Freedom High School | |
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Address | |
3149 Chester Avenue , 18020 United States | |
Coordinates | 40°39′50″N75°20′24″W / 40.664°N 75.340°W |
Information | |
Type | Public high school |
Established | September 7, 1967 |
School district | Bethlehem Area School District |
Superintendent | Jack Silva |
NCES School ID | 420357004957 [1] |
Principal | Laurie Sage |
Staff | 115.9 (on an FTE basis) [1] |
Grades | 9th–12th |
Enrollment | 1,813 [1] (2023–24) |
Student to teacher ratio | 15.64 [1] |
Campus type | Suburb: Large |
Color(s) | Black and gold |
Athletics conference | Eastern Pennsylvania Conference |
Mascot | Patriot |
Rival | Liberty High School |
Website | basdwpweb |
Freedom High School is a large urban, public high school located in Bethlehem Township in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. 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.
As of the 2023–24 school year, Freedom High School had an enrollment of 1,813 students, according to National Center for Education Statistics data. The school employed 115.9 teachers (on an FTE basis) basis for a student-teacher ratio of 15.64.
Freedom High School competes athletically in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference (EPC) in the District XI division of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association. The school 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 the largest high school stadiums in the state, with a capacity of 14,000.
Freedom High School's mascot is the Patriot, the name given those American colonists who resisted the colonial governance of the Kingdom of Great Britain during the American Revolution, especially prior to the formation of the Continental Army in 1775.
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