Steel Edward Sch

Steel Edward Sch is a mid-tier elementary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, part of Philadelphia City SD. The school teaches 379 students in grades pre-K through 8.

Philadelphia City SD comprises 220 schools with combined enrollment of 116,230 students; Steel Edward Sch is among them.

Demographically, Steel Edward Sch reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (87%). Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

In terms of school funding signals, Steel Edward Sch reports 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.8:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Steel Edward Sch falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 39.4%; this one comes in at 9.6%, -29.8 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Philadelphia County indicate 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. Across Philadelphia County's 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), Steel Edward Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Mastery CS-Gratz Campus, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Steel Edward Sch ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 27.9%.

Steel Edward Sch operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Steel Edward Sch has declined 28%, going from 524 students in 2018 to 379 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 3% to 10% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.

On this page, the feed for Steel Edward Sch typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.