Motivation High School - Wikipedia

Motivation High School
Location

5900 Baltimore Avenue Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19153 United States
Information
Type	Magnet high school
School district	The School District of Philadelphia
NCES District ID	4218990
NCES School ID	421899000830
Principal	Rennu Teli-Johnson
Teaching staff	19.70 (FTE)^[1]
Grades	9–12
Gender	Mixed
Enrollment	237 (2023-2024)^[1]
Student to teacher ratio	12.03^[1]
Campus type	Urban
Colors	Royal Blue and Gold
Mascot	Jaguar
Website	motivationhs.philasd.org
Last updated: 18 April 2022

Motivation High School is a district-run magnet high school in Southwest Philadelphia. Originally this was an annex of John Bartram High School for over three decades as Bartram Motivation. Subsequently, the school was located in the former Thomas Buchanan Read School before being moved to the John P. Turner Middle School building in 2013.^[2] Motivation is a liberal arts preparatory school.^[3]^[4]

References

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1 2 3 "Motivation HS". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 23, 2025.
↑ Matheson, Kathy (March 7, 2013). "4 Philadelphia schools saved, 23 closing after SRC vote". WPVI-TV. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
↑ Hill, Chanel (April 16, 2013). "Motivation High lives up to its name". The Philadelphia Tribune. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
↑ "Motivation High cultivates high achievers". The Philadelphia Tribune. February 17, 2015. Retrieved April 18, 2022.

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Schools in Philadelphia

School District of Philadelphia
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6-12 schools	Penn Treaty School (neighborhood)
7-12 schools	Carver Engineering and Science
Neighborhood high schools	Bartram Edison/Fareira Samuel S. Fels Frankford Benjamin Franklin Furness George Washington Kensington Martin Luther King Abraham Lincoln Northeast Olney Overbrook Roxborough Sayre South Philadelphia Strawberry Mansion West Philadelphia
Alternative high schools	Bodine for International Affairs The U School (Building 21) Central Constitution Dobbins Vocational Franklin Learning Center High School for the Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) High School for Girls Lankenau Jules E. Mastbaum Technical Microsoft's School of the Future Motivation Academy at Palumbo Parkway Center City Parkway West (Mayer Sulzberger) Philadelphia Military Academy Robeson for Human Services Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush W.B. Saul (Saul of Agricultural Sciences) Swenson Arts and Technology U School
K-8 schools	Alcorn Ethan Allen Bache-Martin Rudolph Blankenburg F. Amadee Bregy G.W. Childs (Barratt Junior High) Hamilton Disston James Dobson D. Newlin Fell Thomas K. Finletter Academics Plus Edwin Fitler Academics Plus Benjamin Franklin Academics Plus Charles W. Henry Francis Hopkinson Henry H. Houston Andrew Jackson John Story Jenks Eliza Butler Kirkbride Henry C. Lea George A. McCall Delaplaine McDaniel General George G. Meade William M. Meredith Thomas Mifflin S. Weir Mitchell Andrew J. Morrison George W. Nebinger Olney Roosevelt George Sharswood Southwark Spring Garden Edwin M. Stanton Vare-Washington
Middle schools	A.M.Y. at James Martin AMY Northwest Castor Gardens Conwell Middle Magnet Dimner Beeber (Science Leadership Academy at Beeber) Paul Lawrence Dunbar Warren G. Harding M.Y.A. for the Humanities William T. Tilden Gen. Louis Wagner
Elementary schools	Joseph H. Brown Laura H. Carnell Lewis C. Cassidy Academics Plus Joseph W. Catharine Kennedy Crossan Academics Plus Emlen Edwin Forrest Julia Ward Howe Francis Scott Key James Logan James R. Lowell Ludlow John Marshall Alexander K. McClure Overbrook John M. Patterson Joseph Pennell Samuel W. Pennypacker Richmond William Rowen Philip H. Sheridan James J. Sullivan Bayard Taylor Frances E. Willard

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