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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 1 schools
An equity score of 50/100 ranks Sankofa Freedom Academy Cs #316 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,970 per pupil, Sankofa Freedom Academy Cs ranks #187 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Sankofa Freedom Academy Cs operates 1 public schools serving 664 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined 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 $18,970 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 71.7% local, 0.4% state, and 27.9% 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 50/100, ranked #316 of 648 in Pennsylvania against a state average of 49, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 673:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 35.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.3% African American, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Sankofa Freedom Academy Cs, enrolling 673 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Sankofa Freedom Academy Cs accounts for 100.0% of all Sankofa Freedom Academy Cs student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Sankofa Freedom Academy Cs a distant remainder — means Sankofa Freedom Academy Cs-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Sankofa Freedom Academy Cs has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 99.8% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Sankofa Freedom Academy Cs student-counselor ratio is 673:1 — 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.
Sankofa Freedom Academy Cs chronic absenteeism rate is 35.7% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
How many schools are in Sankofa Freedom Academy Cs?
Sankofa Freedom Academy Cs has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 664 students.
How much does Sankofa Freedom Academy Cs spend per student?
Sankofa Freedom Academy Cs spends $18,970 per student. The district has an equity score of 50/100, ranking #316 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Sankofa Freedom Academy Cs?
Sankofa Freedom Academy Cs students are 93.3% African American, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Sankofa Freedom Academy Cs?
Sankofa Freedom Academy Cs has an equity score of 50/100, ranking #316 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.