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Which teacher or staff member at Southwest Leadership Academy CS deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
670
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTHWEST LEADERSHIP ACADEMY CS·NCES 420075806112
Southwest Leadership Academy CS
7101 Paschall Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19142 · (215) 729-1939 · Philadelphia County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL670 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% 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.
- FBeats 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
19.1:1
35 FTE teachers
STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
589 students
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 | 68 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 83 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 43 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 58% larger than its 8th grade class (43).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
20.4%
PA avg 51.1% . +1.1pp since 2023
Math
13.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +5.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.4% | 13.1% |
| 2023-24 | 19.3% | 7.7% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
18.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Southwest Leadership Academy CS
Southwest Leadership Academy CS's state test result (18.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Leadership Academy CS this school | 670 | 87.9% | 18.0% |
| Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS Philadelphia | 574 | 85.2% | 22.7% |
| KIPP North Philadelphia CS Philadelphia | 683 | 98.2% | 11.2% |
| Russell Byers CS Philadelphia | 686 | 97.4% | 18.6% |
| Lindley Academy CS at Birney Philadelphia | 739 | 98.2% | 13.7% |
| Mastery CS - Mann Campus Philadelphia | 573 | 97.7% | 24.1% |
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 Southwest Leadership Academy CS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #1,312 of 1,396 | #109 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.1% | #1,373 of 1,511 ▲ 52 | #105 of 193 ▲ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #1,353 of 1,511 ▲ 56 | #118 of 193 ▲ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 670 | #168 of 1,638 | #41 of 194 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #1,512 of 1,528 | #183 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.4% | #1,199 of 1,531 | #142 of 189 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.9% | #670 of 1,600 | #177 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +33.5% | #31 of 450 | #5 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
670
-105 (-14%) vs 2020
+93% since 2010-11, when it was 348
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 20.9:1
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 | 670 | 35 | 19.1:1 | 88% (589) |
| 2023-24 | 588 | 29 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 619 | 23 | 26.9:1 | 100% (616) |
| 2020-21 | 775 | 37 | 20.9:1 | 99% (766) |
| 2017-18 | 502 | 25 | 20.1:1 | 99% (498) |
| 2015-16 | 485 | 24 | 20.2:1 | 99% (482) |
| 2010-11 | 348 | 19 | 18.3:1 | 59% (204) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southwest Leadership Academy CS.
Since 2017-18: students up 33% (502 to 670); teachers up 40% (25 to 35).
About Southwest Leadership Academy CS
Southwest Leadership Academy CS is a public elementary school run by Southwest Leadership Academy CS in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The grade span is kindergarten through 8, and enrollment is 670 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 443, so this school runs 51% larger than that.
In federal data, the district for Southwest Leadership Academy CS is the school itself.
About 89% of the student body at Southwest Leadership Academy CS is Black. The rest of enrollment is 8% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Black share of Philadelphia County's population at about 39%. Southwest Leadership Academy CS's diversity index is 19%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 35 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 19.1:1. That is higher than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 88%.
The allk12 Grade for Southwest Leadership Academy CS is D. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 6% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in Pennsylvania with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 39.9%. Southwest Leadership Academy CS posts 18.0%, 21.9 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
In the county around the school, Philadelphia County, the median household income is $61,953, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 309 public schools in Philadelphia County, enrolling about 182,005 students in all.
Philadelphia Montessori CS is located about 0.2 miles from Southwest Leadership Academy CS. The five-mile area around Southwest Leadership Academy CS holds at least 8 other public schools. Southwest Leadership Academy CS comes in 5th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Southwest Leadership Academy CS is one of the charter schools in Pennsylvania.
Enrollment at Southwest Leadership Academy CS dropped 14% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 775 to 670 students. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (19.1:1) than in 2020-21 (20.9:1).
Community posts for Southwest Leadership Academy CS can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Southwest Leadership Academy CSHow many students attend Southwest Leadership Academy CS?
Southwest Leadership Academy CS enrolls approximately 670 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Southwest Leadership Academy CS serve?
Southwest Leadership Academy CS serves grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Southwest Leadership Academy CS?
Approximately 19.1:1 students per teacher at Southwest Leadership Academy CS.
What is the student diversity at Southwest Leadership Academy CS?
Student demographics at Southwest Leadership Academy CS are roughly 0% White, 8% Hispanic, 89% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Southwest Leadership Academy CS?
Southwest Leadership Academy CS is overseen by Southwest Leadership Academy CS in Philadelphia County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.