The top reported proficiency rate is 17% in English language arts. The lowest is 7% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Anderson Add B Sch
Anderson Add B Sch is a public school serving pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in Philadelphia, with an enrollment of about four hundred students. The school sits in a city neighborhood and serves a student body in which nearly all students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is predominantly Black, with small populations of Hispanic, multiracial, and other students.
On Pennsylvania's state assessments, the school's proficiency rates are low across all tested subjects. In 2024-25, about seven percent of students tested at proficiency in mathematics and about seventeen percent in English language arts. Science data from 2022-23 showed about fifteen percent of students proficient. These results reflect significant gaps between Anderson Add B and the expectations set by the state. A parent may want to look into further detail with the school about the reading curriculum it is using, since the district recently moved to a new science-of-reading approach for English language arts in 2024-25, and about what additional supports or interventions the school offers to help students who are not yet meeting grade-level expectations.
The school is part of the Philadelphia City School District, which covers the entire city. The district recently undertook major curriculum changes. Beginning in the 2023-24 school year, all district schools shifted to Illustrative Mathematics for kindergarten through twelfth grade. In 2024-25, the district rolled out a new English language arts curriculum emphasizing the science of reading (EL Education for grades K-8, StudySync for grades 9-12). These changes standardize how students across the city are taught to read and do math. After the first year of the new ELA curriculum, reading scores citywide saw a one-percentage-point decline, and about two-thirds of students still tested below proficient. This means the school's students are experiencing these district-wide instructional shifts, though the impact on Anderson Add B's own results is not yet clear from the data available.
Philadelphia itself is a large, walkable urban city known for its dense rowhouse neighborhoods, strong neighborhood identity, and extensive public transit via SEPTA. The housing market in the zip code where the school is located is modest in value, well below state and national benchmarks. Rental costs are moderate relative to incomes. The city is experiencing moderate growth concentrated mainly in Center City; overall, the city's population is slowly recovering from pandemic losses but remains below its 2020 peak. The school district is in the midst of a major facilities consolidation, with a master plan approved in April 2026 that closes schools, modernizes buildings, and reshapes attendance boundaries over the next decade, so families may see changes to school assignments and facilities in coming years.
The specific data the school publishes through the state does not include information on special education enrollment, English learner enrollment, chronic absenteeism, or discipline. No data was available on school staffing, course offerings, or programs specific to this school. These are areas a parent may want to ask the school about directly.
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