Enrollment
296
Middle
DISTRICT 476 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899003835
Wagner Gen Louis Middle School
1701 W Chelten Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19126 · (215) 400-3560 · Philadelphia County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL296 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
14.1:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
102%
302 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 6 | 87 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 93 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 116 | 39% |
Student demographics
21%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
13.6%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.2pp since 2023
Math
1.2%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 1 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.6% | 1.2% |
| 2023-24 | 13.4% | 1.6% |
% 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
7.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-26.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 7% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% 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 →
Where Wagner Gen Louis Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 7.2% | #477 of 479 | #9 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 1.2% | #509 of 513 ▼ 2 | #17 of 18 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.6% | #502 of 513 ▲ 3 | #15 of 18 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 296 | #435 of 522 | #10 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #345 of 486 | #7 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.2% | #377 of 486 | #12 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 102% | #55 of 510 | #9 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -41.0% | #12 of 332 | #6 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
296
-184 (-38%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 571
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 296 | 21 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 301 | 24.3 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 364 | 26.3 | 13.8:1 | 100% (364) |
| 2020-21 | 480 | 30 | 16.0:1 | 99% (477) |
| 2017-18 | 502 | 30 | 16.7:1 | 100% (502) |
| 2015-16 | 480 | 30 | 16.0:1 | 100% (480) |
| 2010-11 | 560 | 38 | 14.7:1 | 99% (557) |
| 2000-01 | 888 | 47 | 18.9:1 | 39% (345) |
| 1990-91 | 571 | 36 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wagner Gen Louis Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 41% (502 to 296); teachers down 30% (30 to 21).
About Wagner Gen Louis Middle School
Wagner Gen Louis Middle School is a middle school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, according to federal school records. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 296 students. It has 50% fewer students than the average for middle schools in Pennsylvania (about 594).
Wagner Gen Louis Middle School is part of a district of 220 schools: Philadelphia City SD, with 116,230 students.
Roughly 89% of students at Wagner Gen Louis Middle School are Black. Other students are 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Philadelphia County residents are about 39% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Wagner Gen Louis Middle School scores 21%.
Wagner Gen Louis Middle School lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 14.1 students per teacher. Across middle schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is 13.2:1.
Wagner Gen Louis Middle School earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 1% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Wagner Gen Louis Middle School is 33.9%. It actually posts 7.2%, which is 26.7 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
In Philadelphia County, home to about 1,579,706 people, the median household earns about $61,953 a year, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. Wagner Gen Louis Middle School shares Philadelphia County with 308 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Wagner Gen Louis Middle School is closest to Building 21, about 0.3 miles away. Wagner Gen Louis Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Wagner Gen Louis Middle School at 9th of 9.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
A 38% decrease took enrollment from 480 in 2020-21 to 296 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 16.0:1 to 14.1:1.
On allk12, people connected to Wagner Gen Louis Middle School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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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- Building 210.3 mi · 371
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- Rowen William School0.5 mi · 296
- Ellwood School0.5 mi · 292
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Frequently asked questions
About Wagner Gen Louis Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wagner Gen Louis Middle School?
Wagner Gen Louis Middle School enrolls approximately 296 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Wagner Gen Louis Middle School serve?
Wagner Gen Louis Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Wagner Gen Louis Middle School have?
Wagner Gen Louis Middle School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Wagner Gen Louis Middle School?
Student demographics at Wagner Gen Louis Middle School are roughly 2% White, 6% Hispanic, 89% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Wagner Gen Louis Middle School in?
Wagner Gen Louis Middle School is part of Philadelphia City SD.
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