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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 8

Independence CS, Philadelphia, PA

Charter schoolCEP schoolIndependence CS is a public elementary school in Philadelphia, part of Independence CS. It enrolled 796 students in 2024-25, with 11.9 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
796
Teachers (FTE)
67.0
Students per teacher
11.9
Grades
K to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 12.0. The Pennsylvania average across schools is 13.5. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school11.9
District12.0
Pennsylvania13.5
United States15.3

School details

Address
1600 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146
Phone
(215)238-8000
District
Independence CS
County
Philadelphia County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
420008700584
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
793
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
79399.6% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in Philadelphia

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.