Swarthmore High School was a four-year public high school in

Swarthmore, Pennsylvania Swarthmore ( , ) is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Swarthmore was originally named "Westdale" in honor of noted painter Benjamin West, who was one of the early residents of the town. The name was changed to "Swarthmore" after the es ...

serving the Boroughs of Swarthmore and Rutledge.

History

Swarthmore established its own independent school district when Swarthmore Borough incorporated in 1893. Families in Springfield Township could choose to send their children to Swarthmore High,

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, and/or Media High School prior to the 1931 establishment of Springfield High School. The Swarthmore and Rutledge School Districts merged in 1955. In 1971 the Swarthmore-Rutledge District merged with adjacent Nether Providence School District to create the

Wallingford-Swarthmore School District Wallingford-Swarthmore School District is a midsized, suburban public school district in south-eastern Delaware County, Pennsylvania in the United States. It serves the boroughs of Swarthmore, Rose Valley and Rutledge, and the township of N ...

. After Pennsylvania state officials determined that Swarthmore was too small for its own secondary schools, Swarthmore High School merged with

Nether Providence High School Nether Providence High School was a four-year public high school in Wallingford, Pennsylvania, United States, serving Nether Providence Township and the boroughs of Rose Valley and Moylan. The school merged with Swarthmore High School in 1983 ...

in Wallingford to form

Strath Haven High School Strath Haven High School (also abbreviated as SHHS) is a four-year public high school in Wallingford, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, enrolling about 1,200 students. SHHS is the only high school in the Wallingford-Swarthmore School District. The ...

in the fall of 1983. The merged school was and still is based at the former Nether Providence campus. The building that was Swarthmore High School is now the Swarthmore Rutledge School, an elementary school in the

Notable alumni

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References

{{Reflist Educational institutions established in 1893 Educational institutions disestablished in 1984 Schools in Delaware County, Pennsylvania Defunct schools in Pennsylvania 1893 establishments in Pennsylvania Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

History

Notable alumni

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