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Germantown High School

40 E High St, Philadelphia, PA, 19144-2117 -

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Definition of Terms

Germantown High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Philadelphia County, PA

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1529 students

% Male / % Female

52% / 48%

Total Classroom Teachers

70 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 462 students

Grade 10 - 391 students

Grade 11 - 340 students

Grade 12 - 336 students

This School

(PA) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:22

1:16

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(PA) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	n/a	2%
% Hispanic	1%	3%
% Black	98%	14%
% White	1%	81%

Additional Student Information

This School

(PA) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

69%

20%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(PA) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Philadelphia City Sd School District

This School's Agency

(PA) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	270	4
Number of Students Managed	185,454 students	2,220 students
District Total Revenue	$2,291,777,000	$24,078,000
District Expenditure	$2,531,423,000	$23,565,000
District Revenue / Student	$12,358	$10,846
District Expenditure / Student	$13,650	$10,615
District Graduation Rates	60%	95%

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Germantown High School is a secondary school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
GHS, located in Germantown, is a part of the School District of Philadelphia.The school was built in 1914 which makes it one of the oldest in the country. Its students are mostly African-American, despite the previous German population of the region. Students come from the Logan, Germantown, Mt. Airy, Chestnut Hill, and Nicetown-Tioga(North Philadelphia) sections of the city. The team name is the Bears.
School uniform
GHS students are required to wear school uniforms . Uniforms consist of green or white Germantown High logo tops and black bottoms.
Feeder patterns
Feeder middle schools into Germantown include Roosevelt Middle School. K-8 feeder schools into Germantown include Charles W. Henry School, Henry H. Houston School, John S. Jenks School, and Anna L. Lingelbach School.
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