McDaniel Delaplaine Sch
Public · Grades K–8 · 229 students
Universal Alcorn CS
3200 Dickinson Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146
Grades
K–8
Elementary
Students
467
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
18 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Universal Alcorn CS
Philadelphia County
Schola Grade D · Below average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 1,511 Pennsylvania elementary schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other Pennsylvania elementary schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Universal Alcorn CS
Universal Alcorn CS is a charter elementary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, serving grades K–8. The school is located in a large city in Philadelphia County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 467 students were enrolled, with about 18 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is larger than the typical Pennsylvania elementary school (12.8 students per teacher). As a charter school, it is publicly funded and tuition-free, but operates independently of the local district under a charter from Philadelphia City SD. Its Schola Grade is D (below average), compared with 1,511 Pennsylvania elementary schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades K–8
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Charter School · What this means
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades offered
- K–8
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 467 students
- Students per teacher
- 18 to 1
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- Philadelphia City SD
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- City — Large
- School district
- Universal Alcorn CS
- County
- Philadelphia County
- NCES school ID
- 420087207491
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.