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Franklin Benjamin High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2018 – 2019 school year [note on school closures TBD].
  • Expenditures: 2018
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

Methodology:   Only NeighborhoodScout gives you nationally comparable school ranks based on test scores, so you can directly compare the quality of schools in any location. Read more

School Overview

Address
550 N Broad St
Philadelphia, PA 19130
Phone
(215) 400-7600
District
PHILADELPHIA CITY SD
County
PHILADELPHIA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
461
Classroom Teachers
36

* According to NeighborhoodScout’s research of school performance, Franklin Benjamin High School ranks as one of the bottom 100 worst public schools in America.

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Pennsylvania

1

(10 is best)

Better than 5.1% of PA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S. info

1

(10 is best)

Franklin Benjamin High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

80 60 40 20 0
15%
66%
22%
70%
7%
62%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
13
16
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 193 41.9%
Grade 10 104 22.6%
Grade 11 99 21.5%
Grade 12 65 14.1%
Total 461 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 2.5% 15.2% 66.0%
Black 81.3% 50.3% 15.6%
Hispanic 12.9% 24.0% 13.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 3.4% 10.1% 4.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED 99.3% 99.4% 51.0%
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE 99.3% 99.4% 48.9%
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE 0.0% 0.0% 2.1%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 1,581,531 12,964,056
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 11,094.3 289
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.6% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.9% 17.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 38.7% 31.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.0% 27.0%
65 OR OLDER 13.7% 18.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 613,125 5,091,424
Single Parent Households With Children 15.2% 9.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 85.7% 91.0%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 31.2% 32.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 10.4% 13.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 11.6% 15.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.2% 13.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.1% 17.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 17.2% 16.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 15.7% 13.3%
$15,000 or less 17.8% 9.8%

Education Expenditures

For This District Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,217 $928,445,399 26.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $665 $85,550,255 2.4%
Staff $570 $73,328,790 2.1%
General Administration $367 $47,213,449 1.3%
School Administration $695 $89,409,665 2.5%
Operation $1,774 $228,219,778 6.4%
Transportation $244 $31,389,868 0.9%
Other $550 $70,755,850 2.0%
Total Support $4,865 $625,867,655 17.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $15,658 $2,014,354,726 56.4%
Total Expenditures $27,740 $3,568,667,780 100.0%
For The State Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,717 $16,461,975,392 47.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $866 $1,466,830,267 4.3%
Staff $546 $925,011,977 2.7%
General Administration $419 $710,226,672 2.1%
School Administration $763 $1,292,333,985 3.8%
Operation $1,535 $2,601,211,226 7.6%
Transportation $714 $1,210,107,580 3.5%
Other $560 $949,241,331 2.8%
Total Support $5,404 $9,154,928,886 26.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,198 $8,806,215,159 25.6%
Total Expenditures $20,320 $34,423,045,702 100.0%
For The Nation Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,549 $372,153,103,143 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $792 $39,020,154,935 5.2%
Staff $618 $30,487,652,661 4.1%
General Administration $258 $12,720,931,842 1.7%
School Administration $730 $35,978,592,512 4.8%
Operation $1,169 $57,607,988,317 7.7%
Transportation $527 $26,002,463,553 3.5%
Other $459 $22,633,739,814 3.0%
Total Support $4,553 $224,451,138,461 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,074 $151,519,765,183 20.3%
Total Expenditures $15,176 $748,124,887,521 100.0%

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