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Magnet Schools in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia County has 21 schools identified in the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection as operating a magnet program. All of them are whole-school magnets, meaning the magnet program covers the entire school.

  • 21 magnet schools and programs
  • 21 whole-school magnets

Magnet status is based on the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection, the latest federal collection available for magnet classification.

School enrollment, grades and contact details are from NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.

Magnet schools in Philadelphia County

Listed alphabetically. Nothing here is ranked, scored or ordered by anything the federal collections do not record.

  • Academy At Palumbo

    Philadelphia, PA

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    9-12
    Enrollment
    1,225
    Level
    High

  • Amy Nw

    Philadelphia, PA

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    6-8
    Enrollment
    150
    Level
    Middle

  • Bodine William W Hs

    Philadelphia, PA

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    9-12
    Enrollment
    489
    Level
    High

  • Carver Hs

    Philadelphia, PA

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    7-12
    Enrollment
    851
    Level
    High

  • Central Hs

    Philadelphia, PA

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    9-12
    Enrollment
    2,329
    Level
    High

  • Conwell Russell Ms

    Philadelphia, PA

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    5-8
    Enrollment
    119
    Level
    Middle

  • Creative And Performing Arts

    Philadelphia, PA

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    9-12
    Enrollment
    643
    Level
    High

  • Franklin Lc

    Philadelphia, PA

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    9-12
    Enrollment
    918
    Level
    Other

  • Gamp

    Philadelphia, PA

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    5-12
    Enrollment
    634
    Level
    Other

  • Girls Hs

    Philadelphia, PA

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    9-12
    Enrollment
    592
    Level
    High

  • Hill J E/freedman Samson

    Philadelphia, PA

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    6-12
    Enrollment
    640
    Level
    Middle

  • Lankenau Hs

    Philadelphia, PA

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    9-12
    Enrollment
    228
    Level
    High

  • Masterman Julia R Sec Sch

    Philadelphia, PA

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    5-12
    Enrollment
    1,183
    Level
    Other

  • Motivation Hs

    Philadelphia, PA

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    9-12
    Enrollment
    199
    Level
    High

  • Parkway Northwest

    Philadelphia, PA

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    9-12
    Enrollment
    238
    Level
    High

  • Parkway West

    Philadelphia, PA

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    9-12
    Enrollment
    149
    Level
    High

  • Parkway-center City

    Philadelphia, PA

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    9-12
    Enrollment
    436
    Level
    High

  • Paul Robeson Hs For Human Services

    Philadelphia, PA

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    9-12
    Enrollment
    266
    Level
    High

  • Philadelphia Military Acad At Elverson

    Philadelphia, PA

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    9-12
    Enrollment
    273
    Level
    High

  • School Of The Future

    Philadelphia, PA

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    9-12
    Enrollment
    569
    Level
    High

  • Science Leadership Academy

    Philadelphia, PA

    ● Whole-school magnet

    Grades
    9-12
    Enrollment
    502
    Level
    High

What “magnet” means on this page

● Whole-school magnet

Whole-school magnet

The magnet program applies across the school. Every student attending is part of it.

◦ Magnet program

Magnet program

The school offers a magnet program to part of its student population, alongside its other classes.

Other historical or unverified magnet listings

These schools were identified as magnet schools in older source data but are not confirmed by the latest available federal magnet collection.

Other schools listed in Philadelphia County

These are the other schools this directory holds for Philadelphia County. They are not identified as magnet schools in the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection.

Magnet schools elsewhere in Pennsylvania

All magnet schools in Pennsylvania

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