Freedom High School is a large urban, public

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located in Bethlehem Township in the

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region of eastern

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. Freedom High School is one of the two public high schools operated by the

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. It is located at 3149 Chester Avenue in Bethlehem Township. As of the 2020-21 school year, Freedom High School had an enrollment of 1,881 students, according to National Center for Education Statistics data. In 2021, the school employed 105.6 teachers yielding a student-teacher ratio of 17.81. Freedom High School students may choose to attend the

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for training in the construction and mechanical trades.

Athletics

Freedom High School competes athletically in the

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(EPC) in the District XI division of the

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. It holds the record for the most

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championships in boys

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. In boys athletics, Freedom participates in football,

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, soccer,

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, rifle,

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and cross country. In girls athletics, Freedom sponsors basketball, soccer, lacrosse, golf,

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, tennis,

, rifle, track and field, cross country,

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, swimming, and diving teams. The Freedom High School football, soccer, and field hockey teams play their home games at Frank Banko Field at

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, one of the largest high school stadiums in the state with a capacity of 14,000. Soccer and lacrosse teams also use the newly added Turf Field, which was built in 2016 as an alternate home stadium.

Notable alumni

* Afa Anoa'i Jr., former

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, Pennsylvania state senator *

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, actor, ''

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'' and ''

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References

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Athletics

Notable alumni

References

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