List of schools of the School District of Philadelphia

, there are 151 elementary/K-8 schools, 16 middle schools, and 57 high schools in the School District of Philadelphia, 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
 * 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 - 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 Philadelphia Inquirer 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * Vare-Washington School
 * 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

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
 * Strawberry Mansion High School
 * 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
 * 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
 * Philadelphia High School for Girls
 * 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

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 (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)
 * Joseph Leidy Elementary School, closed 2013
 * John Greenleaf Whittier School (now houses KIPP 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
 * 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
 * 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