Spring Garden Sch

Spring Garden Sch, a modestly sized elementary campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Philadelphia City SD, instructs 235 students, covering grades K through 8. That puts it 47% below the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Across the 220 schools in Philadelphia City SD (116,230 students total), Spring Garden Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Spring Garden Sch records that the most-represented group is Black (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 47% Hispanic, 2% White. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 108% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Philadelphia County's rate of about 95%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Philadelphia County put median household income runs about $61,953, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Philadelphia County runs 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), of which Spring Garden Sch is one.

The closest other public school is Parkway Center City Middle College, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 10%: 262 students in 2018 compared to 235 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 18% to 47% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

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