Benjamin Franklin High School - Philadelphia - United States: Ratings, Rankings and Reviews

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Benjamin Franklin High School (Philadelphia)

Benjamin Franklin High School is a public high school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school, located north of Center City, is a part of the School District of Philadelphia. Franklin serves sections of North Philadelphia and Center City.

Franklin is a mostly African American school. In the late 1960s, there was a student-led effort to rename the school in honor of recently slain Malcolm X. This effort officially failed, but some students still refer to the school by this name.

Around 2005, Franklin began housing a charter school catering to Chinese Americans. In addition, as part of an international studies academy, it added Mandarin Chinese as a foreign language for study in 2005. The new international studies focus attracted 40 new students from the Chinatown area.

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Benjamin Franklin High School
  • Country: United States
  • City: Philadelphia
  • Postal Code: 19130
  • Date/Year Founded:
  • Named after: Benjamin Franklin
  • Global Ranking Score (Higher is Better): 6700
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Some Famous Alumni of Benjamin Franklin High School

  • Mumia Abu-Jamal

    Mumia Abu-Jamal
    writer, journalist, radio personality, opinion journalist, political activist

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