Edwin Forrest School is a public elementary school located in the Mayfair neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is within the School District of Philadelphia.

It was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1928–1929. It is a three-story, eight-bay, yellow brick building in the Art Deco style. It features an arched entryway with terra cotta trim, terra cotta cornice, and brick parapet. It was named for actor Edwin Forrest (1806–1872).

Edwin Forrest School

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

Edwin Forrest School

Students zoned to Forrest are also zoned to Austin Meehan Middle School and Abraham Lincoln High School.

Edwin Forrest School

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Edwin Forrest Elementary School

School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia

Art Deco architecture in Pennsylvania

School buildings completed in 1929

Northeast Philadelphia

Public elementary schools in Philadelphia

School District of Philadelphia

1929 establishments in Pennsylvania