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Enrollment
1,083
Combined
STATE 1,819
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TACONY ACADEMY CS·NCES 420082106962
Tacony Academy CS
1300 Rhawn Street, Philadelphia, PA 19111 · (215) 742-5100 · Philadelphia County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,083 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of Pennsylvania public K-12 schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
68 FTE teachers
STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
1,074 students
STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 78 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 81 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 81 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 81 | 7% |
| Grade 9 | 105 | 10% |
| Grade 10 | 89 | 8% |
| Grade 11 | 92 | 8% |
| Grade 12 | 71 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (81).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
42.6%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
26.3%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.6% | 26.3% |
| 2023-24 | 42.1% | 22.8% |
% 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
35.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% 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 →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,083
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
+93% since 2010-11, when it was 561
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 22.1:1
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 | 1,083 | 68 | 15.9:1 | 99% (1,074) |
| 2023-24 | 1,074 | 68 | 15.8:1 | 100% (1,074) |
| 2022-23 | 1,084 | 65 | 16.7:1 | 100% (1,084) |
| 2020-21 | 1,081 | 49 | 22.1:1 | 63% (682) |
| 2017-18 | 1,104 | 65 | 17.0:1 | 52% (571) |
| 2015-16 | 1,070 | 64 | 16.7:1 | 73% (779) |
| 2010-11 | 561 | 29 | 19.3:1 | 57% (318) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tacony Academy CS.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (1,104 to 1,083); teachers up 5% (65 to 68).
About Tacony Academy CS
In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, part of Philadelphia County, Tacony Academy CS is a school serving multiple grade levels. The school runs kindergarten through 12 and enrolls 1,083 students. Combined schools in Pennsylvania have about 1,819 students on average; enrollment here is 40% lower.
Tacony Academy CS operates as its own local education agency.
Black students make up 36% of enrollment at Tacony Academy CS, the largest share of any group. The next largest groups are 25% Hispanic, 19% White, 11% multiracial, and 8% Asian. That is in line with Philadelphia County, where about 39% of residents are Black. A diversity index of 75% means there is a 75% chance two randomly chosen students at Tacony Academy CS are from different groups.
Teacher count: 68 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 15.9:1. The ratio is within a point of the 15.5:1 average for combined schools in Pennsylvania. Roughly 99% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Pennsylvania public K-12 schools, Tacony Academy CS outscored 73%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 35.1% for Tacony Academy CS. The school posts 35.4%, within a point of the prediction.
The school is in Philadelphia County, where median household income comes to about $61,953, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. Philadelphia County counts 309 public schools with about 182,005 students.
Rhawnhurst School is about 0.7 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Tacony Academy CS ranks 6th of 9 nearby schools, at 35.4% versus a 34.5% average.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 1,081 in 2020-21, 1,083 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 22.1:1 in 2020-21 to 15.9:1 in 2024-25.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Tacony Academy CSHow large is Tacony Academy CS?
Tacony Academy CS enrolls approximately 1,083 students in grades KG-12.
What age range does Tacony Academy CS serve?
Tacony Academy CS serves students from grade KG through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Tacony Academy CS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Tacony Academy CS is approximately 15.9:1 (68 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Tacony Academy CS?
Tacony Academy CS reports a student body of 19% White, 25% Hispanic, 36% Black, 8% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Tacony Academy CS public or private?
Tacony Academy CS is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Tacony Academy CS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.