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Enrollment
588
High
STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNIVERSAL AUDENRIED CS·NCES 420085607402
Universal Audenried CS
3301 Tasker Street, Philadelphia, PA 19145 · (215) 952-4801 · Philadelphia County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL588 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% 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.
- B-Beats 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
16.8:1
35 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
583 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 | 160 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 156 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 134 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 138 | 23% |
Student demographics
20%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
55.1%
PA avg 51.1% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
18.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 are up about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.1% | 18.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.1% | 16.8% |
% 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
32.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Universal Audenried CS
Universal Audenried CS's state test result (32.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Universal Audenried CS this school | 588 | 99.1% | 32.2% |
| School of the Future Philadelphia | 569 | 98.4% | 12.9% |
| Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS Philadelphia | 629 | 97.8% | 22.2% |
| King Martin Luther High School Philadelphia | 527 | 100.0% | 8.5% |
| Mastery CS - Shoemaker Campus Philadelphia | 722 | 99.6% | 21.0% |
| KIPP DuBois CS Philadelphia | 523 | 99.4% | 22.9% |
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 Universal Audenried CS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #479 of 576 | #17 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #508 of 626 ▲ 5 | #22 of 67 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #354 of 626 ▲ 151 | #19 of 67 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 588 | #345 of 713 | #34 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #515 of 601 | #31 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.6% | #384 of 604 | #51 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.1% | #138 of 619 | #27 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.3% | #315 of 373 | #29 of 35 |
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
588
+29 (+5%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 588 | 35 | 16.8:1 | 99% (583) |
| 2023-24 | 582 | 32 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 546 | 33 | 16.6:1 | 86% (468) |
| 2020-21 | 559 | 38 | 14.7:1 | 99% (556) |
| 2017-18 | 608 | 39 | 15.6:1 | 95% (576) |
| 2015-16 | 574 | 46 | 12.5:1 | 96% (551) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Universal Audenried CS.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (608 to 588); teachers down 10% (39 to 35).
About Universal Audenried CS
Families in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, are served by Universal Audenried CS, a small high school. It had 588 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12. High schools in Pennsylvania average about 738 students, which makes this school 20% below average.
Universal Audenried CS is its own local education agency in federal data.
By race and ethnicity, Universal Audenried CS is 89% Black. The remaining shares are 4% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Philadelphia County as a whole is about 39% Black, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 20, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 35 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 16.8:1. The average for high schools in Pennsylvania, 12.8:1, is lower. Of all students at Universal Audenried CS, 99% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Universal Audenried CS lands at C, ahead of 29% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Universal Audenried CS would score about 35.1%. It scores 32.2%, 2.9 points below that figure.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Philadelphia County show that the median household earns about $61,953 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 17% of people live in poverty. Philadelphia County has 309 public schools with about 182,005 students, including Universal Audenried CS.
Universal Alcorn CS, about 0.1 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Universal Audenried CS, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Universal Audenried CS places 3rd out of 5 schools in its immediate area.
Universal Audenried CS is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large. Universal Audenried CS is run as a public charter school.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 588, compared with 559 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 14.7:1 to 16.8:1.
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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
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Universal Audenried CSHow many students attend Universal Audenried CS?
Universal Audenried CS enrolls approximately 588 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Universal Audenried CS serve?
Universal Audenried CS serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Universal Audenried CS?
Approximately 16.8:1 students per teacher at Universal Audenried CS.
How diverse is Universal Audenried CS?
Universal Audenried CS reports a student body of 1% White, 4% Hispanic, 89% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Universal Audenried CS?
Universal Audenried CS is overseen by Universal Audenried CS in Philadelphia County.
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