Middle Schools in Philadelphia City School District

Summary:

The Philadelphia City School District contains 14 middle schools serving grades 5-8, with student enrollment ranging from 127 to 1,515 students. The district as a whole is ranked 473 out of 606 in Pennsylvania and is rated 1 star out of 5 by SchoolDigger, indicating significant challenges in providing a high-quality education to all students.

A few schools stand out in the data set, including Science Leadership Academy Middle School, which has the highest statewide ranking and the strongest proficiency rates in both math and English language arts. Amy NW, a magnet school, also performs well, ranking 391st in the state and having strong proficiency rates, especially in English language arts. Additionally, Conwell Russell Middle School, another magnet school, has the highest science proficiency rates in the data set.

However, the majority of schools in the Philadelphia City School District are struggling, with very low proficiency rates in both math and English language arts. This disparity in school performance is likely influenced by factors such as poverty, as indicated by the high rates of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, and variations in student-teacher ratios. Addressing these challenges will require a multifaceted approach that considers the unique needs and circumstances of each school community.

District Detail

440 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19130-4015

(215) 400-4000

SchoolDigger Rank:
473^rd of 606 Pennsylvania districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 116,230

Primary Schools: 149
Middle Schools: 14
High Schools: 55
Alternative Schools: 2

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				PSSA Math (2025)					PSSA English Language Arts (2025)					Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSSA Math 5th Grade	PSSA Math 6th Grade	PSSA Math 7th Grade	PSSA Math 8th Grade	PSSA Math All Grades	PSSA English Language Arts 5th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 6th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 7th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 8th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Feltonville School of Arts & Sciences	Public	6-8	210 E. Courtland St.	Philadelphia	19120	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-3810	543	36	15.0	102.0%	14 (2.6%)	121 (22.3%)	376 (69.2%)	24 (4.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.3%)	13.4	749^th of 873 public middle schools	14.2%		9.8	799^th of 891 public middle schools	10.3%	50		1.4	14.2	8.2	8.2		13.0	23.0	23.0	20.0	$21,620	$7,372	$14,248
Washington Grover Junior School	Public	5-8	201 E Olney Avenue	Philadelphia	19120	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-3820	400	28	14.1	107.0%	4 (1.0%)	272 (68.0%)	70 (17.5%)	44 (11.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	8 (2.0%)	7.7	830^th of 873 public middle schools	4.9%		10.7	784^th of 891 public middle schools	12.0%	46	9.4	0.0	2.1	5.2	3.9	11.0	14.3	10.1	19.1	13.6	$37,527	$24,528	$12,999
Harding Warren G Middle School	Public	6-8	2000 Wakeling St	Philadelphia	19124	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-3990	570	46	12.5	105.8%	32 (5.6%)	275 (48.2%)	237 (41.6%)	7 (1.2%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.8%)	7.8	828^th of 873 public middle schools	5.2%		7.2	845^th of 891 public middle schools	5.2%	17		2.4	1.3	2.6	2.1		9.5	17.2	18.4	15.4	$22,000	$7,900	$14,100
Wagner Gen Louis Middle School	Public	6-8	1701 W Chelten Ave	Philadelphia	19126	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-3560	296	21	14.0	102.0%	5 (1.7%)	262 (88.5%)	19 (6.4%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.7%)	6.9	847^th of 873 public middle schools	3.0%		5.5	872^nd of 891 public middle schools	2.1%	25		0.0	0.0	2.8	1.2		17.8	8.0	14.7	13.7	$25,284	$9,308	$15,976
Castor Gardens Middle School	Public	6-8	1800 Cottman Ave	Philadelphia	19111	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-3190	1,318	78	16.8	96.3%	151 (11.5%)	309 (23.4%)	558 (42.3%)	262 (19.9%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (2.7%)	27.4	619^th of 873 public middle schools	29.1%		22.7	668^th of 891 public middle schools	25.0%	49		21.9	13.5	21.3	18.8		34.6	24.6	34.6	31.1	$17,953	$6,347	$11,606
Conwell Russell Middle School	Public, Magnet	5-8	1849 E Clearfield St	Philadelphia	19134	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(215) 400-7210	119	11	11.1	106.7%	8 (6.7%)	30 (25.2%)	77 (64.7%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.7%)	15.9	713^th of 873 public middle schools	18.3%		40.4	552^nd of 891 public middle schools	38.0%	161	8.7	3.8	10.0	9.4	8.1	13.0	26.9	23.3	28.2	23.4	$40,603	$21,382	$19,221
Clemente Roberto Middle School	Public	6-8	122 W Erie Ave	Philadelphia	19140	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-3930	259	24	10.9	78.4%	1 (0.4%)	97 (37.5%)	158 (61.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	5.1	871^st of 873 public middle schools	0.2%		4.8	879^th of 891 public middle schools	1.3%	8		0.0	0.0	1.5	0.5		8.1	7.5	6.0	7.2	$103,717	$82,529	$21,188
Amy At Martin	Public	6-8	3380 Richmond St	Philadelphia	19134	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 291-4172	185	18	10.3	112.4%	49 (26.5%)	53 (28.6%)	71 (38.4%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (5.4%)	20.1	679^th of 873 public middle schools	22.2%		13	762^nd of 891 public middle schools	14.5%	83		11.1	15.5	2.2	10.2		39.7	29.3	15.2	29.4	$62,581	$46,130	$16,451
Baldi C C A Middle School	Public	6-8	8801 Verree Rd	Philadelphia	19115	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-3090	1,510	91	16.6	100.4%	672 (44.5%)	182 (12.1%)	135 (8.9%)	457 (30.3%)	2 (0.1%)	3 (0.2%)	59 (3.9%)	73.7	190^th of 873 public middle schools	78.2%		61.1	353^rd of 891 public middle schools	60.4%	163		38.5	42.4	44.8	41.8		58.1	60.5	56.0	58.2	$17,373	$6,360	$11,014
Middle Years Alternative	Public	5-8	4725 Fairmont Ave	Philadelphia	19139	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-7720	128	12	10.5	121.1%	1 (0.8%)	101 (78.9%)	16 (12.5%)	3 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	6 (4.7%)	24.5	642^nd of 873 public middle schools	26.5%		29.6	619^th of 891 public middle schools	30.5%	23		6.4	24.0	17.1	13.0		28.2	19.2	41.7	29.3	$24,823	$10,055	$14,767
Amy NW	Public, Magnet	6-8	6000 Ridge Ave	Philadelphia	19128	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(215) 400-3460	150	14	10.6	89.3%	7 (4.7%)	122 (81.3%)	14 (9.3%)	2 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.3%)	54.4	391^st of 873 public middle schools	55.2%		40.4	553^rd of 891 public middle schools	37.9%	162		23.7	40.0	30.2	29.9		52.6	48.6	45.3	48.9	$29,143	$9,272	$19,871
Tilden William T Middle School	Public	5-8	6601 Elmwood Ave	Philadelphia	19142	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-8170	266	21	12.4	98.9%	5 (1.9%)	199 (74.8%)	39 (14.7%)	18 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.9%)	6.6	850^th of 873 public middle schools	2.6%		7.1	849^th of 891 public middle schools	4.7%	1	4.3	2.8	0.0	1.5	1.9	4.8	8.6	15.2	14.7	11.8	$34,663	$20,245	$14,418
Science Leadership Academy Middle School	Public	5-8	3610 Warren St	Philadelphia	19104	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-8320	353	12	30.4	99.7%	94 (26.6%)	204 (57.8%)	19 (5.4%)	19 (5.4%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.2%)	53	402^nd of 873 public middle schools	54.0%		50.2	461^st of 891 public middle schools	48.3%	59	35.0	32.1	25.0	14.4	26.9	56.1	58.3	59.8	43.6	54.7	$18,404	$6,736	$11,668
John B Stetson Middle School	Public	5-8	3200 B St	Philadelphia	19134	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(215) 400-4000	560	38	14.5	99.1%	6 (1.1%)	108 (19.3%)	429 (76.6%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.3%)	8	824^th of 873 public middle schools	5.6%		5.5	873^rd of 891 public middle schools	2.0%	49	2.0	2.2	3.3	3.9	2.9	2.0	17.8	14.5	13.4	12.5	$20,009	$4,306	$15,703

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Antonia Pantoja Community Charter School	0.64 mi	1	485^th
Esperanza Academy Charter School	0.67 mi	1
Esperanza Cyber Charter School	0.68 mi	1
Lindley Academy Charter School at Birney	1.11 mi	1	581^st
Community Academy of Philadelphia Charter School	1.31 mi	1

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.