Webster Sch

Webster Sch, a reasonably sized K-5 school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, run under Philadelphia City SD, enrolls 510 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

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

In terms of who attends, Webster Sch records that 57% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 29% Black, 10% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Philadelphia County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 99% of students at Webster Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Webster Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.2%; this one delivers 22.8%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Philadelphia County put median household income runs about $61,953, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Webster Sch is one of 309 public schools in Philadelphia County (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students).

Nearest neighbor: Deep Roots CS, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Webster Sch. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Webster Sch ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 20.8%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 38%: 821 students in 2018 compared to 510 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 42% to 57% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

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