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Wright Richard R School

Q: Is Wright Richard R School a good school?

Wright Richard R School ranks in the bottom 3.4% of Pennsylvania elementary schools.

Q: How many students attend Wright Richard R School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 242 students attended Wright Richard R School.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Wright Richard R School?

Students at Wright Richard R School are 86% African American, 11% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races.

Q: What schools do graduates of Wright Richard R School attend?

Students who attend Wright Richard R School usually go on to attend: High : Strawberry Mansion High School

Public Grades PK, KG-5

1459^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,511 Pennsylvania Elementary Schools

Better than 3% of Pennsylvania elementary schools

Summary

Wright Richard R School is an elementary school in Philadelphia, PA that serves 259 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Philadelphia City School District, which is ranked 473 out of 606 districts in Pennsylvania and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Unfortunately, Wright Richard R School has consistently ranked in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania elementary schools over the past decade, with a ranking between 1461-1554 out of around 1500 schools.

The school significantly underperforms compared to the district and state in both math and English language arts proficiency. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 11.3% of students were proficient or better in math, compared to 25% for the district and 41.7% for the state. Similarly, only 9.4% were proficient or better in English language arts, compared to 33.4% for the district and 48.5% for the state. The school also struggles to effectively serve its student subgroups, ranking in the bottom 25% of Pennsylvania elementary schools for African American students, low socioeconomic status students, and students with disabilities.

Despite the school's high per-student spending, which has increased from $15,876 in 2019-2020 to $22,596 in 2022-2023, academic outcomes have not improved. Nearby schools in the Philadelphia City School District, such as Allen Dr Ethel School, Kelley William D School, and Peirce Thomas Middle School, also struggle with low academic performance, suggesting that the challenges faced by Wright Richard R School are not unique and are likely systemic issues within the district.

242

Students ?

9.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$23,934

Per pupil spending ?

107.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2700 W Dauphin St
Philadelphia, PA 19132-4638

(215) 400-7030

District: Philadelphia City School District

Students who attend Wright Richard R School usually attend:

High:

Strawberry Mansion High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

86.4%

Hispanic:

11.2%

Two or more races:

2.1%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — <1st percentile in 2014 → 3rd in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 10 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Pennsylvania average (10% vs 45% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (3rd percentile)

!English Language Arts scores 39 pts below the Pennsylvania average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school10%

District avg29%

Pennsylvania avg45%

1,459^th of 1,511

Pennsylvania public elementary schools ?

Bottom 3%▲ up 3 pts since 2015

From bottom 1% (2015) to bottom 3% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

128^th of 148Elementary Schools in the Philadelphia City School District

473^rd of 606Philadelphia City School District among Pennsylvania districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Pennsylvania percentile	Rating
2025	5.8	1459 of 1511	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	2.6	1523 of 1526	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.1	1471 of 1534	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	3.9	1515 of 1534	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	4.3	1471 of 1544	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	2.4	1513 of 1530	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	2.3	1522 of 1547	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	1.6	1554 of 1554	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	1.9	1472 of 1474	0.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	0.5	1461 of 1467	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	0.7	1507 of 1519	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	3.1	1551 of 1599	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	2.2	1570 of 1597	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	3.7	1542 of 1579	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	2.9	1515 of 1549	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	1.4	1533 of 1551	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	2.1	1518 of 1555	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	1.8	1517 of 1545	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	2.0	1253 of 1299	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	1.5	1257 of 1308	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2003	0.6	1292 of 1302	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Pennsylvania percentile	Rating
2025	25.5	337 of 413	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.4	424 of 437	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	28.6	319 of 437	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Pennsylvania percentile	Rating
2025	18.7	906 of 1030	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	10.6	1061 of 1084	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	16.0	937 of 1043	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Pennsylvania percentile	Rating
2025	6.7	1389 of 1466	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	3.1	1479 of 1488	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Pennsylvania percentile	Rating
2025	9.5	1303 of 1369	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	3.8	1426 of 1432	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.4	1336 of 1414	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Pennsylvania percentile	Rating
2025	5.6	1438 of 1475	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	3.0	1490 of 1495	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

African American (2025)18th percentile+15 vs school

Disabled (2025)12th percentile+9 vs school

Female (2025)5th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)5th percentile~ school

Male (2025)3rd percentile~ school

By subject vs Pennsylvania (2024-2025) ?

Math11%-30 vs state

English Language Arts9%-39 vs state

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by a citizen
Friday, August 21, 2015

The principal of this school has a BA in marketing, but she worked as a teacher in the district of Philadelphia in 2004 and was
terminated for not fulfilling requirements. Ms.Taylor was assigned as principal despite having a short experience as a principal
assistant and lacking effective leadership and communication skills.
Bottom line, this person has very little knowledge about reading development and effective instruction and bullies competent teachers and comes up with wicked plans to terminate them.
Now you can understand why reading rate in R.R. Wright dropped to 10% in the years 2013-2014 and why our children are at risk. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				PSSA Math (2025)							PSSA English Language Arts (2025)							Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSSA Math 3rd Grade	PSSA Math 4th Grade	PSSA Math 5th Grade	PSSA Math 6th Grade	PSSA Math 7th Grade	PSSA Math 8th Grade	PSSA Math All Grades	PSSA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 4th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 5th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 6th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 7th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 8th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Wright Richard R School	Public	PK, KG-5	2700 W Dauphin St	Philadelphia	19132	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-7030	242	25	9.7	107.4%	1 (0.4%)	209 (86.4%)	27 (11.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.1%)	5.8	1459^th of 1511 public elementary schools	3.4%		2.6	1523^rd of 1526 public elementary schools	0.2%	64	17.6	0.0	14.3				11.3	8.8	11.1	8.6				9.4	$23,934	$6,486	$17,448
Dick William School	Public	K-8	2498 W Diamond St	Philadelphia	19121	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-7340	343	25	13.8	89.8%	3 (0.9%)	307 (89.5%)	24 (7.0%)	3 (0.9%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	5.2	1475^th of 1511 public elementary schools	2.4%		4.7	1479^th of 1526 public elementary schools	3.1%	4	14.6	2.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.5	5.1	8.4	0.0	8.3	24.4	13.5	16.7	12.6	$21,463	$5,015	$16,448
Gideon Edward School	Public	PK, KG-8	2817 W Glenwood Ave	Philadelphia	19121	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-7360	221	21	10.4	94.6%	6 (2.7%)	202 (91.4%)	9 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.8%)	4.6	1491^st of 1511 public elementary schools	1.3%		6	1441^st of 1526 public elementary schools	5.6%	50	3.4	0.0	9.1	5.6	0.0	7.1	4.3	6.9	5.3	9.1	16.7	28.6	21.4	12.9	$23,274	$6,429	$16,845
Blaine James G School	Public	PK, KG-8	3001 W Berks St	Philadelphia	19121	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-7330	332	34	9.7	97.3%	4 (1.2%)	307 (92.5%)	17 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.9%)	4.8	1489^th of 1511 public elementary schools	1.5%		2.6	1522^nd of 1526 public elementary schools	0.3%	33	12.2	9.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.2	17.1	14.3	0.0	14.3	0.0	6.9	9.5	$22,917	$5,747	$17,170
Frederick Douglass Mastery Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	2118 West Norris St.	Philadelphia	19121	Philadelphia County	Frederick Douglass Mastery Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(267) 443-0673	528	33	16.0	99.4%	5 (0.9%)	477 (90.3%)	30 (5.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.7%)	7.6	1406^th of 1511 public elementary schools	6.9%		5.9	1442^nd of 1526 public elementary schools	5.5%	36	24.5	11.2	3.4	0.0	0.0	15.4	9.2	6.4	5.3	5.0	34.7	9.5	20.8	13.3	$21,443	$6,987	$14,456
Allen Dr Ethel School	Public	PK, KG-8	3200 W Lehigh Ave	Philadelphia	19132	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-7040	322	34	9.3	102.2%	1 (0.3%)	302 (93.8%)	18 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	5.6	1464^th of 1511 public elementary schools	3.1%		3.8	1500^th of 1526 public elementary schools	1.7%	36	8.4	7.4	11.1	2.9	3.0	0.0	5.1	14.3	14.8	11.1	8.6	9.1	13.9	11.9	$27,253	$7,088	$20,165
Kelley William D School	Public	PK, KG-8	1601 N 28th St	Philadelphia	19121	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-7370	211	26	7.9	107.6%	1 (0.5%)	191 (90.5%)	15 (7.1%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	7.7	1404^th of 1511 public elementary schools	7.1%		4.3	1489^th of 1526 public elementary schools	2.4%	85	10.6	26.3	17.6	0.0	21.4	6.3	13.5	15.0	5.3	17.6	0.0	64.3	37.6	21.0	$22,900	$8,887	$14,013
Peirce Thomas Middle School	Public	PK, KG-5	2300 W Cambria St	Philadelphia	19132	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-7020	270	18	14.9	70.0%	0 (0.0%)	250 (92.6%)	16 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.5%)	3.4	1506^th of 1511 public elementary schools	0.3%		3.6	1507^th of 1526 public elementary schools	1.2%	1	11.1	0.0	0.0				3.4	8.1	5.1	9.1				7.5	$25,753	$7,006	$18,747
Rhodes E Washington School	Public	K-8	2900 W. Clearfield Street	Philadelphia	19132	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-7060	354	37	9.4	110.7%	3 (0.8%)	313 (88.4%)	30 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.0%)	6.2	1448^th of 1511 public elementary schools	4.2%		3.6	1504^th of 1526 public elementary schools	1.4%	56	23.0	12.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.9	3.7	3.8	0.0	22.4	1.7	3.9	7.4	$21,923	$5,924	$15,999
Alliance for Progress Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	1821-39 Cecil B Moore Avenue	Philadelphia	19121	Philadelphia County	Alliance for Progress Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(215) 232-4892	618	36	17.1	101.3%	1 (0.2%)	585 (94.7%)	29 (4.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	3.8	1499^th of 1511 public elementary schools	0.8%		3.3	1513^th of 1526 public elementary schools	0.9%	14	7.1	7.6	4.6	0.0	4.3	4.4	4.8	10.1	4.7	5.9	8.1	10.0	22.2	9.5	$19,298	$3,860	$15,438

Frequently Asked Questions about Wright Richard R School

How many students attend Wright Richard R School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 242 students attended Wright Richard R School.

Is Wright Richard R School a good school?

Wright Richard R School ranks in the bottom 3.4% of Pennsylvania elementary schools.

What district is Wright Richard R School in?

Philadelphia City School District

What is the racial makeup of Wright Richard R School?

Students at Wright Richard R School are 86% African American, 11% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Wright Richard R School attend?

Students who attend Wright Richard R School usually go on to attend:

High : Strawberry Mansion High School

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