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Enrollment
1,270
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899003774
Spruance Gilbert School
6401 Horrocks St, Philadelphia, PA 19149 · (215) 400-3290 · Philadelphia County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,270 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
16.1:1
79 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
1,255 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 13 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 122 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 139 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 129 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 160 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 152 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 134 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 136 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 143 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 142 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (122) is 14% smaller than its 8th grade class (142).
Student demographics
67%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
19.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.5pp since 2023
Math
18.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.2pp 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 19 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.5% | 18.9% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 16.7% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
21.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Spruance Gilbert School
Spruance Gilbert School's state test result (21.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruance Gilbert School this school | 1,270 | 98.8% | 21.4% |
| Moore J Hampton School Philadelphia | 1,192 | 95.5% | 37.6% |
| Allen Ethan School Philadelphia | 957 | 95.3% | 16.8% |
| Solis-Cohen Solomon School Philadelphia | 1,350 | 94.7% | 22.8% |
| Forrest Edwin School Philadelphia | 841 | 97.4% | 21.7% |
| 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 Spruance Gilbert School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #1,275 of 1,396 | #91 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #1,300 of 1,511 ▲ 9 | #76 of 193 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.5% | #1,364 of 1,511 ▼ 30 | #123 of 193 ▼ 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,270 | #10 of 1,638 | #5 of 194 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #1,400 of 1,528 | #155 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #172 of 1,531 | #36 of 189 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.8% | #402 of 1,600 | #97 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.9% | #650 of 1,045 | #111 of 135 |
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
1,270
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
+76% since 1990-91, when it was 721
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 1,270 | 78.9 | 16.1:1 | 99% (1,255) |
| 2023-24 | 1,255 | 83.5 | 15.0:1 | 100% (1,255) |
| 2022-23 | 1,275 | 77.2 | 16.5:1 | 100% (1,275) |
| 2020-21 | 1,263 | 77 | 16.4:1 | 100% (1,260) |
| 2017-18 | 1,409 | 79.7 | 17.7:1 | 100% (1,408) |
| 2015-16 | 1,460 | 66 | 22.1:1 | 100% (1,460) |
| 2010-11 | 1,354 | 79 | 17.1:1 | 81% (1,091) |
| 2000-01 | 1,160 | 61 | 19.0:1 | 43% (498) |
| 1990-91 | 721 | 38 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spruance Gilbert School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (1,409 to 1,270); teachers down 1% (79.7 to 78.9).
About Spruance Gilbert School
In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, part of Philadelphia County, Spruance Gilbert School is an elementary school. It teaches 1,270 students in pre-K through 8. That is 187% above the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia City SD (220 schools, 116,230 students) runs Spruance Gilbert School.
Hispanic students make up 47% of enrollment at Spruance Gilbert School, the largest share of any group. Next come 30% Black, 11% Asian, and 10% White. That compares with about 16% Hispanic among all Philadelphia County residents. A diversity index of 67% means there is a 67% chance two randomly chosen students at Spruance Gilbert School are from different groups.
There are about 16.1 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Spruance Gilbert School, which has 78.9. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have an average ratio of 13.1:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 99%.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Spruance Gilbert School outscored 10%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Spruance Gilbert School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (21.4%) and its predicted rate (35.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
Philadelphia County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $61,953, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 17% of people live in poverty. Philadelphia County's 309 public schools enroll about 182,005 students and include Spruance Gilbert School.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Ziegler William H School, is about 0.5 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Spruance Gilbert School is 5th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 1,263 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 1,270.
On allk12, people connected to Spruance Gilbert School can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Northeast High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 2,472 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 2,329 students
- Northeast Community Propel AcademyElementary · 1,783 students
- Mayfair SchoolElementary · 1,763 students
- 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
- Ziegler William H School0.5 mi · 522
- Carnell Laura H School0.6 mi · 639
- Solis-Cohen Solomon School0.7 mi · 1,350
- Allen Ethan School0.8 mi · 957
- Moore J Hampton School0.8 mi · 1,192
- Fels Samuel High School1.0 mi · 1,255
Frequently asked questions
About Spruance Gilbert SchoolHow many students attend Spruance Gilbert School?
Spruance Gilbert School enrolls approximately 1,270 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Spruance Gilbert School serve?
Spruance Gilbert School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Spruance Gilbert School have?
Spruance Gilbert School employs 79 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Spruance Gilbert School?
Student demographics at Spruance Gilbert School are roughly 10% White, 47% Hispanic, 30% Black, 11% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Spruance Gilbert School in?
Spruance Gilbert School is part of Philadelphia City SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.