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 2022–23 school year, Freedom High School had an enrollment of 1,753 students, according to National Center for Education Statistics data. The school employed 111.4 teachers (on an FTE basis) basis for a student-teacher ratio of 15.74.
Athletics
Freedom High School competes athletically in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference (EPC) in the District XI division of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association. 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 the largest high school stadiums in the state, with a capacity of 14,000.
Notable alumni
- Afa Anoa'i Jr., former WWE professional wrestler
- Lisa Boscola, Pennsylvania state senator
- Dwayne Johnson, actor, professional wrestler under the ring name "The Rock"
- Daniel Dae Kim, actor, Lost and Hawaii Five-0, producer The Good Doctor
- Jack Linn, former professional football player, Cincinnati Bengals, Detroit Lions, and Indianapolis Colts
- Michael Pocalyko, business executive and novelist
References
- ^ a b c d "Search for Public Schools - Freedom High School (420357004957)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
- ^ "LVIAC Historical Stats". LVIAC. Archived from the original on September 8, 2008.
External links
- Official website
- Freedom High School athletics official website
- The Freedom Forum, Freedom High School student newspaper
- Freedom High School on Facebook
- Freedom High School athletics on Twitter
- Freedom High School profile at U.S. News & World Report
- Freedom High School sports coverage at The Express-Times
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