Wissahickon CS

As a big elementary campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Wissahickon CS serves 965 students from grades K through 8, overseen by Wissahickon CS. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Wissahickon CS sits 118% larger than that benchmark.

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

In terms of who attends, Wissahickon CS records that 91% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 39% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Wissahickon CS lists 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Roughly 96% of students at Wissahickon CS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Wissahickon CS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.3%, the actual is 23.8%, a residual of -12.5 points.

Across the wider county, 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 the poverty rate sits near 17%. Wissahickon CS is one of 309 public schools in Philadelphia County (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students).

Nearest neighbor: Randolph A. Philip Area Vocational-Technical High School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Wissahickon CS comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 20.5%.

Wissahickon CS operates from a metropolitan location. Wissahickon CS is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Wissahickon CS's enrollment has expanded 3% since 2018, when it stood at 939 (now 965). Over the same period, the White share fell from 5% to 1%.

On allk12, members of the Wissahickon CS community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.