West Oak Lane CS

Located at 7115 Stenton Ave, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, West Oak Lane CS is a substantial elementary campus that hosts 955 students (grades K through 8), operated by West Oak Lane CS. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 116% above typical.

West Oak Lane CS is the operating authority for West Oak Lane CS, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

For racial and ethnic makeup, West Oak Lane CS logs that 99% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. By comparison, Philadelphia County as a whole is about 39% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting West Oak Lane CS higher than the state norm the norm. 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, West Oak Lane CS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.1%; this one delivers 25.2%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Philadelphia County put median household earnings sit near $61,953, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Across Philadelphia County's 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), West Oak Lane CS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: King Martin Luther HS, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), West Oak Lane CS ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 19.1%.

The school occupies a city-core site. As a public charter, West Oak Lane CS runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at West Oak Lane CS has shrank 11%, going from 1,076 students in 2018 to 955 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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