Area less than one acre Built by McCloskey & Co. Added to NRHP 18 November 1988 | Built 1925-1926 NRHP Reference # 88002290 | |
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MPS Philadelphia Public Schools TR Architectural style Gothic Revival architecture Similar George Sharswood School, Francis Scott Key School, Vare‑Washington School, John L Kinsey School, D Newlin Fell School | ||
Eliza Butler Kirkbride School is a K-8 school located in the Passyunk Square neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a part of the School District of Philadelphia.
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The historic school building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1925-1926. It is a four-story, five bay, yellow reinforced concrete building faced in brick and limestone in the Late Gothic Revival-style. It features a projecting central entrance with floral and heraldic plaques, decorative panels, and a crenellated parapet.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
History
By 1990 the school had a Head Start Program preschool program.
Demographics
In 1999 the school had 660 students, with over 50% of them being Asian.
In the 1998-1999 school year the school began a pilot bilingual English-Cambodian (Khmer) program for its immigrant students. By 1999 the school provided basic Cambodian lessons for the non-Cambodian students. In 1999 Cambodians made up almost 33% of the total student body.
As of 2015 the school has an English Language Learner (ELL) program with 200 students, with support from Chinese, Khmer, and Vietnamese-speaking counselor assistants, in addition to a bilingual counselor who speaks Chinese and Vietnamese.
Feeder patterns
Neighborhoods assigned to Kirkbride are also assigned to Furness High School.