Southwest Leadership Academy CS

Southwest Leadership Academy CS, a big primary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, operated by Southwest Leadership Academy CS, hosts 670 students, covering grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 51% above the state mean of about 443.

Southwest Leadership Academy CS is a school of Southwest Leadership Academy CS, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On demographics, Southwest Leadership Academy CS shows that 89% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 8% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Southwest Leadership Academy CS sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 39.9%; actual is 18.0%, a gap of -21.9 points.

Around the school, Philadelphia County reports that median household income runs about $61,953, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Southwest Leadership Academy CS is one of 309 public schools in Philadelphia County (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students).

Nearest neighbor: Philadelphia Montessori CS, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Southwest Leadership Academy CS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Southwest Leadership Academy CS at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 18.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area. As a public charter, Southwest Leadership Academy CS runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 33%: 502 students in 2018 compared to 670 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 98% to 89% across the same window.

On the community side, the feed for Southwest Leadership Academy CS typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.