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Enrollment
541
High
STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TECH FREIRE CS·NCES 420089507589
TECH Freire CS
2221 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19132 · (267) 507-1111 · Philadelphia County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL541 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
33 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
491 students
STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 168 | 31% |
| Grade 10 | 147 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 115 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 111 | 21% |
Student demographics
15%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
59.8%
PA avg 51.1% . +12.1pp since 2023
Math
16.3%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.8% | 16.3% |
| 2023-24 | 47.7% | 15.6% |
% 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
29.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 →
Schools most like TECH Freire CS
TECH Freire CS's state test result (29.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TECH Freire CS this school | 541 | 90.8% | 29.9% |
| Overbrook High School Philadelphia | 440 | 88.9% | 12.8% |
| Sayre William L Middle School Philadelphia | 447 | 94.9% | 13.5% |
| Hill Freedman World Academy Philadelphia | 640 | 89.4% | 47.2% |
| Imhotep Institute CHS Philadelphia | 603 | 83.4% | 10.7% |
| Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS Philadelphia | 629 | 97.8% | 22.2% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where TECH Freire CS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #490 of 576 | #20 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.3% | #525 of 626 ▼ 7 | #25 of 67 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #305 of 626 ▲ 173 | #17 of 67 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 541 | #382 of 713 | #39 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #497 of 601 | #27 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.9% | #445 of 604 | #61 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.8% | #238 of 619 | #56 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +30.4% | #17 of 221 | #7 of 31 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
541
+15 (+3%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 541 | 33 | 16.4:1 | 91% (491) |
| 2023-24 | 489 | 41 | 11.9:1 | 99% (486) |
| 2022-23 | 461 | 41 | 11.2:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 526 | 34 | 15.5:1 | 99% (523) |
| 2017-18 | 415 | 21 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TECH Freire CS.
Since 2017-18: students up 30% (415 to 541); teachers up 57% (21 to 33).
About TECH Freire CS
TECH Freire CS is a small high school with its address in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The student body numbers 541 students, from grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Pennsylvania) has about 738 students.
In federal data, the district for TECH Freire CS is the school itself.
About 92% of the student body at TECH Freire CS is Black. Smaller groups are 5% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 39% of Philadelphia County residents are Black. The school's diversity index is 15%, meaning two students picked at random have a 15% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 16.4 students per teacher. That is 3.6 students per teacher above the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 91% of students.
allk12 grades TECH Freire CS a C-. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 38.7% for TECH Freire CS. The school posts 29.9%, 8.7 points below the prediction.
Census Bureau estimates for Philadelphia County show that the median household income is $61,953, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 17% of people live in poverty. TECH Freire CS is one of 309 public schools in the county.
The nearest other public school, YouthBuild Phila CS, is less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, TECH Freire CS is 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 15 more students in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- YouthBuild Phila CS0.1 mi · 271
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- HS of Engineering & Science0.4 mi · 851
Frequently asked questions
About TECH Freire CSHow many students attend TECH Freire CS?
TECH Freire CS enrolls approximately 541 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does TECH Freire CS serve?
TECH Freire CS serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at TECH Freire CS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at TECH Freire CS is approximately 16.4:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at TECH Freire CS?
At TECH Freire CS, the student body is approximately 0% White, 5% Hispanic, 92% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is TECH Freire CS in?
TECH Freire CS is part of TECH Freire CS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.