Peabody High School - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania/PA

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Peabody High School

515 N Highland Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206-2522 -

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Definition of Terms

Peabody High School

School Level

High school

School Type

Magnet School

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Allegheny County, PA

Students & Faculty

Total Students

642 students

% Male / % Female

56% / 44%

Total Classroom Teachers

53 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 180 students

Grade 10 - 205 students

Grade 11 - 148 students

Grade 12 - 109 students

This School

(PA) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:12

1:16

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(PA) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	n/a	2%
% Hispanic	n/a	3%
% Black	93%	14%
% White	6%	81%
% Unknown	1 %	3%

Additional Student Information

This School

(PA) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

65%

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

Pittsburgh Sd School District

This School's Agency

(PA) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	85	4
Number of Students Managed	34,139 students	2,220 students
District Total Revenue	$578,393,000	$24,078,000
District Expenditure	$616,591,000	$23,565,000
District Revenue / Student	$16,942	$10,846
District Expenditure / Student	$18,061	$10,615
District Graduation Rates	76%	95%

Obituaries for November 12, 2009 (The Signal Item)
posted on November 12, 2009 at 08:25:24 am
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Pittsburgh City Schools Targeted For Closure (WTAE-TV Pittsburgh)
posted on November 3, 2009 at 05:14:58 am
With enrollment and revenue dropping, officials for Pittsburgh Public Schools say they may have no other choice but to close the doors to more than a dozen schools.
Obituary: Florence Arrington / Former city Housing Authority director of operations (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
posted on October 25, 2009 at 04:51:44 am
Florence Arrington, a former director of operations for the Pittsburgh Housing Authority, died Tuesday in Western Pennsylvania Hospital from complications of a brain hemorrhage. She was 78.
Many Students Left In Cold After Vaccination Deadline (WPXI Pittsburgh)
posted on October 1, 2009 at 08:19:00 pm
Students from Peabody High School were left out in the cold this morning after new regulations enacted by the Health Department Thursday.
Facaros named to Oakmont council (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
posted on September 22, 2009 at 12:51:47 pm
Oakmont council last night appointed Sophia Facaros to a position on the board.

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Peabody High School is a public school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, in the neighborhood of East Liberty.
Special programs and services for students include the Center for Advanced Studies (CAS); Pittsburgh Scholars Program (PSP); Advanced Placement courses; Public Safety Academy-magnet (training and certification for health related, law enforcement and public safety careers; partnerships with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies, including the FBI); Information Technologies Academy-(courses offered in Microsoft applications and operating systems, Cisco Networking systems, and A+ Computer repair; students may earn professional certification in all courses); Health Careers Academy prepares students for careers in direct patient care or health related business; Culinary Arts Academy prepares students for careers in the restaurant and catering industry; Additional academies are planned for 2005 school year; Career Development courses include Business Education, Fashion Clothing, Foods and Nutrition; Peer Mediation Team; Adolescent Health and Wellness Center of Western Pennsylvania Hospital; Student Assistance Team; Women’s Center and Shelter Outreach Services; St. Francis Adolescent Outreach Program; YWCA and YMCA Outreach Programs; Healthy Start; Teen Parenting Program; Microsoft Certification Test Center; Cisco Systems Local Academy; Educational partnerships with West Penn Hospital, Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, Pittsburgh Glass Center, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Duquesne University.
Peabody is one of ten high schools in the Pittsburgh Public Schools.
Notable alumni
Kevan Barlow, professional football player
Mike Barnes, professional football player
Romare Bearden, artist
Mel Bennett, professional basketball player
Kenneth Burke, writer
Malcolm Cowley, writer and literary critic
Jack Gilbert, poet (failed out)
Frank Gorshin, actor
Charles Grodin, actor
Gene Kelly, dancer, actor, and choreographer
Dave Logan, professional football player, Tampa Bay Buccaneers; sportscaster
Dr. Sanford Markowitz, Cancer Research
Edith S. Sampson, lawyer, judge, and UN delegate
Burton Tansky, department store executive
David Tepper, billionaire hedge fund manager and philanthropist
Regis Toomey, actor
Fritz Weaver, actor
John Edgar Wideman, writer
George S. Kaufmann - Broadway playwright-director (ref - #19)
Fred Kelly - Choreographer (younger brother of Gene Kelly) (ref-#19)
Billy Eckstine - Singer/bandleader (attended)(ref - #19)
Lorin Maazel - Symphony conductor (ref - #19)
18. Keith Motley - University of Massachusetts Chancellor. ref. Pittsburgh Tribune Review, 5/28/07: "Peabody Grad to Head UMass Branch."
19. post-gazette.com, 5/7/01: "East Liberty's Wall of Fame."
External links
Official Site
Pittsburgh Public Schools

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