Young Scholars CS

Located at 900 N Marshall St, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Young Scholars CS is a cozy intermediate school that teaches 265 students (grades 5 through 8), operated by Young Scholars CS. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 594 students each, so Young Scholars CS sits 55% smaller than that benchmark.

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

Looking at the student body, Young Scholars CS reports that 73% of the student body identifies as multiracial. The remainder looks like 18% Black, 9% Hispanic.

On the resource side, On paper, Young Scholars CS has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 95% of students at Young Scholars CS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Young Scholars CS falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 37.0%; this one comes in at 10.2%, -26.8 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Philadelphia County put median household income runs about $61,953, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Across Philadelphia County's 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), Young Scholars CS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Bodine William W HS, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Young Scholars CS ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 45.6%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting. Young Scholars CS operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Young Scholars CS's enrollment has ticked up 6% since 2018, when it stood at 249 (now 265). The Black share of enrollment contracted from 97% to 18% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Young Scholars CS typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.