Swenson Arts and Technology High School

Swenson Arts and Technology High School is a secondary school of reasonably sized scale in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, operated by Philadelphia City SD, works with 805 students in grades 9 through 12.

Philadelphia City SD comprises 220 schools with combined enrollment of 116,230 students; Swenson Arts and Technology High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Swenson Arts and Technology High School shows that the most-represented group is White (30%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 27% Hispanic, 25% Black, 9% multiracial, 9% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Swenson Arts and Technology High School has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 105% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Philadelphia County runs at roughly 95%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Swenson Arts and Technology High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.8%, the actual is 27.9%, a residual of -4.9 points.

In the broader community, Philadelphia County reports that median household income runs about $61,953, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Swenson Arts and Technology High School is one of 309 public schools in Philadelphia County (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students).

The closest other public school is Frank Anne Sch, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Swenson Arts and Technology High School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 50.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 26%: 640 students in 2018 compared to 805 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 38% to 30% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 today.

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