Sullivan James J Sch

Sullivan James J Sch is one of the small elementary schools in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, overseen by Philadelphia City SD, with 373 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Within Philadelphia City SD, which oversees 220 schools and 116,230 students, Sullivan James J Sch is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sullivan James J Sch logs that 43% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 43% Hispanic, 9% White, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Roughly 102% of students at Sullivan James J Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sullivan James J Sch is in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 33.9%; Sullivan James J Sch posts 16.2%, -17.7 points below that line.

Around the school, census data for Philadelphia County shows median household income runs about $61,953, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), Sullivan James J Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Harding Warren G MS, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sullivan James J Sch ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 25.3%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 47%: 710 students in 2018 compared to 373 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 29% to 43% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

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