Graduation Rate



District Schools

Grad Rate
GAMP 100%
Masterman 100%
Central 95%
Science Leadership Academy 95%
Lankenau 95%
CAPA 94%
Constitution 94%
Motivation 93%
Bodine 93%
Girls 91%
Academy at Palumbo 91%
Engineering and Science 90%
Parkway Center City 89%
Swenson 86%
HS for Business & Tech 85%
Saul 85%
Parkway Northwest 85%
Robeson – Human Services 83%
Parkway West 83%
Randolph 81%
Military Acad – Elverson 81%
Military Acad – Leeds 79%
Mastbaum 78%
Dobbins 78%
Washington 74%
Northeast 72%
Lamberton 70%
Bok 70%
Communications Tech 68%
Rhodes 66%
Franklin 66%
Carroll 63%
School of the Future 61%
Douglas 60%
Strawberry Mansion 60%
Roxborough 58%
Sayre 57%
Gratz 56%
Overbrook 56%
Vaux 54%
Lincoln 54%
FitzSimons 53%
King 51%
Fels 51%
Frankford 50%
Furness 49%
Bartram 49%
William Penn (closed) 48%
Kensington Culinary 47%
University City 45%
Kensington CAPA 45%
West Philadelphia 44%
Olney West 43%
Germantown 42%
South Philadelphia 41%
Kensington Business 39%
Edison 38%
Olney East 37%
  
Charter School Graduation Rate
MaST - Math, Science & Tech 91%
Architecture and Design 90%
Math, Civics & Sciences 88%
Franklin Towne 88%
Philadelphia Academy 88%
New Media Tech 83%
Prep - Math, Sci Tech & Careers  83%
Delaware Valley 80 80%
Nueva Esperanza Academy 77%
Mastery at Shoemaker 75%
Boys’ Latin of Philadelphia 75%
Mastery at Thomas 72%
Phila Electrical Tech 72%
Imhotep Institute 71%
Leadership Learning 71%
Mastery – Lenfest 69%
Community Academy of Phila 68%
Maritime Academy 68%
Freire 66%
Multi-Cultural Academy 65%
Mariana Bracetti 63%
Hope 58%
Truebright Science Academy 57%
World Communications 53%
  
A​lternative Schools Grad Rate​​​​​​
CEP Behavioral Adjustment Ctr 30%
Camelot – Woodhaven 25%
CEP – Miller 15%
CEP- Hunting Park 14%
Camelot – Boone 13%
RETI-WRAP 11%
Source: School District of Philadelphia (.XLS version)








Graduation rates are lower for students in special education.
Graduation rate (4-year)
Class of 2007:   41%
Class of 2008:   41%
Class of 2009:   43%
Class of 2010:   45%
English language learners do about the same as other students.
Graduation rate (4-year)
Class of 2007:   53%
Class of 2008:   53%
Class of 2009:   54%
Class of 2010:   59%
Truancy, often a prelude to students dropping out, is still rampant.
​Number of chronically truant District students (students with 10+ unexcused absences) enrolled at any time this year: 20,406
Number of chronically truant students currently enrolled: 9,645
High schools with current truancy rates of more than 25 percent:
Frankford                     31%
Sayre                           31%
Kensington Culinary     30%
Gratz                            30%
Kensington Business    27%
Strawberry Mansion      27%
Olney West                   26%
Number of dropouts the District reports between the start of school and Jan. 31, 2011: 3,030
All data from School District of Philadelphia, compiled by Paul Socolar