Northeast High School (Philadelphia)

Northeast High School is a high school located at 1601 Cottman Avenue (at Algon Avenue) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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 2016, Northeast High School had 175 graduating classes. It looks like the correct answer for NEHS is three locations (google ai....) "In 1890, Philadelphia established two public high schools for boys due to the manual-training movement: Northeast High School Originally called the Northeast Manual Training School, this school was founded in 1890 and was located near Front Street and Girard Avenue. In 1905, it moved to 8th Street and Lehigh Avenue, where it remained until 1957. Today, it's located at 1601 Cottman Avenue and is one of Philadelphia's oldest high schools.

Northeast serves Rhawnhurst and other sections of Northeast Philadelphia. 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 1968 documentary on high schools titled, simply, High School.

In 2015, Northeast High School was recognized by U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools and won a bronze medal in recognition of its well rounded students, high standardized test scores, and great overall performance in Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, honors, and advanced classes.