The document shows 4-year cohort graduation rates for the 2018 graduating class of traditional public schools and charter schools in Philadelphia. The top performing traditional public schools had graduation rates of 99% at Masterman down to around 50% at the bottom schools. Charter school graduation rates ranged from 92% at MaST down to 30% at Widener Memorial and 48% at Truebright Science Academy. Overall, traditional public schools tended to have higher graduation rates than charter schools.

1. School-by-school graduation rates
4-year cohort graduation rate for first-time 9th graders from fall 2008
District schools Grad rate Charter schools Grad rate
Masterman 99% MaST - Math,Science & Tech 92%
Central 96% Math, Civics & Sciences 90%
GAMP 94% Architecture And Design 90%
Carver - Engineering &
94% Franklin Towne 86%
Science
Science Leadership Academy 93% Delaware Valley 85%
Parkway Northwest 92% New Media Technology 85%
Prep - Math, Sci, Tech &
Creative And Performing Arts 92% 85%
Careers
Swenson Arts & Technology 91% Esperanza Academy 84%
Saul 90% Philadelphia Academy 84%
Robeson - Human Serv 90% Mastery - Shoemaker 81%
Bodine - International Affairs 90% Mastery - Lenfest 80%
Lankenau 89% Multi-Cultural Academy 79%
Academy at Palumbo 88% Maritime Academy 77%
Arts Academy at Rush 88% Phila Electrical Tech 73%
Parkway Center City 88% Imhotep Institute 73%
Constitution 88% WD Palmer Leadership Learning 71%
Phila. HS for Bus & Tech * 86% Mastery - Thomas 68%
Phila HS for Girls 86% Freire 67%
Motivation 84% Phila. Community Academy 67%
Randolph 84% Boys Latin of Philadelphia 66%
Washington 80% Mastery - Pickett 66%
Lamberton 80% Mariana Bracetti 65%
Phila. Mil. Acad. at Elverson 79% World Communications Charter 64%
Phila. Mil. Acad at Leeds 77% Truebright Science Academy 48%
Dobbins 77% Hope 47%
Northeast 74%
Parkway West 72%
School of the Future 72%
Mastbaum 72%
Bok 71%
Communications Tech 69%
Strawberry Mansion 63%
Roxborough 62%
Audenried † 59%
Fels 58%
Kensington CAPA 57%
Douglas 57%
Bartram 56%

2. Rhodes * 55%
Lincoln 54%
Vaux 53%
Sayre 53%
Franklin 53%
Furness, Horace 52%
Overbrook 52%
Frankford 52%
King 50%
Olney West † 50%
FitzSimons * 49%
Gratz 49%
Kensington Bus, Fin & Ent 49%
University City 47%
Germantown 47%
Edison 47%
Olney East 47%
South Philadelphia 46%
Kensington Culinary 46%
West Philadelphia 45%
William Penn * 44%
Carroll 44%
Widener Memorial School 30%
* High school now closed
† High school now a Renaissance charter
Source: School District of Philadelphia