Arts academy at benjamin rush school

Public, magnet, art school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

The Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush (also known as Benjamin Rush, Rush Arts, or simply Rush) is a public, magnet high school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Rush Arts opened in September 2008 after a two-year remodeling (it was previously a middle school) and typically has about 630 students each year with roughly 500 females and 130 males. It is generally one of the top 10 schools in the School District of Philadelphia each year when state rankings are published.

Arts academy at benjamin rush school

For yearly demographic and performance data, visit https://schoolprofiles.philasd.org/rush/overview.

It also has an overall grade of a "B+" on the website Niche which evaluates the quality of schools nationwide

Academics

Each student at Rush Arts auditions for one specific "major" out of the five that the school offers.

These are the visual arts (which have graphic, media, and fine arts as three subcat