Alcorn James School is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This school is a public school with grade levels Kindergarten through Eighth Grade.

There are approximately 802 students at this school. There are 48 teachers. This makes the student to teacher ratio 16 students to 1 teacher. The national average is 15 which means this school has more students in the classroom than most.

There are 68 students in Kindergarten, 75 in Grade 1, 86 in Grade 2, 94 in Grade 3, 82 in Grade 4, 102 in Grade 5, 104 in Grade 6, 97 in Grade 7, 90 in Grade 8 . Sixth Grade has the highest number of enrolled students. School population data is currently unavailable for this school.
The student ethnic body is comprised of 8 white students, 2 asian/pacific islander, 24 hispanic, 768 african american students and 0 native american students. More ...

The student economic level is above average. Only 799 students out of the 802 student population receive free or reduced lunch or 99.63% of the students. This school is a title 1 school. This means this school did receive any federal assistance. More ...

This school was tested based on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment ( PSSA ) Grades 5,8 and 11. Grades 5,8,11 were tested. The scale is based on percent of students performing at or above achievement level 3. More...