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Northeast High School is a high school located at 1601 Cottman Avenue (at Algon Avenue) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Northeast is one of the oldest high schools in Philadelphia, founded in 1890 as the Northeast Manual Training School. Before 1957, it was located at 8th Street and Lehigh Avenue in Philadelphia (later the home of Thomas Edison High School). As of June 2015 Northeast High School had 174 graduating classes. Some of the best known alumni include Herb Adderley (hall of fame football player), Eddie Stanky (major league baseball player and manager), Guy Rodgers (hall of fame basketball player), Carlos Mina from Buenos Aires, Argentina (hall of fame soccer player) and Sonny Hill (organizer of Philadelphia summer basketball leagues). The high school was featured in the A&E series ''Teach: Tony Danza'', where actor Tony Danza taught a tenth grade English class during the 2009-2010 school year. It was also the setting for Frederick Wiseman's documentary on high schools in the 1960s titled, simply, ''High School''. The Northeast High School website is located at http://NEHS1.com and has been developed and maintained by Northeast's web design classes. ==Demographics== Northeast high school students comes from very diverse racial, economic, and cultural backgrounds. According to the school profile generated by the School District of Philadelphia the racial makeup of the school based on the 2011-2012 school year is 34% African American, 21.8% Whites, 22.8% Asian, 17.9% Latino, and 3.5% other races. 14.9% of the school students are English Language Learners. 12.5% with disabilities and 5% of the students are mentally gifted. 60.7% are economically disadvantaged (Student who is a member of a household that meets the income eligibility guidelines for free or reduced-price meals). Northeast high school has 3,600 students, making it the most populated high school in the city of Philadelphia. When including the teachers and staff, the school contains more than 3,700 people. Some classes struggle to maintain a maximum of 33 students, as the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers (PFT) contract requires. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Northeast High School (Philadelphia)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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