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Northwood Academy CS, Philadelphia, PA

Charter schoolCEP schoolNorthwood Academy CS is a public elementary school in Philadelphia, part of Northwood Academy CS. It enrolled 796 students in 2024-25, with 16.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
796
Teachers (FTE)
49.0
Students per teacher
16.2
Grades
K to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 16.2. The Pennsylvania average across schools is 13.5. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.2
District16.2
Pennsylvania13.5
United States15.3

School details

Address
4621 Castor Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19124
Phone
(215)289-5606
District
Northwood Academy CS
County
Philadelphia County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
420013900894
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
702
Reduced-price lunch
3
Free or reduced-price lunch
70588.6% 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.