Stearne Allen M Sch

Stearne Allen M Sch is one of the compact elementary campuss in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, run under Philadelphia City SD, with 372 students on its rolls from grades K through 8.

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

Demographically, Stearne Allen M Sch logs that the most-represented group is Black (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 41% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 39% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Stearne Allen M Sch has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Roughly 104% of students at Stearne Allen M Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Philadelphia County's rate of about 95%.

With demographic context factored in, Stearne Allen M Sch falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 33.1%; this one comes in at 10.9%, -22.3 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Philadelphia County indicate the typical household earns roughly $61,953 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Stearne Allen M Sch is one.

The closest other public school is Marshall John Sch, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Stearne Allen M Sch at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 18.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 26%: 504 students in 2018 compared to 372 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 34% to 41% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

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