page_title: Wissahickon, Philadelphia
section_title: Primary and secondary education
hierarchical_section_title: Wissahickon, Philadelphia / Education / Primary and secondary education
caption_attribution_description: English: Decorative mosaic tiles on exterior of Cook-Wissahickon Public School Building located at the intersection of Salaignac Street and Righter Street.
context_page_description: Wissahickon is a neighborhood in the section of Lower Northwest Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania. Wissahickon is located adjacent to the neighborhoods of Roxborough and Manayunk, and it is bounded by the Wissahickon Valley Park, Ridge Avenue, Hermit Street, and Henry Avenue. The name of the neighborhood comes from the Lenni Lenape word wisameckham, for "catfish creek", a reference to the fish that were once plentiful in the Wissahickon Creek.
context_section_description: The School District of Philadelphia operates public schools. Cook-Wissahickon School is a K-8 grade school located in the area. The school was built in 1968 at the corner of East Salaignac and Righter Streets to replace the aging Cook Public School and the Wissahickon School. The former Wissahickon School, built in 1887, was located at the north east corner of (then) Ridge Avenue and Kalos Street, now the site of LaNoche Park.
  Residents zoned to Cook-Wissahickon are zoned to Roxborough High School.
caption: Cook-Wissahickon Public School, 2014
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