James R. Ludlow School

The James R. Ludlow School is a historic American K-8 elementary school in the Ludlow neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is in the School District of Philadelphia. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. On January 22, 2025, Superintendent Tony Watlington, Sr., proposed a plan that would close Ludlow School and convey it to the City of Philadelphia as part of a plan to streamline the School District of Philadelphia's educational facilities. This plan was subsequently revised on April 20, 2026, to remove Ludlow from the list of school closures, although seventeen other schools remained on that list; this plan was then approved by the Board of Education on April 30 despite intense backlash.

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