Universal Audenried CS

Located at 3301 Tasker Street, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Universal Audenried CS is an intimate senior high that serves 588 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Universal Audenried CS. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 738 students each, so Universal Audenried CS sits 20% leaner than that benchmark.

Universal Audenried CS is a school of Universal Audenried CS, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Universal Audenried CS reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (89%). Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Philadelphia County as a whole is about 39% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Universal Audenried CS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.1%, the actual is 32.2%, a residual of -2.9 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Philadelphia County) shows that median household income runs about $61,953, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Across Philadelphia County's 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), Universal Audenried CS is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Universal Alcorn CS, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Universal Audenried CS at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 40.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. Universal Audenried CS is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Universal Audenried CS's enrollment has fell 3% since 2018, when it stood at 608 (now 588). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Universal Audenried CS community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.