Universal Creighton CS

Universal Creighton CS operates as a mid-sized K-5 school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, run under Universal Creighton CS. Current enrollment sits at 663 students spanning grades K through 8. That puts it 50% above the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Universal Creighton CS logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 67% of enrollment. Other groups include 24% Black, 9% Asian. By comparison, Philadelphia County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Universal Creighton CS logs 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 101% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Universal Creighton CS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.3%; this one delivers 44.5%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Philadelphia County put median household earnings sit near $61,953, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Across Philadelphia County's 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), Universal Creighton CS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Franklin Benjamin Sch, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Universal Creighton CS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Universal Creighton CS at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 22.0%.

Universal Creighton CS operates from a metropolitan location. Universal Creighton CS operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Universal Creighton CS's enrollment has shrank 9% since 2018, when it stood at 731 (now 663). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 39% to 67%.

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