| Definition of Terms |
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| School Level |
High school |
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| School Type |
Magnet School |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 9 - 12 |
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| County |
Allegheny County, PA |
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| Total Students |
1240 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
42% /
58% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
97 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 392 students | | Grade 10 - 290 students | | Grade 11 - 274 students | | Grade 12 - 284 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:13 |
1:16 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
n/a |
n/a |
| % Asian |
3% |
2% |
| % Hispanic |
1% |
3% |
| % Black |
70% |
14% |
| % White |
26% |
81% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
43% |
20% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
6% |
6% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
n/a |
n/a |
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| School District Name |
Pittsburgh Sd School District |
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| 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% |
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- Schenley High School is both a public school building and a school program that is being phased out and is slated to close with the graduation class of 2011. Today's Schenley High School is located in the Oakland neighborhood at the edge of the Hill District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. In 2008 the school staff and students were moved to the former Reizenstein Middle School building. The Schenley High School building is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places (NRHP Reference #86002706).
- The school is also home to two magnet programs: International Baccalaureate and Robotics Technology. Over the next four years, the school will transition into an all International Baccalaureate school, Grades 6-12, in which students will complete the IB Middle Years Programme and the IB Diploma Programme. The school was also a local or neighborhood high school for people living in Oakland, the Hill District and Bloomfield, who were termed "Spartan Classics." Schenley High School will be no more after the class of '11 graduate. The facility will become a 6-12 IB School.
- The school colors are red and black, and the mascot is the Spartans.
- Schenley is one of ten high schools in the Pittsburgh Public Schools.
- History
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Schenley High School is named for the Pittsburgh philanthropist Mary Schenley, on whose land the school was erected in 1916. It opened for students on October 2, 1916, to accommodate Pittsburgh's growing population of high school students which were overwhelming the Downtown Pittsburgh Central High School. It was designed as a triangle and constructed of Indiana Limestone, and was also the first high school in the United States to cost more than one million dollars, making Schenley an immediate showplace of the city. The citizens of Pittsburgh were so proud of the building that by public donations, money was raised to present the school with a three-manual Skinner pipe organ. The first enrollment was 1,800 students with 70 teachers. Through the 1920s and 1930s, the enrollment climbed steadily and reached a peak of 3,012 students in March 1940.
- Transition to Teacher Center
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In 1983, Schenley High School underwent an innovative change, which placed it in the national limelight and at the forefront of educational development in the United States. The school was rededicated as the Schenley High School Teacher Center and from 1983 to 1989 became a center of revitalization for teachers to incorporate the latest research data on teaching the adolescent as well as an opportunity for teachers to enhance their skills. In 1987 a new wing was added to the building; it houses the new physical education facilities, including a regular sized gymnasium, a new swimming pool, dressing rooms, and an office area.
- Relocation
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In 2008, the old Schenley building was closed, with the school board citing that the building needed too many renovations. The high school was moved to the former Reizenstein Middle School.
- Alma Mater
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Alma Mater, God preserve thee
Dear Schenley High!
Through the years, we hope to serve thee,
Dear Schenley High!
We revere the spirit taught there,
Rev'rent minds that lived and thought there
Mem'ries of our Alma Mater,
Dear Schenley High! - Notable alumni
- Derrick Bell - Harvard Law School's first African American professor
- George Benson - Jazz/R&B Musician
- Liz Berlin - singer, Rusted Root
- DeJuan Blair — Currently playing for the San Antonio Spurs as a rookie in the NBA.
- Larry Brown - Washington Redskins running back
- Ray Brown - jazz musician
- Darnell Dinkins - Cleveland Browns tight end
- Ken Durrett - Retired NBA basketball player
- Walt Harper - jazz musician
- Shawn Hawkins - professional basketball player
- DJ Kennedy- current St. John's University Basketball Player/>
- Maurice Lucas - former NBA all-star
- Bob Prince - sportscaster for the Pittsburgh Pirates
- Vivian Reed - singer
- Bruno Sammartino - professional wrestling's "living legend"
- Clifford Shull - Nobel laureate
- Ted Stepien - Controversial owner of Cleveland Cavaliers
- Darrick Suber - Rider University's all-time scoring leader with 2,219 points
- Stanley Turrentine - jazz musician
- Andy Warhol - artist
- Today
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There are 126 total staff members including
- Sophia Facaros, principal
- Daniel Bernard, assistant principal
- Carol Pachel, assistant principal
- Rae-Ann Green, assistant principal
- Enrollment
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The school is currently serving Grades 10-12; includes the International Studies/International Baccalaureate and Technological Studies magnet programs. As of January, 2009 Schenley has 691 students enrolled, with demographics as follows:
- African American 484 (70.04%))
- White 159 (23.01%)
- Multi-racial 26 (3.76%)
- Asian 14 (2.03%)
- Hispanic 8 (1.16%)
- Native American 0 (0.00%)
- Male 342 (49.49%)
- Female 349 (50.51%)
- Recent honors
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Schenley's boys' basketball team is the PIAA Class AAAA state champion of 2007. In 2008 (as in the last four years), the Spartans were the Pittsburgh City League Champions.
- External links
- School website
- Pittsburgh Public Schools
- Save Schenley High School, an online forum established to organize support to keep Schenley open
- Historic, asbestos-plagued Schenley deserves reprieve and makeover, a summary and review of Schenley's history and architecture in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Source: Wikipedia; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.
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| About This Zip Code (15213) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
28,320 people |
11,396,563 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
53% |
22% |
| Population Average Age |
22 years old
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37 years old |
| Average Household size |
1.9 persons
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2.4 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$18,473
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$41,073 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
3.9 rooms |
5.9 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
62 years old |
51 years old |
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| % Owning / % Renting |
27% / 73% |
69% / 31% |
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