Boys' Latin of Philadelphia Charter School

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Boys' Latin of Philadelphia Charter School
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Boys' Latin of Philadelphia Charter School
5501 Cedar Avenue

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Former nameSouthwest Philadelphia Academy for Boys
School type Public charter school
Motto Latin: Faber Est Quisque Fortunae Suae
("Every man is the architect of his own fortune")
Established2007 (2007)
FoundersDavid Hardy & Janine Yass
StatusOpen
School districtBoys Latin of Philadelphia CS
NCES District ID 4200760 [1]
Local authority School District of Philadelphia
School codePA-185515523-7981
CEEB code 393378
NCES School ID 420076006107 [2]
PrincipalEros Uthman-Olukokun
CEO William Hayes
Faculty65.80 (on an FTE basis) [2]
Grades 612
Gender All-male
Enrollment843 [2]  (2020–2021)
   Grade 6 118 [2]
   Grade 7 123 [2]
   Grade 8 117 [2]
   Grade 9 149 [2]
   Grade 10 146 [2]
   Grade 11 99 [2]
   Grade 12 91 [2]
Student to teacher ratio12.81 [2]
Color(s)Navy & Maroon   
Athletics conference PPL, PIAA
Nickname Warriors
USNWR ranking9,525
Website www.boyslatin.org

Boys' Latin of Philadelphia Charter School (formerly the Southwest Philadelphia Academy for Boys and often known simply as Boys' Latin of Philadelphia or Boys' Latin) is a Pennsylvania approved secondary charter school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States.

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History

David P. Hardy and Janine Yass founded Boys' Latin of Philadelphia, which opened in 2007 with 144 students. [3] After initially being denied a charter by the School Reform Commission (SRC), Yass and Hardy led a petition drive leading to the SRC's decision to grant a charter in 2007. Boy's Latin of Philadelphia is the first and only single gender charter school in Philadelphia.[ citation needed ] In 2012, upon completing the charter renewal process, Boys' Latin of Philadelphia was granted permission to expand to middle school, grades six through eight. The middle school opened the following year, with their first cohort completing eighth grade in 2016.

Admissions

Boys' Latin of Philadelphia enrolls by randomized lottery. As a public charter school, there are no admission requirements. Any boy in grades 6–12 living in Philadelphia is eligible to apply for the lottery. [4]

In the 2017–2018 school year, the dropout rate was 0%. [5]

Demographics

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity 2020–2021 [2]
BlackTwo or More RacesHispanicAsian
78244161

Curriculum

Boy's Latin of Philadelphia offers a standard high school curriculum with major strengths in Latin and western humanities. The school requires graduating seniors to complete an independent senior project. Students must complete yearly community service. [6]

Campus

Boys' Latin of Philadelphia was temporarily housed in modules with only seven classrooms during the 2007–2008 academic year. The following year the school moved into a newly renovated school building with a capacity of 600 students. [3]

Notable alumni

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