Taylor Allderdice High School | |
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2409 Shady Avenue , Pennsylvania 15217 United States | |
Coordinates | 40°25′46″N 79°55′10″W / 40.429514°N 79.919379°W |
Information | |
Type | Public high school |
Motto | Know Something, Do Something, Be Something[1][2][3] |
Established | 1927 |
School district | Pittsburgh Public Schools |
NCES School ID | 421917000409[4] |
Principal | James McCoy[5] |
Teaching staff | 104.54 (FTE) (2022–23)[4] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 1,362 (2022–23)[4] |
Student to teacher ratio | 13.03 (2022–23)[4] |
Color(s) | Green and white [6] |
Nickname | Dragons[6] |
Nobel laureates | |
Website | discoverpps |
Allderdice, Pittsburgh, High School | |
Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
Built | 1927[6] |
Architect | Robert Maurice Trimble[8][9] |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
MPS | Pittsburgh Public Schools TR |
NRHP reference No. | 86002641[7] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | September 30, 1986 |
Designated PHLF | 2002 |
Taylor Allderdice High School is a public high school in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school was established in 1927 and is part of the Pittsburgh Public Schools district. It was named for industrialist and Squirrel Hill resident Taylor Allderdice, who was a member of the city's first school board and president of National Tube Company, a subsidiary of U.S. Steel.[10]