Freedom High School (Pennsylvania)

Freedom High School is a large urban, public high school, located in Bethlehem, Northampton County in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania, in the United States. Freedom High School is one of the two public high schools operated by the Bethlehem Area School District. It is located at 3149 Chester Avenue in Bethlehem Township.

This article is about the high school in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. For the school district in Freedom, Pennsylvania, see Freedom Area School District.
Freedom High School
Freedom High School in Bethlehem Pennsylvania, November 2008
Address
3149 Chester Avenue

Bethlehem
,
Pennsylvania
18020

United States
Information
TypePublic high school
EstablishedSeptember 7, 1967 (1967-09-07)
School districtBethlehem Area School District
SuperintendentJoseph Roy
PrincipalLaurie Sage
Staff107.80 (FTE)[1]
Enrollment1,875 (2019–20)[1]
Student to teacher ratio17.39[1]
CampusSuburban
Color(s)  Black
  Gold
Athletics conferenceEastern Pennsylvania Conference
MascotPatriot
RivalLiberty High School
Websitewww-fhs.beth.k12.pa.us

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in the 2019–2020 school year the school had an enrollment of 1,926 pupils in grades 9th through 12th. In 2019, the School employed 107.8 teachers (on an FTE basis) yielding a student-teacher ratio of 17.39:1.[1]

Freedom High School students may choose to attend the Bethlehem Area Vocational-Technical School for training in the construction and mechanical trades.

Athletics
See also: Eastern Pennsylvania Conference (PIAA)

Freedom High School competes athletically in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference (EPC) in the District XI division of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, one of the premier high school athletic divisions in the nation. It holds the record for the most Lehigh Valley Conference championships in boys volleyball.[2]

In boys athletics, Freedom participates in football, basketball, golf, ice hockey, soccer, baseball, tennis, volleyball, lacrosse, swimming, wrestling, diving, rifle, track and field and cross country. In girls athletics, Freedom sponsors basketball, soccer, lacrosse, golf, cheerleading, tennis, volleyball, rifle, track and field, cross country, field hockey, swimming, and diving teams.

The Freedom High School football, soccer, and field hockey teams play their home games at Frank Banko Field at Bethlehem Area School District Stadium, one of Pennsylvania's largest high school stadiums with a capacity of 14,000 and (including standing room) 16,000.[3] Soccer and lacrosse teams also use the newly added Turf Field, which was built in 2016 as an alternate home stadium.[4]

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Freedom HS". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  2. LVIAC Historical Stats. Archived September 8, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. en:Bethlehem_Area_School_District_Stadium, oldid 914206734
  4. "Freedom High welcomes long-awaited field upgrades". INSIDENOVA.COM. Retrieved 2019-10-07.

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