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 Wyncote.
K–44 elementary schoolsCheltenham School District
7–8Cedarbrook MSCheltenham School District
9–12Cheltenham HSCheltenham 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.