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The highest-performing public high schools in science in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

This ranking covers the highest-performing public high schools in science in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, drawn from 66 qualifying public high schools. Masterman Julia R Sec School leads the list at 95.7%, against a median of 17.9% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Top % Proficient (Science)

95.7%

Median % Proficient (Science)

17.9%

BEST IN SCIENCE · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Science)	Rank change
1	Masterman Julia R Sec School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	1,183	95.7%	no change
2	Central High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	2,329	69.2%	▲ 1
3	Academy at Palumbo	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	1,225	68.9%	▲ 1
4	Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	599	68.1%	▲ 6
5	Science Leadership Academy	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	502	66.1%	▲ 1
6	Gamp	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	634	65.5%	▼ 4
7	HS of Engineering & Science	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	851	64.7%	▼ 2
8	Parkway Center City Middle College	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	436	60.9%	▼ 1
9	Franklin Towne CHS	Philadelphia, PA	Franklin Towne CHS	High	1,292	50.3%	▲ 2
10	Girls High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	592	48.4%	▲ 2
11	Bodine William W High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	489	47.6%	▼ 3
12	Creative and Performing Arts	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	643	44.2%	▲ 3
13	Franklin LC	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	918	42.6%	no change
14	Multicultural Academy CS	Philadelphia, PA	Multicultural Academy CS	High	254	40.4%	▲ 6
15	Hill Freedman World Academy	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	640	39.4%	▼ 1
16	The Science Leadership Academy at Beeber	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	532	38.7%	▼ 7
17	Northeast High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	3,463	33.2%	▼ 1
18	Freire CS	Philadelphia, PA	Freire CS	High	1,024	31.1%	▲ 8
19	Universal Audenried CS	Philadelphia, PA	Universal Audenried CS	High	588	30.2%	▲ 2
20	Lankenau High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	228	30.1%	▼ 1
21	Saul W B Agricultural School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	417	28.2%	▲ 6
22	Preparatory CS of Mathematics Science Tech and Careers	Philadelphia, PA	Preparatory CS of Mathematics Science Tech and Careers	High	589	27.1%	▲ 1
23	Washington George High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	1,755	25.6%	▲ 10
24	Mastery CHS-Lenfest Campus	Philadelphia, PA	Mastery CHS-Lenfest Campus	High	660	24.0%	▼ 6
25	Robeson HS for Human Services	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	266	23.3%	▲ 3
26	Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	651	22.8%	▲ 6
27	Penn Treaty School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	398	21.6%	▲ 21
28	Furness Horace High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	896	21.3%	▲ 6
29	Lincoln High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	2,472	21.2%	▲ 6
30	Motivation High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	199	21.0%	▲ 10
31	Kensington Health Sciences	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	457	19.5%	▲ 6
32	Swenson Arts and Technology High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	805	18.4%	▼ 3
33	Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS	High	629	18.0%	▲ 5
34	Frankford High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	907	17.8%	▲ 22
35	TECH Freire CS	Philadelphia, PA	TECH Freire CS	High	541	17.4%	▼ 4
36	KIPP DuBois CS	Philadelphia, PA	KIPP DuBois CS	High	523	16.1%	▲ 6
37	Parkway West	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	149	15.6%	▼ 1
38	Fels Samuel High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	1,255	15.4%	▲ 17
39	Mastery CS - Shoemaker Campus	Philadelphia, PA	Mastery CS-Shoemaker Campus	High	722	15.2%	▼ 15
40	Mastery CS-Pickett Campus	Philadelphia, PA	Mastery CS-Pickett Campus	High	929	14.2%	▼ 18
41	Boys' Latin of Philadelphia CS	Philadelphia, PA	Boys' Latin of Philadelphia CS	High	747	13.8%	▼ 11
42	National Constitution Center High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	421	13.8%	▼ 25
43	Bartram John - Main	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	583	13.3%	no change
44	The Linc	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	223	13.3%	▲ 7
45	Strawberry Mansion High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	309	12.9%	▲ 20
46	Sayre William L Middle School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	447	12.2%	▲ 1
47	Mastery CS-Gratz Campus	Philadelphia, PA	Mastery CS-Gratz Campus	High	1,048	10.5%	▼ 22
48	King Martin Luther High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	527	9.4%	▲ 12
49	Randolph A. Philip Area Vocational-Technical High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	437	9.3%	▲ 14
50	Kensington High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	458	9.0%	▼ 5

Rank change counts the places a school moved since its prior test year, among the schools on this list that were tested both years. A dash means the school has no prior-year result.

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