Pennsylvania Real Estate & Relocation Guide

University City, Pennsylvania

Located in Philadelphia County

University City, Philadelphia

University City was Philadelphia's first suburb, and it remains home to distinctive, livable urban neighborhoods of wide porches, tree-lined streets, restaurants and cafes, and shops. World-renowned centers of education, medicine, and technology and residents of diverse backgrounds lend University City its intellectual and international flavor. Local galleries, museums, and theaters feature exhibitions and performances from across the nation and around the world. Although the six colleges and universities located here earned the area the "University City" name, just like all cities, University City hums 365 days of the year.

University City boundaries are, on the east, 29th Street and the Schuylkill River; on the west, 50th Street; on the north, Spring Garden Street (to 40th Street), Powelton Avenue (to 44th Street), and Market Street; and on the south, Civic Center Boulevard, University Avenue and Woodland Avenue.

Local Schools


High Schools / AVT Schools
- Microsoft High School
- High School For Human Services
- University City High School
- Overbrook High School
- Robert Lamberton High School
- Parkway Gamma

Pre-Schools / Early Childhood Locations
- Belmont Community Head Start
- Blankenburg-Comprehen.Day Care
- Hartranft Annex Comp. Day Care
- Haverford Cdc
- Head Start-Belmont School
- Just Children
- Leidy-Comprehen. Day Care
- Methodist Services For Children
- Overbrook Head Start
- Overbrook High Tpc
- Overbrook School-Cdc

Middle Schools
- Beeber, Dimner Middle School
- Mya-Middle Years Alternative
- Shoemaker, Wm H. Middle School
- Sulzberger, Mayer Middle School

Elementary Schools
- Blankenburg, Rudolph School
- Bluford, Guion S. School
- Cassidy, Lewis C Academics Plus
- Daroff, Samuel School
- Drew, Charles R. School
- Gompers, Samuel School
- Heston, Edward School
- Lamberton, Robert E. School
- Leidy, Joseph School
- Locke, Alain School
- Mann, William B. School
- Mc Michael, Morton School
- Overbrook Educational Center
- Overbrook Elementary School
- Powel, Samuel School
- Rhoads, James School
- Washington, Martha School