C−
Philadelphia City School District
Public school districtGrades PK–12
Serves Philadelphia.
Students
116,230
Schools
221
Spent per student
$19,525
PA $21,758
Students per teacher
15:1
Debt
$3,305.5M
fiscal 2024
What stands out about Philadelphia City School District
- School Grade C−: better than 17% of Pennsylvania districts
- Math proficiency 15 pts below the state
- Graduation rate (4-year) 18 pts below the state
- Spends 10% less per student than the PA average
- 15 students per teacher
- Debt of $3,305.5M, about $28,439 per student
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Devon.
K–45 elementary schoolsTredyffrin-Easttown School District
5–82 middle schoolsTredyffrin-Easttown School District
9–12Conestoga SHSTredyffrin-Easttown School District
Test scores vs. PA
2020–21Math proficiency22%
State average 37.1%
Graduation rate (4-year)70%
State average 87.5%
Where the money goes
fiscal 2024$19,525 per student · 10% below PA
Spending
Classroom instruction 52%Support & administration 44%Other 4%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 40%State 43%Federal 16%
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
Enrollment over time
120,739’20
113,327’21
114,779’22
114,090’23
116,230’24
Down 3.7% since 2020.
Students
Black 42%Hispanic 28%White 15%Asian 11%Two or more races 4%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%
Schools in the district
221 public schools.
Northeast Community Propel Academy
1,783 students17:1
Mayfair Sch
D1,763 students17:1
Frank Anne Sch
C+1,622 students17:1
Solis-Cohen Solomon Sch
1,350 students15:1
Spruance Gilbert Sch
D−1,270 students16:1
Loesche William H Sch
C+1,263 students15:1
Moore J Hampton Sch
D1,192 students15:1
Farrell Louis H Sch
C−1,187 students16:1
Decatur Stephen Sch
C+1,028 students16:1
Southwark Sch
D976 students15:1
Allen Ethan Sch
C−957 students16:1
Greenberg Joseph Sch
B+925 students16:1
Fitzpatrick Aloysius L Sch
C−906 students17:1
John Hancock Demonstration Sch
C895 students14:1
Juniata Park Academy
C−854 students15:1
Holme Thomas Sch
C−850 students14:1
Pollock Robert B Sch
C−845 students17:1
Forrest Edwin Sch
D841 students17:1
Greenfield Albert M Sch
A742 students18:1
Disston Hamilton Sch
D737 students17:1
Olney El Sch
D−654 students13:1
Carnell Laura H Sch
D639 students15:1
Marshall Thurgood
D639 students13:1
McCall Gen George A Sch
A629 students17:1
Rhawnhurst Sch
D621 students15:1
Comly Watson Sch
B618 students15:1
Bache-Martin Sch
B−614 students11:1
Finletter Thomas K Sch
D607 students12:1
Penn Alexander Sch
A+595 students16:1
Lawton Henry W Sch
C−571 students13:1
Franklin Benjamin Sch
D570 students14:1
Hopkinson Francis Sch
D569 students12:1
Meredith William M Sch
A556 students19:1
DeBurgos Bilingual Magnet MS
D550 students10:1
Fanny Jackson Coppin Sch
C547 students17:1
Fell D Newlin Sch
D530 students14:1
Taggart John H Sch
D529 students14:1
Bridesburg Sch
C−525 students14:1
Kirkbride Eliza B Sch
C−522 students14:1
Ziegler William H Sch
D−522 students11:1
Munoz-Marin Luis
D−519 students10:1
Henry Charles W Sch
B−518 students16:1
Feltonville Intermediate School
D−517 students15:1
Webster Sch
D510 students13:1
Morrison Andrew J Sch
D−508 students14:1
Fox Chase Sch
C−507 students14:1
Lea Henry C Sch
C−503 students13:1
Lowell James R Sch
D503 students15:1
Barton Clara Sch
490 students13:1
Guidon S Bluford El Sch
476 students16:1
Childs George W Sch
D471 students12:1
Shawmont Sch
C471 students16:1
Barry Comm John Sch
D467 students12:1
Houston Henry E Sch
D458 students15:1
Elkin Lewis Sch
D−455 students11:1
Adaire Alexander Sch
B−447 students15:1
Brown Joseph Sch
C−441 students14:1
Catharine Joseph Sch
D−437 students12:1
McClure Alexander K Sch
D−437 students12:1
Sheridan Sch
D437 students12:1
Bethune Mary McLeod Sch
D−433 students12:1
Cook-Wissahickon Sch
C+432 students14:1
Rhoads James Sch
D421 students10:1
Duckrey Tanner Sch
D−418 students13:1
Hunter William H Sch
D−414 students12:1
Hackett Horatio B Sch
C+413 students13:1
Roosevelt Theodore MS
C−400 students9:1
John Story Jenks Academy for the Arts and Sciences
C−394 students14:1
Taylor Bayard Sch
D394 students10:1
Mifflin Thomas Sch
C−393 students14:1
Franklin S Edmonds Sch
D391 students12:1
Nebinger George W Sch
C391 students12:1
Patterson John M Sch
C−391 students14:1
Steel Edward Sch
D−379 students10:1
Willard Frances E Sch
D377 students12:1
Vare-Washington El Sch
C+375 students11:1
Cramp William Sch
C−374 students11:1
Sullivan James J Sch
C−373 students15:1
Stearne Allen M Sch
D372 students11:1
Key Francis Scott Sch
D−370 students12:1
Cooke Jay MS
D−369 students9:1
Kelly John B Sch
D365 students12:1
Sharswood George Sch
D364 students11:1
Lingelbach Anna L Sch
D363 students14:1
Cayuga School
D360 students11:1
Penrose Sch
D−360 students9:1
Prince Hall Sch
D−360 students15:1
Morton Thomas G Sch
D356 students13:1
Rhodes E Washington Sch
D−354 students9:1
Richmond Sch
D351 students12:1
Hamilton Andrew Sch
D−348 students12:1
Dick William Sch
D−343 students14:1
Lamberton Robert E Sch
D341 students10:1
Anderson Add B Sch
D−339 students10:1
Bryant William C Sch
D338 students10:1
Marian Anderson Neighborhood Academy
B+338 students13:1
Brown Henry A Sch
C−333 students10:1
Blaine James G Sch
D−332 students10:1
Stanton Edwin M Sch
D329 students11:1
Samuel Pennypacker Sch
D328 students12:1
Crossan Kennedy C Sch
C−327 students17:1
Potter-Thomas Sch
C−325 students8:1
Powel Samuel Sch
B+324 students15:1
Allen Dr Ethel Sch
D−322 students9:1
Day Anna B Sch
D314 students12:1
Longstreth William C Sch
D314 students13:1
Meade Gen George C Sch
D−314 students11:1
Hartranft John F Sch
D−310 students10:1
McKinley William Sch
C−306 students10:1
Lewis C Cassidy Academics Plus Sch
C−303 students14:1
Emlen Eleanor C Sch
C−301 students11:1
Pennell Joseph Sch
D301 students12:1
Kenderton El Sch
D300 students12:1
Girard Stephen Sch
C−296 students15:1
Rowen William Sch
D296 students12:1
Ellwood Sch
D−292 students12:1
McMichael Morton Sch
D285 students10:1
Mitchell El Sch
D−283 students10:1
Blankenburg Rudolph Sch
D278 students9:1
Jenks Abram Sch
B+278 students14:1
Harrington Avery D Sch
D−274 students10:1
Peirce Thomas M Sch
C−270 students15:1
Bregy F Amedee Sch
C−264 students10:1
Locke Alain Sch
C−264 students10:1
Logan James Sch
D264 students11:1
Overbrook Edu Ctr
D259 students10:1
Comegys Benjamin B Sch
D252 students14:1
Marshall John Sch
D250 students10:1
Heston Edward Sch
D245 students8:1
Wright Richard R Sch
D242 students10:1
Samuel Gompers Sch
C−238 students11:1
Spring Garden Sch
D−235 students12:1
Dobson James Sch
B−229 students10:1
Howe Julia Ward Sch
D229 students10:1
McDaniel Delaplaine Sch
D229 students11:1
McCloskey John F Sch
D−228 students13:1
Dunbar Paul L Sch
D224 students10:1
Gideon Edward Sch
D221 students10:1
Ludlow James R Sch
D215 students9:1
Moffet John Sch
D215 students10:1
Morris Robert Sch
D−215 students14:1
Kelley William D Sch
D211 students8:1
Washington Martha Sch
C−204 students8:1
Overbrook Elementary School
D201 students10:1
Waring Laura W Sch
D196 students11:1
Kearny Gen Philip Sch
D189 students9:1
Welsh John Sch
D185 students9:1
Fitler Academics Plus
D159 students11:1
Sheppard Isaac Sch
D123 students10:1
Baldi C C A MS
B−1,510 students17:1
Castor Gardens MS
D1,318 students17:1
Harding Warren G MS
D570 students13:1
John B Stetson MS
560 students15:1
Feltonville Sch of Arts & Sciences
D543 students15:1
Washington Grover Jr Sch
D400 students14:1
Science Leadership Academy MS
D353 students30:1
Wagner Gen Louis MS
D296 students14:1
Tilden William T MS
D266 students12:1
Clemente Roberto MS
D−259 students11:1
AMY at Martin
D185 students10:1
Amy NW
C−150 students11:1
Middle Years Alternative
D128 students10:1
Conwell Russell MS
C−119 students11:1
Northeast HS
D3,463 students28:1
Lincoln HS
D2,472 students21:1
Central HS
B2,329 students26:1
Washington George HS
C−1,755 students17:1
Fels Samuel HS
D1,255 students16:1
Academy at Palumbo
C1,225 students35:1
Masterman Julia R Sec Sch
A+1,183 students25:1
Olney HS
1,168 students21:1
Edison HS/Fareira Skills
D−983 students16:1
Franklin LC
C−918 students20:1
Frankford HS
D−907 students14:1
Furness Horace HS
D896 students20:1
HS of Engineering & Science
A+851 students28:1
Swenson Arts and Technology High School
D805 students19:1
West Philadelphia HS
D−718 students21:1
South Philadelphia HS
D684 students13:1
Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School
D−651 students17:1
Creative and Performing Arts
C−643 students32:1
Hill Freedman World Academy
C640 students13:1
Gamp
A634 students22:1
Roxborough HS
D−613 students12:1
Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush
C−599 students27:1
Girls HS
C−592 students18:1
Bartram John - Main
D−583 students15:1
Dobbins Area Vocational-Technical High School
D−581 students14:1
Franklin Benjamin HS
D570 students14:1
School of the Future
D569 students14:1
The Science Leadership Academy at Beeber
B−532 students31:1
King Martin Luther HS
D527 students15:1
Kensington Creative & Performing Arts HS
D−510 students17:1
Science Leadership Academy
C502 students25:1
Bodine William W HS
C−489 students25:1
Kensington HS
D−458 students11:1
Kensington Health Sciences
D−457 students16:1
Sayre William L MS
D447 students17:1
Overbrook HS
D440 students19:1
Randolph A. Philip Area Vocational-Technical High School
D−437 students15:1
Parkway Center City Middle College
C436 students33:1
National Constitution Center HS
D421 students22:1
Saul W B Agricultural School
D417 students18:1
Penn Treaty Sch
D398 students10:1
Building 21
D−371 students20:1
Strawberry Mansion HS
309 students11:1
Vaux HS: A Big Picture School
D284 students21:1
Philadelphia Military Academy at Elverson
D−273 students13:1
Robeson HS for Human Services
D−266 students19:1
Parkway Northwest
D−238 students20:1
Lankenau HS
D−228 students14:1
The Linc
D−223 students19:1
The Workshop School
D214 students17:1
Motivation HS
D−199 students13:1
The U School: Innovative Lab
D−195 students14:1
Parkway West
D−149 students11:1
Philadelphia Learning Academy - West
D99 students16:1
Philadelphia Learning Academy - North
D−73 students8:1
The SD of Philadelphia Virtual Academy
C−913 students59:1
Widener Memorial Sch
C−141 students4:1
Meehan Austin MS
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District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES directory and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: EDFacts via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Neighbor ratings are opinions.