“The Julia R. Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School provides a rigorous, enriched curriculum for student in grades 5-12 challenging each one intellectually and fostering the development of the whole child.”
The Julia R. Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School is currently ranked the number one school in Pennsylvania and sixtieth nationally in the 2015 US News & World Report.
Application Process:
Masterman is a highly selective school. Students are accepted in fifth grade based on a number of factors including their third grade PSSA scores. In eighth grade, students reapply to be admitted to the high school. Only about half the students of the middle school students are accepted into the high school and the high school very rarely accepts students from outside. This process can affect students negatively.
Here are Masterman’s Admission Guidelines:
Masterman is a highly selective school. Students are accepted in fifth grade based on a number of factors including their third grade PSSA scores. In eighth grade, students reapply to be admitted to the high school. Only about half the students of the middle school students are accepted into the high school and the high school very rarely accepts students from outside. This process can affect students negatively.
Here are Masterman’s Admission Guidelines:
- A local percentile of 88 on the PSSA test in both Reading and Math are the minimum requirements
- A recent individual psychological test with a score of 130 or above may be submitted
- A lower reading score may be considered for students who have lived in the U.S. for three years or less
- All A’s and B’s are the minimum grades required to apply
- A full year of French or Spanish and Algebra is required prior to grade nine
- The behavior/citizenship grades in all areas should be B or higher
- Excellent attendance and punctuality are required
The most recent school profile (2014-2015 - shown above) is available from the Philadelphia School District (https://webapps.philasd.org/school_profile/view/2140). While titled the Julia R. Masterman High School profile, the data listed incorporates the middle school as well (the high school has about 400 students while the middle school has about 800). Though from our research, the two communities are complementary and work together, they are not one unit. Students must face the stressful process of reapplying to Masterman in order to transition from the middle to high school. This process can be difficult for some students. We were not easily able to find the data for the separate schools. We are interested in how the demographics would compare from middle to high schools.