Editing Philadelphia (section)

===Primary and secondary education===
{{see also|School District of Philadelphia}}
[[File:Penn Charter.jpg|thumb|[[William Penn Charter School]], established in 1689, the nation's oldest [[Quakers|Quaker]] school]]
Education in Philadelphia is provided by many private and public institutions. The [[School District of Philadelphia]] is the local school district, operating [[Public school (government funded)|public schools]], in all of the city.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42101_philadelphia/DC20SD_C42101.pdf |title=2020 census - school district reference map: Philadelphia County, PA |publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]] |access-date=July 22, 2022 |archive-date=July 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722220327/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42101_philadelphia/DC20SD_C42101.pdf |url-status=live}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42101_philadelphia/DC20SD_C42101_SD2MS.txt Text list] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722220329/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42101_philadelphia/DC20SD_C42101_SD2MS.txt |date=July 22, 2022 }}</ref> The Philadelphia School District is the eighth-largest [[school district]] in the nation<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.phila.k12.pa.us/about/ |title=About Us – The School District of Philadelphia |publisher=Philadelphia School District |access-date=April 27, 2015 |archive-date=May 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508103158/http://www.phila.k12.pa.us/about/ |url-status=live }}</ref> with 142,266 students in 218 traditional public schools and 86 [[charter schools]] {{As of|2014|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.phila.k12.pa.us/about/#schools |title=About Us – Schools – The School District of Philadelphia |access-date=April 27, 2015 |archive-date=May 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508103158/http://www.phila.k12.pa.us/about/#schools |url-status=live }}</ref>

The city's K-12 enrollment in district–run schools dropped from 156,211 students in 2010 to 130,104 students in 2015. During the same time period, the enrollment in charter schools increased from 33,995 students in 2010 to 62,358 students in 2015.<ref name="State of the City 2015" /> This consistent drop in enrollment led the city to close 24 of its public schools in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/08/education/philadelphia-officials-vote-to-close-23-schools.html |title=Philadelphia Officials Vote to Close 23 Schools |website=The New York Times |date=March 7, 2013 |access-date=April 27, 2015 |author=Hurdle, Jon |archive-date=May 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506111743/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/08/education/philadelphia-officials-vote-to-close-23-schools.html? |url-status=live }}</ref> During the 2014 school year, the city spent an average of $12,570 per pupil, below the average among comparable urban school districts.<ref name="State of the City 2015" />

Graduation rates among district-run schools, meanwhile, steadily increased in the ten years from 2005. In 2005, Philadelphia had a district graduation rate of 52%. This number increased to 65% in 2014, still below the national and state averages. Scores on the state's standardized test, the [[Pennsylvania System of School Assessment]] (PSSA) trended upward from 2005 to 2011 but subsequently decreased. In 2005, the district-run schools scored an average of 37.4% on math and 35.5% on reading. The city's schools reached their peak scores in 2011 with 59.0% on math and 52.3% on reading. In 2014, the scores dropped significantly to 45.2% on math and 42.0% on reading.<ref name="State of the City 2015" />

Of the city's public high schools, including charter schools, only four performed above the national average on the [[SAT]] (1497 out of 2400<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/average-sat-score-2014-2014-10 |title=The Average SAT Score Last Year Was Just Under 1500 |website=Business Insider |date=October 7, 2014 |access-date=April 27, 2015 |author=Jacobs, Peter |archive-date=April 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150430060215/http://www.businessinsider.com/average-sat-score-2014-2014-10 |url-status=live }}</ref>) in 2014: [[Julia R. Masterman School|Masterman]], [[Central High School (Philadelphia)|Central]], [[Girard Academic Music Program]], and [[MaST Community Charter School]]. All other district-run schools were below average.<ref name="State of the City 2015" />