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| William Penn Charter School | |
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 The William Penn Charter School for Boys and Girls | |
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3000 West School House Lane , United States | |
| Coordinates | 40°01′21″N 75°11′11″W / 40.02250°N 75.18639°W |
| Information | |
| Motto | Good Instruction Is Better Than Riches |
| Established | 1689 |
| Founder | William Penn |
| Category | Independent |
| Head of school | Karen Warren Coleman, PhD |
| Grades | Pre-K – 12 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Enrollment | 1,016 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Color(s) | Blue and Yellow |
| Mascot | Quaker |
| Nickname | PC |
| Rival | Germantown Academy |
| Accreditation | Pennsylvania Association of Private Academic Schools (PAPAS) |
| Newspaper | The Mirror |
| Yearbook | The Class Record |
| Affiliations | Religious Society of Friends |
| Website | http://penncharter.com |
William Penn Charter School (commonly known as Penn Charter or simply PC) is an independent school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1689[1] at the urging of William Penn as the "Public Grammar School" and chartered in 1689 to be operated by the "Overseers of the public School, founded by Charter in the town and county of Philadelphia" in Pennsylvania. It is the oldest Quaker school in the world, the oldest elementary school in Pennsylvania, and the fifth oldest elementary school in the United States following The Collegiate School ("claimed" 1628), Boston Latin School (1635), Hartford Public High School (1638), and Roxbury Latin (1645).
- ^ Montgomery, Thomas Harrison (1900). A History of the University of Pennsylvania from Its Foundation to A. D. 1770. Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co. p. 41.