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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in Center City and from what I can gather from my coworkers, Penn Alexander is probably the best of the urban schools. It has a GS ranking of 9. But West Philadelphia isn't for everyone. There are nice patches of it, but it's also not for everyone.

Meredith is probably the most sought after of the Center City elementary schools. People buy to be in that zone and who also want to be in Center City or close to it. The neighborhoods that feed into it are Queen Village and parts of Bella Vista.

Greenfield is the Rittenhouse/Fitler Square area and has more of a mixed reputation. Some people make it work and are happy with it, but pretty much anyone with money in Fitler/Rittenhouse goes the private route at some point, either Philadelphia School in Fitler Square, or Germantown Friends or William Penn Charter (another Quaker, not public, school), which are both outside Center City but not too far away. Friends Central, which is in Center City, isn't that well regarded for academics.

The citywide selective public high school, Masterman, is excellent and among the best in the country. The middle schools are very problematic. There are charters everywhere. There are also Catholic schools.

I can't speak too much about the Mount Airy or Chestnut Hill area. Chestnut Hill is a strong private school territory. Mount Airy is hit or miss when it comes to housing and I'm sure the more well off kids are more likely to attend private schools. I can't speak to the public schools they feed into. The problem with buying in Mount Airy or Chestnut Hill is that if you want to go the public route, you might as well buy in the Main Line or Wyndmoor, which are no further away from Center City (or even closer depending where on the Main Line you are) and you get top notch public schools and similar housing stock. [/quote]

FYI I meant Friends Select, not Friends Central. Friends Central is on the Main Line and has a good reputation. Just clearing up a point before someone jumps on me for it  :lol: [/quote]

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