Washington Martha Sch

Washington Martha Sch, a modestly sized K-5 school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Philadelphia City SD, teaches 204 students, covering grades K through 8. That puts it 54% below the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Philadelphia City SD runs 220 schools in total, collectively educating 116,230 students. Washington Martha Sch is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Washington Martha Sch shows that 87% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 3% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Philadelphia County as a whole is about 39% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Washington Martha Sch has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.6:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 109% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Philadelphia County (around 95%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

In the surrounding community, Philadelphia County reports that the typical household earns roughly $61,953 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Philadelphia County runs 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), of which Washington Martha Sch is one.

Middle Years Alternative is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Washington Martha Sch.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Washington Martha Sch's enrollment has declined 42% since 2018, when it stood at 350 (now 204). Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 7.6:1 in 2025.

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