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Enrollment
1,350
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899003773
Solis-Cohen Solomon School
7001 Horrocks St, Philadelphia, PA 19149 · (215) 400-3250 · Philadelphia County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,350 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- DTest 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
89 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
1,278 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 208 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 218 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 245 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 217 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 234 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 228 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (208) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (228).
Student demographics
61%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
21.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.5pp since 2023
Math
18.3%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.5% | 18.3% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 18.9% |
% 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
22.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Solis-Cohen Solomon School
Solis-Cohen Solomon School's state test result (22.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solis-Cohen Solomon School this school | 1,350 | 94.7% | 22.8% |
| Southwark School Philadelphia | 976 | 99.0% | 29.1% |
| Allen Ethan School Philadelphia | 957 | 95.3% | 16.8% |
| Spruance Gilbert School Philadelphia | 1,270 | 98.8% | 21.4% |
| Moore J Hampton School Philadelphia | 1,192 | 95.5% | 37.6% |
| Northeast Community Propel Academy Philadelphia | 1,783 | 98.8% | 27.8% |
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 Solis-Cohen Solomon School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.8% | #1,262 of 1,396 | #81 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #1,305 of 1,511 ▼ 26 | #78 of 193 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.5% | #1,336 of 1,511 ▲ 18 | #108 of 193 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,350 | #8 of 1,638 | #4 of 194 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #1,278 of 1,528 | #135 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.9% | #300 of 1,531 | #55 of 189 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.7% | #582 of 1,600 | #141 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.0% | #134 of 450 | #23 of 48 |
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
1,350
+210 (+18%) vs 2020
+127% since 1990-91, when it was 595
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 1,350 | 89.3 | 15.1:1 | 95% (1,278) |
| 2023-24 | 1,278 | 91 | 14.0:1 | 100% (1,278) |
| 2022-23 | 1,250 | 79.2 | 15.8:1 | 100% (1,250) |
| 2020-21 | 1,140 | 72 | 15.8:1 | 100% (1,137) |
| 2017-18 | 1,174 | 69.7 | 16.8:1 | 100% (1,174) |
| 2015-16 | 1,368 | 74 | 18.5:1 | 100% (1,368) |
| 2010-11 | 1,174 | 70 | 16.8:1 | 84% (989) |
| 2000-01 | 737 | 40 | 18.4:1 | 50% (367) |
| 1990-91 | 595 | 37 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Solis-Cohen Solomon School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (1,174 to 1,350); teachers up 28% (69.7 to 89.3).
About Solis-Cohen Solomon School
Solis-Cohen Solomon School is a large elementary school in Philadelphia City SD, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school's enrollment of 1,350 students covers kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 205% higher than the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, which is about 443.
Philadelphia City SD has 220 schools; together they serve 116,230 students.
Hispanic students account for 58% of enrollment at Solis-Cohen Solomon School. Other students are 15% Asian, 13% White, and 12% Black. That is higher than the 16% Hispanic share among all Philadelphia County residents. Solis-Cohen Solomon School has a diversity index of 61%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Solis-Cohen Solomon School employs 89.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.1:1. That ratio is over the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 95% in 2024-25. Across public schools in Philadelphia County, the average is about the same, 95%.
Solis-Cohen Solomon School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 10% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Solis-Cohen Solomon School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 22.8% is 14.2 points below the 37.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Philadelphia County has about 1,579,706 residents, and median household income is about $61,953, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 17% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Philadelphia County number 309 and enroll about 182,005.
Nearby, Castor Gardens Middle School is about 0.6 miles away. Solis-Cohen Solomon School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: Solis-Cohen Solomon School ranks 7th of 9 nearby schools, at 22.8% versus a 30.2% average.
The federal government classifies Solis-Cohen Solomon School's location as City: Large.
Solis-Cohen Solomon School saw enrollment rise 18% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Solis-Cohen Solomon School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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- 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
- Castor Gardens Middle School0.6 mi · 1,318
- Mayfair School0.7 mi · 1,763
- Spruance Gilbert School0.7 mi · 1,270
- Moore J Hampton School0.8 mi · 1,192
- Northeast High School0.9 mi · 3,463
- Holme Thomas School1.0 mi · 850
Frequently asked questions
About Solis-Cohen Solomon SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Solis-Cohen Solomon School?
Solis-Cohen Solomon School enrolls approximately 1,350 students in grades KG-05.
Is Solis-Cohen Solomon School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Solis-Cohen Solomon School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Solis-Cohen Solomon School have?
Solis-Cohen Solomon School employs 89 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
How diverse is Solis-Cohen Solomon School?
Solis-Cohen Solomon School reports a student body of 13% White, 58% Hispanic, 12% Black, 15% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Solis-Cohen Solomon School?
Solis-Cohen Solomon School is overseen by Philadelphia City SD in Philadelphia County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.