Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 8
Penrose Sch, Philadelphia, PA
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 360
- Teachers (FTE)
- 41.0
- Students per teacher
- 8.8
- Grades
- K to 8
This school's ratio is 6.2 lower than the district figure of 15.0. The Pennsylvania average across schools is 13.5. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.
School details
- Address
- 2515 S 78th St, Philadelphia, PA 19153
- Phone
- (215)400-8310
- District
- Philadelphia City SD
- County
- Philadelphia County
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Locale
- City: Large
- NCES school ID
- 421899003616
School meals
- Free lunch
- 377
- Reduced-price lunch
- 0
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 377
- 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
Other elementary schools in Philadelphia City SD
- Northeast Community Propel Academy 1,783 students
- Mayfair Sch 1,763 students
- Frank Anne Sch 1,622 students
- Solis-Cohen Solomon Sch 1,350 students
- Spruance Gilbert Sch 1,270 students
- Loesche William H Sch 1,263 students
- Moore J Hampton Sch 1,192 students
- Farrell Louis H Sch 1,187 students
- Decatur Stephen Sch 1,028 students
- Southwark Sch 976 students
- Allen Ethan Sch 957 students
- Greenberg Joseph Sch 925 students
Elementary schools elsewhere in Philadelphia
- Wissahickon CS Wissahickon CS
- Franklin Towne Charter Elementary School Franklin Towne Charter Elementary School
- West Oak Lane CS West Oak Lane CS
- The Philadelphia CS for Arts and Sciences at HR Edmunds The Philadelphia CS for Arts and Sciences at HR Edmunds
- KIPP Philadelphia CS KIPP Philadelphia CS
- KIPP West Philadelphia CS KIPP West Philadelphia CS
- Christopher Columbus CS Christopher Columbus CS
- Independence CS West Independence CS West
- Independence CS Independence CS
- Northwood Academy CS Northwood Academy CS
- Antonia Pantoja Community CS Antonia Pantoja Community CS
- Mastery CS-Smedley Campus Mastery CS-Smedley Campus
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.