Other / mixed grade configuration · Philadelphia, PA

Mastery Cs - Thomas Campus

Federal NCES profile for Mastery Cs - Thomas Campus, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 28/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 420014400925Charter school
0/100100/10028/100
👥 S:T ratio
40
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
0
📋 Attendance
41
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Mastery Cs - Thomas Campus earns 28/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes larger than 77% of Pennsylvania schools. It is also one of the largest schools in Pennsylvania.

#77 of 106
schools in Philadelphia · Resource Index
28
Resource Index · Lower
15.1:1
large classes for Pennsylvania
1,314
students enrolled

Mastery Cs - Thomas Campus has class sizes larger than 77% of Pennsylvania schools. Computed live against every Pennsylvania school reporting to NCES.

By Resource Investment Index, Mastery Cs - Thomas Campus ranks #77 of 106 schools in Philadelphia, PA.

Enrollment

1,314

Pennsylvania · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

87.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

15.1:1

vs 13.6:1 Pennsylvania avg

+11% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Mastery Cs - Thomas Campus compares with Pennsylvania and U.S. medians

Slightly above state median
0:135:115.1:1

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Mastery Cs - Thomas Campus

Mastery Cs - Thomas Campus is a large charter combined-grade school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, enrolling 1,314 students.

Class loads run somewhat heavier than typical: 15.1:1 puts it in the larger third of Pennsylvania schools by student-teacher ratio.

By headcount it is one of the larger campuses in Pennsylvania, bigger than 95% of state schools at 1,314 students.

Its Resource Investment Index trails 94% of the 2,889 Pennsylvania schools with a score on record, one of the lower results on this measure.

Its student body is led by Hispanic or Latino (40%) and African American (29%), more mixed than most schools in the state (diversity index 72/100).

Counselor access is stretched at roughly 1314 students per counselor, well above the ASCA-recommended 250:1 ceiling.

Attendance runs somewhat below the norm, with 23.8% of students chronically absent per the 2021-22 civil-rights collection.

Its district draws 21.9% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Among Philadelphia's public schools, it stands alongside Philadelphia Performing Arts Cs (2,572 students): Mastery Cs - Thomas Campus is smaller than that campus by headcount and runs leaner classes (15.1:1 vs 15.5:1).

Mastery Cs-Thomas Campus is a single-school charter district, so Mastery Cs - Thomas Campus operates independently rather than alongside district-mates. At 1,314 students, it is also among the largest single-school districts in Pennsylvania, well beyond the enrollment of a typical standalone charter.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Mastery Cs - Thomas Campus compares

Mastery Cs - Thomas Campus on the metrics families compare, against Pennsylvania and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Pennsylvania Pennsylvania avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 15.1:1 ▲ 11% 13.6:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 1,314 top 5% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

15.1:1
Leaner classes than 46% of US schools, a middle-of-the-pack class size.
1,314
Bigger than 95% of US schools by enrollment, a large campus nationally.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
15.1:1
students per teacher - 11% above state mean
Top 77% in Pennsylvania - lower ratio than 23% of state schools
Close to the 15:1 benchmark most often cited for individualized attention.
Engagement
23.8%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$16,783
per pupil, district-wide - below Pennsylvania avg of $17,970
Close to the U.S. public-school average per-pupil spend.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 1314 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 50 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 3.8 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

Hispanic or Latino 40.0%
African American 28.5%
Asian 16.1%
White 8.8%
Two or More 4.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native 2.3%

Largest group: Hispanic or Latino at 40.0% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 72.3/100

Simpson diversity index - at 72.3, Mastery Cs - Thomas Campus is more mixed than the Pennsylvania school average of 37.3.

Programs

AP courses offered 11

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Mastery Cs-Thomas Campus, which includes Mastery Cs - Thomas Campus.

$16,783
Per student
-7%
vs Pennsylvania
Avg $17,970
+1%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 77.1%
State 1.1%
Federal 21.9%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

Similar other schools in Philadelphia

6 comparable other schools (grades Mixed) serving the same city.

Similar other schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Pennsylvania, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

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Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Mastery Cs - Thomas Campus

How many students attend Mastery Cs - Thomas Campus?

Mastery Cs - Thomas Campus has 1,314 students enrolled. It is a public school in Philadelphia, PA.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Mastery Cs - Thomas Campus?

The student-teacher ratio at Mastery Cs - Thomas Campus is 15.1:1, which is 11% higher than the Pennsylvania average of 13.6:1 and 4% lower than the national average of 15.7:1.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Mastery Cs - Thomas Campus?

The largest demographic group at Mastery Cs - Thomas Campus is Hispanic or Latino at 40.0% of enrollment, in Philadelphia, PA. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 72.3/100.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Mastery Cs - Thomas Campus?

Mastery Cs - Thomas Campus has a Resource Investment Index of 28/100 (lower reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, AP course offerings, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

How does Mastery Cs - Thomas Campus rank among schools in Philadelphia?

By Resource Investment Index, Mastery Cs - Thomas Campus ranks #77 of 106 schools in Philadelphia, PA. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all schools in Philadelphia on the city page.

Is Mastery Cs - Thomas Campus a good school?

Mastery Cs - Thomas Campus earns 28/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes larger than 77% of Pennsylvania schools. It is also one of the largest schools in Pennsylvania. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Mastery Cs-Thomas Campus?

None; Mastery Cs-Thomas Campus is a single-school charter district, and Mastery Cs - Thomas Campus is its only campus.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

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