Overbrook High School (Philadelphia)

Location5898 Lancaster Ave.,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Coordinates39°58′52″N 75°14′19″W / 39.9812°N 75.2386°W / 39.9812; -75.2386

Built1926

ArchitectIrwin T. Catharine

Overbrook High School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Overbrook High School in Philadelphia
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Location	5898 Lancaster Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates	39°58′52″N 75°14′19″W / 39.9812°N 75.2386°W / 39.9812; -75.2386
Built	1926
Architect	Irwin T. Catharine
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival
Website	overbrookhs.philasd.org
MPS	School District of Philadelphia
NRHP reference No.	86003313[1]
Added to NRHP	December 4, 1986

Overbrook High School is a public, four-year high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is designated by the School District of Philadelphia as Location #402, in the West Region.

The building was built in 1926 and designed by Irwin T. Catharine. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.^[1][2]

Enrollment for 2020–2021 was 411 students in grades 9 through 12. African Americans make up 94% of the student population.^[3] As of 2015, the school principal of Overbrook is Dr. Kahlila Johnson, who graduated from Overbrook in 1989.^[4]