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The highest-performing public high schools in reading in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

67 public high schools in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public high schools in reading, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Central High School leads the list at 96.3%, against a median of 37.8% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Top % Proficient (Reading)

96.3%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

37.8%

BEST IN READING · PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Central High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	2,329	96.3%
2	Gamp	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	634	92.4%
3	Academy at Palumbo	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	1,225	91.7%
4	Masterman Julia R Sec School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	1,183	90.9%
5	HS of Engineering & Science	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	851	90.7%
6	Science Leadership Academy	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	502	89.0%
7	Parkway Center City Middle College	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	436	84.5%
8	Creative and Performing Arts	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	643	84.1%
9	Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	599	83.3%
10	Bodine William W High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	489	72.0%
11	Franklin Towne CHS	Philadelphia, PA	Franklin Towne CHS	High	1,292	70.8%
12	Girls High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	592	70.8%
13	The Science Leadership Academy at Beeber	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	532	68.8%
14	Franklin LC	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	918	65.3%
15	Hill Freedman World Academy	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	640	62.8%
16	Kensington Health Sciences	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	457	62.2%
17	TECH Freire CS	Philadelphia, PA	TECH Freire CS	High	541	59.8%
18	Multicultural Academy CS	Philadelphia, PA	Multicultural Academy CS	High	254	57.4%
19	Universal Audenried CS	Philadelphia, PA	Universal Audenried CS	High	588	55.1%
20	Saul W B Agricultural School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	417	53.4%
21	National Constitution Center High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	421	50.6%
22	Northeast High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	3,463	50.4%
23	Robeson HS for Human Services	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	266	50.0%
24	Parkway West	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	149	48.5%
25	Preparatory CS of Mathematics Science Tech and Careers	Philadelphia, PA	Preparatory CS of Mathematics Science Tech and Careers	High	589	46.5%
26	Parkway Northwest	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	238	45.8%
27	KIPP DuBois CS	Philadelphia, PA	KIPP DuBois CS	High	523	45.2%
28	Motivation High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	199	45.2%
29	Lankenau High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	228	43.8%
30	Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS	High	629	42.6%
31	Washington George High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	1,755	41.7%
32	Swenson Arts and Technology High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	805	39.5%
33	Mastery CHS-Lenfest Campus	Philadelphia, PA	Mastery CHS-Lenfest Campus	High	660	38.1%
34	Randolph A. Philip Area Vocational-Technical High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	437	37.8%
35	Lincoln High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	2,472	36.8%
36	Kensington Creative & Performing Arts High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	510	36.6%
37	Mastery CS-Gratz Campus	Philadelphia, PA	Mastery CS-Gratz Campus	High	1,048	35.6%
38	Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	651	33.3%
39	Mastery CS-Pickett Campus	Philadelphia, PA	Mastery CS-Pickett Campus	High	929	33.0%
40	Imhotep Institute CHS	Philadelphia, PA	Imhotep Institute CHS	High	603	30.8%
41	Freire CS	Philadelphia, PA	Freire CS	High	1,024	28.8%
42	Fels Samuel High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	1,255	28.4%
43	Furness Horace High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	896	28.3%
44	Philadelphia Military Academy at Elverson	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	273	25.9%
45	Olney High School	Philadephia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	1,168	25.7%
46	Kensington High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	458	25.4%
47	Edison HS/Fareira Skills	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	983	25.2%
48	Vaux HS: A Big Picture School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	284	25.0%
49	School of the Future	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	569	24.7%
50	Building 21	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	371	24.2%

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