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As of 2021, there are 151 elementary/K-8 schools, 16 middle schools, and 57 high schools in the School District of Philadelphia, excluding charter schools. [ 1 ] The Thomas K. Finletter School serves kindergarten through 8th grade students in the Olney neighborhood of Philadelphia.
The school was originally located at the Charles Y. Audenried Junior High School but was rebuilt in 2008. [2] It was previously directly operated by the School District of Philadelphia. It is still a part of the district's system, and some South Philadelphia residences are assigned to Audenried. In 2011 the School Reform Commission awarded ...
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Northeast Catholic High School for Boys opened on September 8, 1926, [2] as the fourth Diocesan High School in Philadelphia. The site for the school was purchased from the Pennsylvania Railroad for $150,000. The new students were welcomed at the first assembly, held in the gym, by the Rev. Joseph Butler, OSFS, the Principal and Superior.
The school opened in 1956, and enrollment peaked in 1965 with 5,944 students. However, that number would steadily declined as neighborhood demographics changed and free charter schools became available. [3] When the school closed at the end of the 2009-2010 academic year, it was operating at about 30% capacity. [4]
William Penn Charter School (commonly known as Penn Charter or simply PC) is an independent school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.It was founded in 1689 [1] at the urging of William Penn as the "Public Grammar School" and chartered in 1689 to be operated by the "Overseers of the public School, founded by Charter in the town and county of Philadelphia" in Pennsylvania.
The Board of Education Building, also known as the Board of Education Administration Building, is a historic building in the Logan Square neighborhood of Philadelphia. As the long-time headquarters of what is now the School District of Philadelphia, it was a center of the city's educational system. It was completed in 1932.
CHA was the oldest all-boys school in Greater Philadelphia. [3] Springside was founded in 1879 by Ms. Jane Bell and Ms. Walter Comegys as a French and English boarding school for young ladies and girls. [4] The school was located on Norwood Avenue in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia.