These are the Philadelphia-area and South Jersey schools that have gone virtual as COVID-19 surges

This was last updated Jan. 12, 2021.

Staffing shortages from a swell in COVID-19 cases have temporarily closed schools across the region. The Philadelphia School District has been hard hit, with 102 of its schools having shifted to virtual instruction, at least through Jan. 14. The district has 216 traditional and 22 alternative schools.

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Ethel Allen

Add B. Anderson

Bache-Martin

Bartram High School

Baldi Middle School

Bethune

Blaine

Blankenburg

Bridesburg

Building 21

Camelot Academy East

Carnell

Cassidy

Roberto Clemente Middle School

Cooke

DeBurgos

Disston

Dobbins High School

Duckrey

Edison High School

El Centro de Estudiantes (virtual Monday only)

Elkin

Excel Academy North

Excel Middle Years

Farrell

Feltonville Arts & Sciences

Feltonville Intermediate

Fels High School

Finletter

Fitler

Fitzpatrick

Anne Frank

Benjamin Franklin Elementary School

Frankford High School

Hancock

Gompers

Harding Middle School

High School of the Future

Henry

Howe

John B. Kelly

Kenderton

Martin Luther King High School

Lamberton

Lea

Liguori Academy Fortis

Lingelbach

Loesche

Logan

Lowell

Mastbaum High School

Mayfair

McCloskey

McClure

McMichael

McKinley

Meade

Mifflin

Mitchell

Moffett Elementary

J.H. Moore

Morton

Muñoz-Marín

Northeast Community Propel

Northeast High School

Olney Elementary

Ombudsman Northwest

One Bright Ray Fairhill

One Bright Ray Mansion Day

One Bright Ray Mansion Evening

One Bright Ray Simpson

Overbrook Educational Center

Overbrook Elementary School

Overbrook High School

T.M. Peirce

Penn Treaty

Pennell

Pennypacker

Philadelphia Military Academy

Pollock

Powel

Prince Hall School

Randolph High School

E.W. Rhodes

Roosevelt

Rowen

Roxborough High School

Sayre High School

Southwark

Stearne

Steel

Strawberry Mansion High School

Taggart

The U School

Wagner Middle School

Grover Washington Jr. Middle School

West Philadelphia High School

Woodrow Wilson Middle School

Richard Wright

Ziegler

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The remainder of the district’s schools - about 150 traditional and alternative schools - will be open.

Philadelphia School District officials have said they want to keep schools open whenever possible, and want to avoid a blanket closure. In a letter to staff, Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. said the district will “continue to keep our schools open as consistently as possible as long as we have enough staff to maintain safe and orderly schools.”

District officials have said there’s no specific threshold a school needs to hit for closing, and that leaders examine each school’s staffing level, school climate, ability to attract substitute teachers, and other factors when deciding whether it can remain open or must shift temporarily to virtual instruction.

There are 216 traditional public schools in the Philadelphia School District. (The city’s 85 city charter schools are authorized by the Philadelphia school board and funded by tax dollars but independently run.)

Philadelphia students are currently scheduled to be off Jan. 17, have a half day on Jan. 21, have off for Lunar New Year on Feb. 1, have half days on Feb. 2, 3, 4 and 18, have off on Feb. 21, have a half day on March 18, March 30, 31, and April 1, have off on April 11-15, have off May 3, have a half day May 13, have off May 17 and 30. The final day of school is scheduled for June 15.

Philadelphia isn’t the only district temporarily shutting schools because of COVID-19. Other schools that have gone virtual are listed below. This is not a comprehensive list:

Bucks County: Morrisville School District, virtual through Jan. 14.

Burlington County: Burlington City School District, virtual through Jan. 14. Burlington Township School District, virtual through Jan. 14. Mount Laurel, virtual for grades 2 through 8 through Jan. 14.

Camden County: Camden City School District, virtual through Jan. 14. Camden County Technical School, virtual through Jan. 14. Haddon Heights School District, virtual through Jan. 14 (K-8 in person beginning Jan. 10), Lindenwold, virtual through at least Jan. 14.

Gloucester County: Monroe Township School District, virtual through Jan. 14. Deptford Township School District, virtual through Jan. 14, but in-person will continue for early childhood and elementary school students.

Philadelphia charters: ASPIRA Charter Schools, virtual until further notice. Independence Charter School, virtual through Jan. 14. Mastery Charter Schools (including those in Camden) are virtual through Jan. 14. Universal Charter Schools, virtual through Jan. 14.

If your school has gone virtual because of COVID-19 and is not on the list, email us at kgraham@inquirer.com. This list will be updated as new information becomes available.