Philadelphia County schools ranked by test score
Latest PSSA + Keystone year (2024-25). 66 schools in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania with reported English Language Arts scores. Pennsylvania state average: 51.1%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central HS Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 96.3% | +45.2pp |
| 2 | Gamp Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 92.4% | +41.3pp |
| 3 | Academy at Palumbo Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 91.7% | +40.6pp |
| 4 | Masterman Julia R Sec Sch Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 90.9% | +39.8pp |
| 5 | HS of Engineering & Science Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 90.7% | +39.6pp |
| 6 | Science Leadership Academy Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 89.0% | +37.9pp |
| 7 | Parkway Center City Middle College Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 84.5% | +33.4pp |
| 8 | Creative and Performing Arts Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 84.1% | +33.0pp |
| 9 | Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 83.3% | +32.2pp |
| 10 | Bodine William W HS Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 72.0% | +20.9pp |
| 11 | Franklin Towne CHS Philadelphia · Franklin Towne CHS | High | 70.8% | +19.7pp |
| 12 | Girls HS Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 70.8% | +19.7pp |
| 13 | The Science Leadership Academy at Beeber Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 68.8% | +17.7pp |
| 14 | Franklin LC Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 65.3% | +14.2pp |
| 15 | Hill Freedman World Academy Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 62.8% | +11.7pp |
| 16 | Kensington Health Sciences Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 62.2% | +11.1pp |
| 17 | TECH Freire CS Philadelphia · TECH Freire CS | High | 59.8% | +8.7pp |
| 18 | Multicultural Academy CS Philadelphia · Multicultural Academy CS | High | 57.4% | +6.3pp |
| 19 | Universal Audenried CS Philadelphia · Universal Audenried CS | High | 55.1% | +4.0pp |
| 20 | Saul W B Agricultural School Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 53.4% | +2.3pp |
| 21 | National Constitution Center HS Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 50.6% | -0.5pp |
| 22 | Northeast HS Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 50.4% | -0.7pp |
| 23 | Robeson HS for Human Services Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 50.0% | -1.1pp |
| 24 | Parkway West Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 48.5% | -2.6pp |
| 25 | Preparatory CS of Mathematics Science Tech and Careers Philadelphia · Preparatory CS of Mathematics Science Tech and Careers | High | 46.5% | -4.6pp |
| 26 | Parkway Northwest Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 45.8% | -5.3pp |
| 27 | KIPP DuBois CS Philadelphia · KIPP DuBois CS | High | 45.2% | -5.9pp |
| 28 | Motivation HS Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 45.2% | -5.9pp |
| 29 | Lankenau HS Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 43.8% | -7.3pp |
| 30 | Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS Philadelphia · Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS | High | 42.6% | -8.5pp |
| 31 | Washington George HS Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 41.7% | -9.4pp |
| 32 | Swenson Arts and Technology High School Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 39.5% | -11.6pp |
| 33 | Mastery CHS-Lenfest Campus Philadelphia · Mastery CHS-Lenfest Campus | High | 38.1% | -13.0pp |
| 34 | Randolph A. Philip Area Vocational-Technical High School Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 37.8% | -13.3pp |
| 35 | Lincoln HS Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 36.8% | -14.3pp |
| 36 | Kensington Creative & Performing Arts HS Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 36.6% | -14.5pp |
| 37 | Mastery CS-Gratz Campus Philadelphia · Mastery CS-Gratz Campus | High | 35.6% | -15.5pp |
| 38 | Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 33.3% | -17.8pp |
| 39 | Mastery CS-Pickett Campus Philadelphia · Mastery CS-Pickett Campus | High | 33.0% | -18.1pp |
| 40 | Imhotep Institute CHS Philadelphia · Imhotep Institute CHS | High | 30.8% | -20.3pp |
| 41 | Freire CS Philadelphia · Freire CS | High | 28.8% | -22.3pp |
| 42 | Fels Samuel HS Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 28.4% | -22.7pp |
| 43 | Furness Horace HS Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 28.3% | -22.8pp |
| 44 | Philadelphia Military Academy at Elverson Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 25.9% | -25.2pp |
| 45 | Olney HS Philadephia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 25.7% | -25.4pp |
| 46 | Kensington HS Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 25.4% | -25.7pp |
| 47 | Edison HS/Fareira Skills Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 25.2% | -25.9pp |
| 48 | Vaux HS: A Big Picture School Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 25.0% | -26.1pp |
| 49 | School of the Future Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 24.7% | -26.4pp |
| 50 | Building 21 Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 24.2% | -26.9pp |
About this ranking
Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the PSSA + Keystone % Proficient or Advanced threshold on the latest available PSSA + Keystone English Language Arts test (school year 2024-25). Only public schools in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania with a reasonable cohort size are shown. A higher percentage is better.
The comparison column shows the gap to the Pennsylvania statewide enrollment-weighted average. To compare against neighboring counties, use the full Pennsylvania ranking.