Overbrook High School (Philadelphia)

Not to be confused with Overbrook Elementary School.

Overbrook High School
Overbrook High School in Philadelphia
Location5898 Lancaster Ave.,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates39°58′52″N 75°14′19″W / 39.9812°N 75.2386°W / 39.9812; -75.2386
Built1926
ArchitectIrwin T. Catharine
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
Websiteoverbrookhs.philasd.org
MPSSchool District of Philadelphia
NRHP reference No.86003313
Added to NRHPDecember 4, 1986

Overbrook High School is a public, four-year high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is designated by the School District of Philadelphia as Location #402, in the West Region.

The building was built in 1926 and designed by Irwin T. Catharine. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Enrollment for 2020–2021 was 411 students in grades 9 through 12. African Americans make up 94% of the student population. As of 2015, the school principal of Overbrook is Dr. Kahlila Johnson, who graduated from Overbrook in 1989.

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