Sch is among them.

Demographically, Sheppard Isaac Sch lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (91%); the rest comes out to 7% Black. By comparison, Philadelphia County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Sheppard Isaac Sch records 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. An estimated 108% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Philadelphia County's rate of about 95%.

Across the wider county, census data for Philadelphia County shows median household earnings sit near $61,953, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. In all, Philadelphia County runs 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), of which Sheppard Isaac Sch is one.

Pan American Academy CS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. Sheppard Isaac Sch's enrollment has decreased 27% since 2018, when it stood at 168 (now 123). The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 81% to 91% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.

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