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

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Elementary/K-8 schools

* Alexander Adaire School * Allen, Dr. Ethel School * Ethan Allen School * Anderson, Add B. School * Bache-Martin Elementary School * Clara Barton School * John Barry School * Benjamin Franklin Academics Plus School * Bethune, Mary Mcleod School * Blaine, James G. School * Rudolph Blankenburg School * Guion S. Bluford Elementary School * F. Amadee Bregy School * Bridesburg School * Brown, Henry A. School * Joseph H. Brown Elementary School * Bryant, William C. School * Carnell, Laura H. School * Catharine, Joseph W. School * Cayuga School * Fox Chase School * G.W. Childs Elementary School * Comegys, Benjamin B. * Watson Comly School * Cooke, Jay School * Cook-Wissahickon School * Fanny Jackson Coppin School * Cramp, William School * Crossroads Academy @ Hunting Park * Day, Anna B. School * DeBurgos, J. School * Decatur, Stephen School * Dick, William School * Hamilton Disston School * James Dobson Elementary School * Duckrey, Tanner School * Paul Laurence Dunbar School * Edmonds, Franklin S. School * Edwin Fitler Academics Plus School * Elkin, Lewis School * Ellwood School * Emlen Elementary School * Farrell, Louis H. School * D. Newlin Fell School * Feltonville Intermediate School * Fitzpatrick, A. L. School * Edwin Forrest School * Anne Frank School - Originally Bustleton Elementary, renamed in 1987 at the suggestion of the Anne Frank Institute. The school board decided to rename an elementary school that had a non-person name. The ''

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'' stated that it was likely the first school in the United States to be named after Frank, and the first school in the city with a teenager as its namesake. * 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 * 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 * Marian Anderson Neighborhood School- formerly Chester A. Arthur 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 Community Propel Academy * Olney Elementary School * Overbrook Elementary School * Overbrook Educational School * Patterson, John M. School * Peirce, Thomas M. School ** The current building opened in January 2023. * 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, E. Washington 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 Southwa ...

* 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 *

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* 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

Middle schools

* AMY at James Martin * AMY Northwest * Baldi Middle School * Castor Gardens 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 * Science Leadership Academy Middle School - SLA-MS * Tilden, William T. Middle School * Wagner, Gen. Louis Middle School * Washington, Grover Jr. 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 *

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* Strawberry Mansion High School * George Washington High School *

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Anna Blakiston Day High

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 * 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 Northwest High School * Parkway West High School *

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* Philadelphia Learning Academy * Philadelphia Military Academy * Philadelphia Virtual Academy *

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* Science Leadership Academy at Beeber (6-12) * The LINC * Walter Biddle Saul High School for Agricultural Sciences

Citywide admission

* Building 21 * Constitution High School * Murrell Dobbins Vocational School * High School of the Future * Lankenau High School * Jules E. Mastbaum Technical High School * Motivation High School * Paul Robeson High School for Human Services * Randolph Technical High School * The U School * The Workshop School * Swenson Arts and Technology High School * 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 Daniel Boone School is a historic school building located in the Northern Liberties neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1926–1927. It is a four-story, eight bay brick building with ...

(now houses Achieve Academy of Philadelphia) * David Farragut School * David Landreth School * 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 (currently Universal Alcorn Charter School) *

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Elementary School, closed 2013 * John Greenleaf Whittier School (now houses

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Philadelphia preparatory academy) * John L. Kinsey School, closed 2013 (now housing Building 21) * Laura H. Carnell School * Leslie P. Hill Elementary School, closed 2013 * Lydia Darrah School * Mary Channing Wister School * Mary Disston School * Mechanicsville School * M.H. Stanton Elementary School, closed 2013 *

Mifflin School The Mifflin School, built in 1825, is the oldest surviving school building used in the Philadelphia public school system. It is a two-story, two-bay red brick building, which now has its side walls stuccoed over. In the first phase of the develo ...

* Muhlenberg School * Nathaniel Hawthorne School * Northeast Manual Training School * Richardson L. Wright School * Robert Fulton School, 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 The Thaddeus Stevens School of Observation is an historic, American school building that is located in the Poplar neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. The school has sinc ...

* Thomas Buchanan Read School * 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 (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, closed 2013 (future home of Richard Allen Preparatory charter school) * Edward W. Bok Technical High School, 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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