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The School District of Philadelphia ( SDP) is the school district that includes all school district-operated public schools in Philadelphia. [9] Established in 1818, it is largest school district in Pennsylvania and the eighth-largest school district in the nation, serving over 197,000 students as of 2022. [10]
In March 1932, the Tredyffrin and Easttown school boards announced a joint agreement to establish a new grammar school exclusively for the districts' Black students in grades 1â8. The school boards planned to put the new "colored school" in a 20-year-old district-owned building in Berwyn, adjacent to the noisy Lincoln Highway. All Black ...
Education in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania began with Benjamin Franklin's founding of the University of Pennsylvania as European styled school and America's first university. . Today's Philadelphia region is home to nearly 300,000 college students, numerous private and parochial secondary schools, and the 8th largest school district in the coun
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. The Thomas K. Finletter School serves kindergarten through 8th grade students in the Olney neighborhood of Philadelphia.
88002290 [1] Added to NRHP. November 18, 1988. Eliza Butler Kirkbride School is a Kâ8 school located in the Passyunk Square neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a part of the School District of Philadelphia . The historic school building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1925â1926. It is a four-story, five-bay ...
Constitution High School (nickname Con High) is a college preparatory high school located in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is the first history based high school in Pennsylvania. It was founded September 2006 by Dr. Thomas Davidson. About 290 attend grades 9 through 12. It is located in close proximity to Independence Mall in ...
August 25, 1983. 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.
Added to NRHP. December 1, 1986. Franklin Learning Center, formerly known as William Penn High School for Girls, is a historic high school located in the Spring Garden neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia. The building was designed by Henry deCoursey Richards and built in 1908â1909.