Education Philadelphia

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primary , secondary education

william penn charter school, established in 1689, oldest quaker school in nation


education in philadelphia provided many private , public institutions. school district of philadelphia runs city s public schools. philadelphia school district eighth largest school district in united states 142,266 students in 218 public schools , 86 charter schools of 2014.


the city s k-12 enrollment in district run schools has dropped in last 5 years 156,211 students in 2010 130,104 students in 2015. during same time period, enrollment in charter schools has increased 33,995 students in 2010 62,358 students in 2015. consistent drop in enrollment has led city close 24 of public schools in 2013. during 2014 school year, city spent average of $12,570 per pupil, below average among comparable urban school districts.


graduation rates among district-run schools, meanwhile, have steadily increased in last ten years. in 2005, philadelphia had district graduation rate of 52%. number has increased 65% in 2014, still below national , state averages. scores on state s standardized test, pennsylvania system of school assessment (pssa) have trended upward 2005 2011 have decreased since. in 2005, district-run schools scored average of 37.4% on math , 35.5% on reading. city s schools reached peak scores in 2011 59.0% on math , 52.3% on reading. in 2014, scores dropped 45.2% on math , 42.0% on reading.


of city s public high schools, including charter schools, 4 performed above national average on sat (1497 out of 2400) in 2014: masterman, central, girard, , mast community charter school. other district-run schools below average.


higher education

quadrangle @ university of pennsylvania, 1 of highest ranked universities in world.



perelman school of medicine, oldest medical school in united states


philadelphia has third-largest student concentration on east coast, on 120,000 college , university students enrolled within city , 300,000 in metropolitan area. there on 80 colleges, universities, trade, , specialty schools in philadelphia region. 1 of founding members of association of american universities in city, university of pennsylvania, ivy league institution claims being oldest university in country.


the city s largest private school number of students temple university, followed drexel university. along university of pennsylvania, temple university , drexel university make city s major research universities. city home 5 schools of medicine: drexel university college of medicine, perelman school of medicine @ university of pennsylvania, philadelphia college of osteopathic medicine, temple university school of medicine, , thomas jefferson university. hospitals, universities, , higher education research institutions in philadelphia s 4 congressional districts received more $252 million in national institutes of health grants in 2015.


other institutions of higher learning within city s borders include:









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