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Teachers and Staff
Students Per Counselor
322:1
Student Diversity
Male
51.6%
Female
48.4%
Black
45.2%
Hispanic
30.8%
Two or more races
14.8%
White
7.3%
Asian or Pacific Islander
1.5%
Native American
<1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
<1%
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Specialty School Programs
AP Programs Offered
Free/Reduced Lunch Offered
Athletics Program
Colleges Students are Considering
Students are most interested in or go on to attend these colleges.
Temple University87 Students
Penn State68 Students
Drexel University62 Students
West Chester University of Pennsylvania50 Students
Community College of Philadelphia36 Students
Commonwealth University - Bloomsburg34 Students
University of Pennsylvania33 Students
University of Pittsburgh31 Students
Arcadia University29 Students
Penn State Abington27 Students
What Students Want to Study
Niche users from this school are most interested in the following majors.
Nursing37 Students
Business28 Students
Psychology20 Students
Biology16 Students
Computer Science14 Students
Pre-Medicine Studies11 Students
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Administration11 Students
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology10 Students
Criminology8 Students
Accounting7 Students
This School’s Reviews
Niche Reviews
3.834 Reviews
5.0Senior
5/28/2024
My experience while attending First Philadelphia was great. The teachers are hands on and are always understanding. The school itself is college readiness. They would have colleges come visit and look at your application and accept you to college on the spot.
4.0Senior
5/22/2023
My experience in First Philadelphia has been good. I have made lots of friends and have good teachers. I strongly believe that more teachers are needed in order to have a better education experience. Also, they should be more involve with preparing juniors and seniors for college or trade school.
3.0Junior
3/5/2019
I've been attending this school since kindergarten. At first it was nice,calm and the education was good. Then as our school got older they started allowing kids from bad schools in. This corrupted our learning and behavior system. Now we barely have teachers coming into school and the school focuses more on if you have a hoodie on rather than if you're learning the right material.
Another student cut my child’s arm with a weapon and I was told “girls will be girls” by the assistant principal at the time. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN IN 3RD GRADE! I was then told to quit my job to homeschool my child if I am that worried LOL. My daughter had to say she was scared in order for me eve...
Horrible! My kids are traumatized by the violence inside this building. Both my kids lasted 6 months and I had to sign papers to get them out to save them. Be ready to receive calls for the nurse because of beating and black eye. And if the beating is in the stomach and not noticeable they wont call...
School is horrible. Been their for 7 years. Teachers couldn't care less. They stop teaching how to spell words in the 4th grade. Im in 9th now and I still have problems spelling words to this day. Asked teachers for help with division. They never helped me. One kid didn't like me so he lied to the p...
this school is TERRIBLE i’ve been at fp for 9 years and have never been to another school… needless to say it’s HORRIBLE. the dean does nothing to help discipline kids and they have a who unknown definition of bullying. during the first two weeks of school there were 4 fist fights. NEVER send your k...
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