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First Philadelphia Preparatory CS, PA: schools, enrollment and spending
First Philadelphia Preparatory CS runs 1 public school with 1,883 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 18.1 students per teacher is 4.6 higher than the Pennsylvania figure of 13.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 1,883
- Teachers (FTE)
- 104
- Students per teacher
- 18.1
- PA: 13.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 4300 Tacony St, Philadelphia, PA 19124
- Phone
- (215)743-3100
- County
- Philadelphia County
- Locale
- City: Large
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Charter agency
- NCES district ID
- 4200093
- State district ID
- PA-100510000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 180
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 377 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 5.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district18.1
Pennsylvania13.5
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (1,852), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $32.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.3 million
- State revenue
- $391,000
- Local revenue
- $27.5 million
- Total spending
- $27.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,681
- Salaries
- $8.9 million32.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $155,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 13.2%
- State: 1.2%
- Local: 85.6%
Pennsylvania overall
- Federal: 8.2%
- State: 33.0%
- Local: 58.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,681
Pennsylvania$21,044
United States$16,826
Schools in First Philadelphia Preparatory CS
By level: 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| First Philadelphia Preparatory CSCEP schoolCharter | Other | K to 12 | 1,831 | 17.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Philadelphia County
- Philadelphia City SD 120,057 students
- Philadelphia Performing Arts CS 2,613 students
- MaST Community CS II 1,880 students
- Esperanza Academy CS 1,646 students
- New Foundations CS 1,529 students
- Mariana Bracetti Academy CS 1,518 students
- Mathematics Science & Technology Community CS 1,502 students
- Mastery CS-Thomas Campus 1,314 students
- Franklin Towne CHS 1,292 students
- MaST Community CS III 1,292 students
- Mastery CS-Hardy Williams 1,253 students
- Community Academy of Philadelphia CS 1,237 students
- Philadelphia Academy CS 1,182 students
- Tacony Academy CS 1,084 students
- Mastery CS-Gratz Campus 1,048 students
More in Pennsylvania
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.