, there are 151 elementary/K-8 schools, 16 middle schools, and 57 high schools in the

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, excluding Charter Schools.

Elementary/K-8 schools

* Adaire, Alexander School * Allen, Dr. Ethel School * Allen, Ethan School * Anderson, Add B. School * Arthur, Chester A. School * Bache-Martin Elementary School * Barton School * Benjamin Franklin Academics Plus School * Bethune, Mary Mcleod School * Blaine, James G. School * Blankenburg, R. School * Bregy, F. Amedee School * Bridesburg School * Brown, Henry A. School * Brown, Joseph H. School * Bryant, William C. School * Carnell, Laura H. School * Catharine, Joseph W. School * Cayuga School * Fox Chase School * Childs, George W. School * Comegys, Benjamin B. * Comly, Watson School * Cooke, Jay School * Cook-Wissahickon School * Coppin, Fanny Jackson School * Cramp, William School * Crossroads Academy @ Hunting Park * Day, Anna B. School * DeBurgos, J. School * Decatur, Stephen School * Dick, William School * Disston, Hamilton School * Dobson, James School * Duckrey, Tanner School * Dunbar, Paul L. School * Edmonds, Franklin S. School *

Edwin Fitler Academics Plus School Edwin Fitler Academics Plus School is a historic school located in the Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia. The building was built in 189 ...

* Elkin, Lewis School * Ellwood School * Emlen, Eleanor C. School * Farrell, Louis H. School * Fell, D. Newlin School * Feltonville Intermediate School * Fitzpatrick, A. L. School * Forrest, Edwin School * Frank, Anne School * Gideon, Edward School * Girard, Stephen School * Gompers, Samuel School * Greenberg, Joseph School * Greenfield, Albert M. School * Hackett, Horatio B. School * Hall, Prince School * Hamilton, Andrew School * Harrington, Avery D. School * Hartranft, John F. School * Henry, Charles W. School * Heston, Edward School * Holme, Thomas School * Hopkinson, Francis School * Houston, Henry H. School * Howe, Julia Ward School * Hunter, William H. School * Jenks Academy for the Arts & Sciences * Jenks, Abram School * John Hancock Demonstration School * Juniata Park Academy * Kearny, Gen. Philip School * Kelley, William D. School * Kelly, John B. School * Kenderton School * Kennedy Crossan Academics Plus School * Key, Francis S. School * Kirkbride, Eliza B. * Lamberton, Robert E. School * Lawton, Henry W. School * Lea, Henry C. School *

Lewis C. Cassidy Academics Plus School The Lewis C. Cassidy Academics Plus School was an historic Elementary school (United States), elementary school that was located in the Overbrook, Philadelphia, Overbrook neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was part of the School Distr ...

* Lingelbach, Anna L. School * Locke, Alain School * Loesche, William H. School * Logan, James School * Longstreth, William C. School * Lowell, James R. School * Ludlow, James R. School * Marshall, John School * Marshall, Thurgood School * Mayfair School * McCall, Gen. George A. School * McCloskey, John F. School * McClure, Alexander K. School * McDaniel, Delaplaine School * McKinley, William School * McMichael, Morton School * Meade, Gen. George G. School * Meredith, William M. School * Mifflin, Thomas School * Mitchell, S. Weir School * Moffet, John School * Moore, J. Hampton School * Morris, Robert School * Morrison, Andrew J. School * Morton, Thomas G. School * Munoz-Marin, Hon. Luis School * Nebinger, George W. School * Northeast Propel Academy * Olney Elementary School * Overbrook Elementary School * Overbrook Educational School * Patterson, John M. School * Peirce, Thomas M. School * Penn Alexander School * Pennell, Joseph School * Pennypacker, Samuel School * Penrose School * Pollock, Robert B. School * Potter-Thomas School * Powel, Samuel School * Rhawnhurst School * Rhoads, James School * Rhodes School * Richmond Elementary School * Roosevelt Elementary School * Rowen, William School * Sharswood, George W. School * Shawmont School * Sheppard, Isaac A. School * Sheridan, Philip H. School * Solis-Cohen, Solomon School *

Southwark School Southwark School is a public K-8 school located in the Central South Philadelphia neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a part of Philadelphia Public Schools. Students zoned to Francis Scott Key School (K–6) are zoned to Southwark ...

* Spring Garden School * Spruance, Gilbert School * Stanton, Edwin M. School * Stearne, Allen M. School * Steel, Edward School * Sullivan, James J. School * Taggart, John H. School * Taylor, Bayard School *

Thomas K. Finletter Academics Plus School The Thomas K. Finletter Academics Plus School is an historic, American school that is located in the Olney, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Olney neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia. It was ad ...

Vare-Washington School Vare-Washington School, is a K-8 school in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a part of the School District of Philadelphia. It occupies the former George Washington School building in the Dickinson Narrows neighborhood, in proximity to Sout ...

* Waring, Laura W. School * Washington, Martha School * Webster, John H. School * Welsh, John School * Widener Memorial School * Willard, Frances E. School * Wright, Richard R. School * Ziegler, William H. School Two special admission schools: * Girard Academic Music Program *

Julia R. Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School The Julia Reynolds Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School is a middle and secondary school located in Philadelphia. It is a magnet school, ranked 10th in the nation, located in the Spring Garden neighborhood. Prior to 1958, the school bui ...

Middle schools

* AMY 5 @ James Martin * AMY Northwest * Baldi Middle School * Clemente, Roberto Middle School * Conwell, Russell Magnet Middle School * Crossroads Accelerated Academy * Feltonville Arts & Sciences School * Harding, Warren G. Middle School * Hill-Freedman World Academy * Meehan, Austin Middle School * Middle Years Alt – MYA * Tilden, William T. Middle School * Wagner, Gen. Louis Middle School * Washington, Grover Jr. Middle School * Wilson, Woodrow Middle School

High schools

Neighborhood

* John Bartram High School * Thomas A. Edison High School * Samuel Fels High School * Frankford High School * Benjamin Franklin High School * Horace Furness High School * Kensington High School * Martin Luther King High School * Abraham Lincoln High School * Northeast High School * Overbrook High School * Penn Treaty School (6-12) * Roxborough High School * William L. Sayre High School *

South Philadelphia High School South Philadelphia High School is a public secondary high school located in the Lower Moyamensing neighborhood of South Philadelphia, at the intersection of Broad Street and Snyder Avenue. The school serves grades 9 through 12 and is part of t ...

Strawberry Mansion High School Strawberry Mansion High School is a public high school in the Strawberry Mansion section of Philadelphia. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia. It was previously named Strawberry Mansion Junior / Senior High School, and Strawberry M ...

* George Washington High School * West Philadelphia High School

Special admission

* Academy at Palumbo * The Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush * Bodine International Affairs * CAPA * Carver High School for Engineering and Science * Central High School * GAMP *

Franklin Learning Center Franklin Learning Center, formerly known as William Penn High School for Girls, is a historic high school located in the Spring Garden neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia. The building wa ...

* Hill-Freedman World Academy High School * Julia R. Masterman School * Kensington Creative & Performing Arts High School * Kensington Health Sciences Academy High School *

Parkway Center City High School Parkway Center City Middle College is a historic vocational school located in the Callowhill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia. The building was built in 1925–1927 and is a brick build ...

* Parkway Northwest High School * Parkway West High School *

Philadelphia High School for Girls The Philadelphia High School for Girls, also known as Girls' High, is a public college preparatory magnet high school for girls in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As its name suggests, the school's enrollment is all female. Established in 1848, it ...

* Philadelphia Learning Academy * Philadelphia Military Academy * Philadelphia Virtual Academy * Science Leadership Academy * Science Leadership Academy at Beeber (6-12) * The LINC *

Walter Biddle Saul High School for Agricultural Sciences W.B. Saul High School, previously the Walter Biddle Saul High School of Agricultural Sciences, is a magnet high school in Roxborough, Philadelphia. The school, a part of the School District of Philadelphia, serves grades 9 through 12. Saul is a ma ...

Citywide admission

* Building 21 * Constitution High School * Murrell Dobbins Vocational School * High School of the Future *

Lankenau High School Lankenau Environmental Science Magnet High School (commonly referred as Lankenau High School) is a district-run magnet high school in Upper Roxborough, Northwest Philadelphia. It is a part of the School District of Philadelphia. The school's Adva ...

Jules E. Mastbaum Technical High School The Jules E. Mastbaum Area Vocational/Technical School (commonly referred to as the Jules Mastbaum Area Vocational High School) is a public high school in Kensington, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a part of the School District o ...

* Motivation High School *

Paul Robeson High School for Human Services Paul Robeson High School for Human Services is a district-run high school in Philadelphia with citywide admissions. The school is one of eight schools in the country that offers a focus in the human services field. The school is named after Paul R ...

* Randolph Technical High School * The U School * The Workshop School *

Swenson Arts and Technology High School Swenson Arts and Technology High School (Swenson High School), formally known as "Swenson Skills Center", is a full-time Technical/Vocational high school located in the greater Northeast of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school is located at 275 ...

* Vaux Big Picture High School

Former schools/Historic School Buildings

Elementary Schools * Adelphi School, closed 1906 * Alexander Wilson School, closed 2013 * Anna B. Pratt Elementary School, closed 2013 * Anthony Wayne School * Bridesburg School, closed 1894 * Charles R. Drew, closed 2013 * Charles Schaeffer School * Daniel Boone School (now houses Achieve Academy of Philadelphia) * David Farragut School *

David Landreth School David Landreth School is a historic school building located in the Point Breeze neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1889 after the original school caught fire (it had been on the nursery grounds of the D. Landreth Seed Co ...

* Fairhill Elementary School, closed 2013 * Francis Read School, closed 1980 * Gen. David B. Birney School (currently Lindley Academy Charter School at Birney) * Gen. John F. Reynolds School, closed 2013 * George L. Brooks School * George Chandler School * George L. Horn School * Washington, George School * Germantown Grammar School * Guion S. Bluford School (currently Universal Bluford Charter School) * Henry Longfellow School * J. Sylvester Ramsey School * Joseph C. Ferguson Elementary School, closed 2013 *

James Alcorn School Universal Alcorn Charter Elementary School is a charter school located in the Grays Ferry neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located in the historic James Alcorn School building. The building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and ...

(currently Universal Alcorn Charter School) *

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Elementary School, closed 2013 * John Greenleaf Whittier School *

John L. Kinsey School The John L. Kinsey School is a former K-8 school that is located in the West Oak Lane, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, West Oak Lane neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was a part of the School District of Philadelphia. It was added to th ...

, closed 2013 (now housing Building 21) * Laura H. Carnell School * Leslie P. Hill Elementary School, closed 2013 * Lydia Darrah School *

Mary Channing Wister School The Mary Channing Wister School, originally the Mary Channing Wister Public School, is an historic, American school building that is located in the Poplar neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Hist ...

* Mary Disston School * Mechanicsville School * M.H. Stanton Elementary School, closed 2013 * Mifflin School * Muhlenberg School *

Nathaniel Hawthorne School The Nathaniel Hawthorne School is a historic school building that is located in the Hawthorne neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. History and arc ...

* Northeast Manual Training School * Richardson L. Wright School *

Robert Fulton School Robert Fulton School is a historic school building located in the Morton neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. History and architectural features Designed by Irw ...

, closed 2013 * Robert Ralston School * Rudolph Walton School, closed 2003 * Samuel Daroff School (currently Universal Daroff Charter School) * Simon Muhr Work Training School * Spring Garden School No. 1 * Thaddeus Stevens School of Observation *

Thomas Buchanan Read School The Thomas Buchanan Read School is an historic, American school building that is located in the Elmwood Park neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. History and architectural ...

* Thomas Creighton School (currently Universal Creighton Charter School) * Thomas Dunlap School * Thomas Durham School (now housing Independence Charter School) * Thomas Meehan School * Thomas Powers School * Walter George Smith School, closed 2013 * William B. Hanna School * William H. Harrison School (now housing St. Malachy School) * William Levering School (now housing AMY Northwest MS) * William W. Axe School (now housing Northeast Frankford Boys & Girls Club of Philadelphia) Middle Schools * Ada H.H. Lewis Middle School, closed 2008 * Anna H. Shaw Middle School, closed 2013 (currently Hardy Williams Academy) *

Charles Y. Audenried Junior High School Charles Y. Audenried Junior High School was a historic school building located in the Grays Ferry neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. History and features Designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1930-1931, it was a three-story, fiftee ...

(currently Universal Audenried Charter High School) * Elizabeth Duane Gillespie Junior High School, closed 2011 * George Wharton Pepper Middle School, closed 2013 * Holmes Junior High School * John P. Turner Middle School * Mayer Sulzberger Middle School, closed 2010 * Norris S. Barratt Middle School, closed 2012 * Sheridan West Middle School, closed 2013 High schools * Charles Carroll High School, closed 2013 *

Communications Technology High School Communications Technology High School was a public high school serving grades 9–12 located at 8110 Lyons Avenue in the Hedgerow neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school, which was located next to George Pepper Middle School, was ...

, closed 2013 *

Edward W. Bok Technical High School The Edward W. Bok Technical High School was a public high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, designed by Irwin T. Catharine and named after literary figure, Edward William Bok, editor of the Ladies' Home Journal. It was completed in February ...

, closed 2013 * Germantown High School, closed 2013 * Robert E. Lamberton High School, closed 2013 * Stephen A. Douglas High School, closed 2013 * Thomas FitzSimons High School, closed 2013 * William Penn High School, closed 2014 * University City High School, closed 2013

External links

The School District of Philadelphia

Office of Student Enrollment & Placement

The Office of Secondary Education Planning Guide: A Guide for September 2007 High School Admissions
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References

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