The Workshop School

As a rural-scale senior high in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The Workshop School caters to 214 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Philadelphia City SD. Enrollment runs roughly 71% leaner than the state mean of about 738.

Philadelphia City SD runs 220 schools in total, collectively educating 116,230 students. The Workshop School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, The Workshop School records that 90% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, The Workshop School has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, The Workshop School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 39.7%; actual is 5.2%, a gap of -34.6 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Philadelphia County put the typical household earns roughly $61,953 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The Workshop School is one of 309 public schools in Philadelphia County (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students).

Lea Henry C Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around The Workshop School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts The Workshop School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 30.8%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. The Workshop School's enrollment has decreased 10% since 2018, when it stood at 239 (now 214). The Black share of enrollment rose from 85% to 90% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.