spring garden is located in the laura wheeler waring elementary school catchment, although a significant portion of the neighborhood's elementary-school children who attend public schools attend schools outside the catchment such as alfred greenfield elementary school. spring garden is the home of the benjamin franklin high school;, and franklin learning center, formerly william penn high school for girls. spring garden is also home of one of the top-ranked public high schools in the city and state, the julia r. masterman school at 1699 spring garden street. although students are, generally, automatically eligible to attend the neighborhood school, they may also attend other philadelphia schools (academic magnet schools, performing arts schools, and other out-of-catchment schools) through the school district's voluntary transfer program.