Enrollment
266
Middle
DISTRICT 476 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899007496
Tilden William T Middle School
6601 Elmwood Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19142 · (215) 400-8170 · Philadelphia County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL266 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
263 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 27 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 81 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 72 | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 86 | 32% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
11.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -5.5pp since 2023
Math
1.9%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 2 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 11.8% | 1.9% |
| 2023-24 | 17.3% | 2.6% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
8.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-26.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Tilden William T Middle School
Tilden William T Middle School's state test result (8.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tilden William T Middle School this school | 266 | 98.9% | 8.4% |
| Pittsburgh Allegheny 6-8 Pittsburgh | 179 | 97.8% | 19.3% |
| Toby Farms Intermediate School Chester Twp | 359 | 87.5% | 7.2% |
| Amy Nw Philadelphia | 150 | 89.3% | 37.0% |
| Science Leadership Academy Middle School Philadelphia | 353 | 99.7% | 40.8% |
| Penn Wood Middle School Darby | 667 | 95.2% | 17.5% |
Matched among Pennsylvania middle 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 Tilden William T Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.4% | #473 of 479 | #7 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 1.9% | #505 of 513 ▼ 2 | #15 of 18 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.8% | #507 of 513 ▼ 8 | #17 of 18 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 266 | #451 of 522 | #11 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #194 of 486 | #2 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.4% | #225 of 486 | #10 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.9% | #99 of 510 | #14 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.1% | #33 of 332 | #10 of 14 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
266
-76 (-22%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 266 | 21.4 | 12.4:1 | 99% (263) |
| 2023-24 | 278 | 22.4 | 12.4:1 | 99% (275) |
| 2022-23 | 332 | 24.4 | 13.6:1 | 99% (329) |
| 2020-21 | 342 | 19 | 18.0:1 | 99% (339) |
| 2017-18 | 360 | 18.5 | 19.5:1 | 100% (360) |
| 2015-16 | 439 | 14 | 31.4:1 | 100% (439) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tilden William T Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (360 to 266); teachers up 16% (18.5 to 21.4).
About Tilden William T Middle School
Federal records list Tilden William T Middle School as a middle school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its 266 students are spread across grades 5 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Pennsylvania is about 594 students.
Tilden William T Middle School is part of Philadelphia City SD, where 220 schools serve 116,230 students.
Black students account for 75% of enrollment at Tilden William T Middle School. The remaining students are 15% Hispanic and 7% Asian. Census figures show Philadelphia County is about 39% Black. By the diversity index, Tilden William T Middle School comes in at 41%.
Tilden William T Middle School operates with 21.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 12.4:1. For comparison, middle schools in Pennsylvania average 13.2:1. About 99% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
Tilden William T Middle School is graded F by allk12, scoring above 1% of Pennsylvania public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Tilden William T Middle School ranks in the bottom 10% in Pennsylvania. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 8.4%, against a prediction of 35.2%.
Philadelphia County has these Census figures: median household income is 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%. The public schools of Philadelphia County number 309 and enroll about 182,005.
Bartram John - Main is the public school closest to Tilden William T Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Tilden William T Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 19.8% on proficiency, and Tilden William T Middle School is below that at 8.4%.
For locale, NCES codes Tilden William T Middle School as City: Large.
Tilden William T Middle School saw enrollment fall 22% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 18.0:1 to 12.4:1 between 2020-21 and 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 Tilden William T Middle SchoolHow many students attend Tilden William T Middle School?
Tilden William T Middle School enrolls approximately 266 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Tilden William T Middle School serve?
Tilden William T Middle School serves grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at Tilden William T Middle School?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at Tilden William T Middle School.
How diverse is Tilden William T Middle School?
Tilden William T Middle School reports a student body of 2% White, 15% Hispanic, 75% Black, 7% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Tilden William T Middle School in?
Tilden William T Middle School is part of Philadelphia City SD.
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