by the School District of Philadelphia. Elementary schools: Samuel Gompers Elementary School (K-8) William B. Mann Elementary School. However, this school is now a Mastery Charter School. High schools: The neighborhood feeder school for Wynnefield is Overbrook High School. Science Leadership Academy at Beeber (The former Beeber Middle School) Charter schools: The Laboratory Charter School of Communication and Languages Private schools Woodbine Academy St. Rose of Lima Catholic School Settlement Music School, Wynnefield Branch Public libraries Free Library of Philadelphia operates the Wynnefield Branch . Notable people Wynnefield also has connections to the motion picture and music industries. Wynnefield is the childhood home of actor and rapper Will Smith, film producer Lee Daniels (Monster's Ball and The Woodsman), film director Charles Stone III, politico and former Big Brother reality-TV contestant Will Mega and documentary filmmaker Tigre Hill. Also, former basketball player Julius Erving once resided there as well as boxer Michael Spinks. Local politicians with Wynnefield ties include Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter, former mayor Wilson Goode, city councilman Curtis Jones, Jr, and councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown. Places of worship Wynnefield Presbyterian Church Pinn Memorial Baptist Church West Side Baptist Church Wynnefield Baptist Church St. Barbara Catholic Church Bethel Holiness Pentecostel Church Overbrook Avenue Gospel Hall New Testament Church of God Endtime Zion Church of Jesus Community Bible Tabernacle Church International Church of God Church of the Advocate Evelyn Graves Ministries Church Baha'i Community of Phila Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship Mosque Kol Tzedek Synagogue References External links InfoResources West Philadelphia Neighborhood - Wynnefield West Philly On-line Wynnefield history William B. Mann Elementary School Beeber Middle School Settlement Music School - Wynnefield Branch History of Har Zion Mosque of Shaikh M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Neighborhoods in Philadelphia West Philadelphia