Tilden William T MS

Tilden William T MS is one of the close-knit 6-8 campuss in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, part of Philadelphia City SD, with 266 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8. That puts it 55% smaller than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 594 students.

Within Philadelphia City SD, which oversees 220 schools and 116,230 students, Tilden William T MS is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Tilden William T MS lists that 75% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder is composed of 15% Hispanic, 7% Asian. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

On the resource side, On paper, Tilden William T MS has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Tilden William T MS falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 35.2%; this one comes in at 8.4%, -26.9 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Philadelphia County indicate median household earnings sit near $61,953, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Across Philadelphia County's 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), Tilden William T MS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Bartram John - Main, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Tilden William T MS ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 19.8%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 26%: 360 students in 2018 compared to 266 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 3% to 15% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

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