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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 country.

Public schools system: School District of Philadelphia edit

Philadelphia is served by the School District of Philadelphia, which operates 242 of the city's public schools, including 163 elementary schools, 23 middle schools, and 56 high schools.

The school district is governed by the nine-member Board of education, appointed by the Mayor of Philadelphia. This Board of Education replaced the previous School Reform Commission in 2018.^[1]

There are 84 independently operated charter schools, which make up the remainder of the public schools in Philadelphia. Charter schools are authorized by the School District of Philadelphia, and are accountable to it.

Parochial schools edit

Philadelphia is home to the most extensive Catholic education system in the United States.^{[citation needed]} Along with hundreds of parish-based elementary schools, there are also twelve Catholic high schools within the city ranging from Archdiocesan high schools to private Catholic high schools. All of the Catholic schools are affiliated with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

Private schools edit

Frankford Friends School, a Quaker school grades PK-8, under the care of Frankford Monthly Meeting
French International School of Philadelphia, the French international school serving the Philadelphia area, is in nearby Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.
Friends Select School, a Quaker school grades PK-12, under the care of Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting and the Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
Germantown Friends School, a Quaker school grades PK-12, school under the care of Germantown Monthly Meeting
Girard College, a primary and secondary educational institution, was endowed by French-American merchant, mariner and banker, Stephen Girard, opening its doors to disadvantaged youth in 1848.
Greene Street Friends School, a Quaker school grades PK-8, school under the care of Green Street Monthly Meeting
Holmesburg Christian Academy, a non-denominational evangelical Christian school in NE Philadelphia for grades PK-8, was founded in 1975 as a ministry of Holmesburg Baptist Church.^[2]
Philadelphia Free School, a Sudbury school PK-12
Philadelphia Mennonite High School, a Mennonite high school in the Fairmount neighborhood
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, (formerly Springside School and Chestnut Hill Academy, respectively) a school grades PK-12 located in the Chestnut Hill section of the city
William Penn Charter School was founded by Penn in 1689, is the oldest Quaker school in the nation, under the care of the Board of Overseers.

Friends Schools League edit

The Friends' Schools League (FSL) is an athletic league made up of student athletes from several private high schools in the Philadelphia area in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. As the league's name suggests, it consists primarily of Quaker schools, though in recent years several other schools have become part of the league as well.^[3]

Member schools edit

Member schools include:

Miscellaneous weekend education edit

The Japanese Language School of Philadelphia (JLSP, フィラデルフィア日本語補習授業校 Firaderufia Nihongo Hoshū Jugyō Kō), a supplementary Japanese school, holds its classes, intended for Japanese nationals and Japanese Americans, at the Friends Central School (FCS) in nearby Wynnewood.^[4]^[5]

Higher education edit

Philadelphia is one of the largest college towns in the U.S., with over 120,000 college and university students enrolled within the city limits and nearly 300,000 in the metropolitan area.

Colleges and Universities within the city:

Colleges and universities near Philadelphia include:

Arcadia University (formerly Beaver College), in Glenside, Pennsylvania
Bryn Athyn College of the New Church, in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania
Bryn Mawr College, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Bucks County Community College, with campuses in Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania and Perkasie, Pennsylvania
Cabrini College, in Radnor
Cairn University (formerly Philadelphia Biblical University), in Langhorne, Pennsylvania
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, in Cheyney, Pennsylvania
College of New Jersey, Ewing Township, New Jersey
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, New Jersey
Delaware County Community College, located in Marple Township, Pennsylvania
Delaware Valley College, in Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Eastern University (formerly Eastern College), in St. David's, Pennsylvania
Gratz College, in Melrose Park, Pennsylvania
Gwynedd Mercy University, Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania
Harcum College, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Haverford College, in Haverford, Pennsylvania
Immaculata University, in Malvern, Pennsylvania
Lafayette College, in Easton, Pennsylvania
Lehigh University, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Lincoln University, located in Lincoln University, Pennsylvania
Manor College, in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania
Montgomery County Community College, in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania
Neumann University, in Aston, Pennsylvania
Princeton University, in Princeton, New Jersey
Pennsylvania Institute of Technology, in Media, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State University - (Abington Campus) in Abington, the (Brandywine Campus) in Media, and the (Great Valley Graduate School) in Malvern, Pennsylvania
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, in Wyncote, Pennsylvania
Rider University, Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Rosemont College, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Rowan University, in Glassboro and Camden, New Jersey
Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine, in Stratford, New Jersey
Rutgers University - (Camden Campus), in Camden, New Jersey
St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania
Salus University, in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
Swarthmore College, in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
Temple University - Ambler Campus, in Ambler, Pennsylvania
University of Delaware, in Newark, Delaware
Ursinus College, in Collegeville, Pennsylvania
Valley Forge Military Academy and College, in Wayne, Pennsylvania
Villanova University, in Villanova, Pennsylvania
West Chester University of Pennsylvania, in West Chester, Pennsylvania
Westminster Theological Seminary in Glenside, Pennsylvania
Widener University, in Chester, Pennsylvania
Widener University School of Law, in Wilmington, Delaware
Wilmington University, in Wilmington, Delaware

References edit

^ "What We Do". The School District of Philadelphia. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
^ "Welcome from the Head of School | Holmesburg Christian Academy". www.holmesburgchristian.org. Archived from the original on 2016-04-27.
^ "Friends Schools League". Retrieved 4 April 2012.
^ "Directions Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine." Japanese Language School of Philadelphia. Retrieved on March 30, 2014. "The Japanese Language School of Philadelphia utilizes the campus of: Friends Central School 1101 City Avenue, Wynnewood, PA"
^ "Community Profile Archived 2015-02-02 at the Wayback Machine." Lower Merion Township. Retrieved on April 30, 2014. (contains maps of Lower Merion).