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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 1 schools
An equity score of 29/100 ranks Mastery Cs John Wister Elementary #538 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $20,252 per pupil, Mastery Cs John Wister Elementary ranks #124 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Mastery Cs John Wister Elementary operates 1 public schools serving 513 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Philadelphia County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,252 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending. See how Pennsylvania compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 74.1% local, 0.1% state, and 25.8% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 29/100, ranked #538 of 648 in Pennsylvania against a state average of 49, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 506:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 42.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 89.3% African American, 5.5% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% White across the district's schools.
Mastery Cs John Wister Elementary accounts for 98.6% of all Mastery Cs John Wister Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Mastery Cs John Wister Elementary a distant remainder — means Mastery Cs John Wister Elementary-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Mastery Cs John Wister Elementary student-counselor ratio is 506:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Mastery Cs John Wister Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 42.9% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to Mastery Cs John Wister Elementary's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Mastery Cs John Wister Elementary?
Mastery Cs John Wister Elementary has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 513 students.
How much does Mastery Cs John Wister Elementary spend per student?
Mastery Cs John Wister Elementary spends $20,252 per student. The district has an equity score of 29/100, ranking #538 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Mastery Cs John Wister Elementary?
Mastery Cs John Wister Elementary students are 89.3% African American, 5.5% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Mastery Cs John Wister Elementary?
Mastery Cs John Wister Elementary has an equity score of 29/100, ranking #538 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.