Swenson Arts & Technology High School

Swenson Arts & Technology High School

Public High School | Grade 9-12
2750 Red Lion Rd,  Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia City School District
3.3
2.6
771 Students
B-
Niche Grade

School Details

Student Teacher Ratio
15:1
Average SAT Score
1010
Average ACT Score
21
Math Proficiency
22%
Reading Proficiency
47%
Average GPA
3.41
Graduation Rate
92%

Niche Grade

C+
Academics
B
Teachers
B
College Prep
B+
Administration
B-
Resources/Facilities
C
Clubs and Activities
B-
Sports
B
Food
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Niche Grade Details

Academics
Average GPA
3.41
Reading Proficiency
47%
Math Proficiency
22%
Teachers
Student Teacher Ratio
15:1
Teachers
53
Full Time Teachers
53
Teachers in First or Second Year
21.7%
College Prep
Average SAT
1010
Math
500
Verbal
510
Average ACT
21
Math
18
English
21
Reading
23
Science
19
Clubs and Activities
Girls Athletic Participation
Low
Boys Athletic Participation
Low

GreatSchools Rating

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Teachers and Staff

Students Per Counselor
384:1

Student Diversity

Male
63%
Female
37%
White
33.1%
Hispanic
28.8%
Black
23%
Asian or Pacific Islander
8%
Two or more races
6.7%
Native American
<1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
<1%
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Specialty School Programs

Free/Reduced Lunch Offered
Athletics Program

Colleges Students are Considering

Students are most interested in or go on to attend these colleges.
Temple University 123 Students
Drexel University 105 Students
Penn State 85 Students
Community College of Philadelphia 61 Students
University of Pennsylvania 53 Students
Penn State Abington 49 Students
Holy Family University 38 Students
Commonwealth University - Bloomsburg 37 Students
La Salle University 36 Students
Arcadia University 35 Students

What Students Want to Study

Niche users from this school are most interested in the following majors.
Business 51 Students
Nursing 50 Students
Psychology 30 Students
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Administration 23 Students
Biology 21 Students
Pre-Medicine Studies 16 Students
Computer Science 16 Students
Nursing Science, Education, and Practice 11 Students
Engineering 10 Students
Criminology 10 Students

This School’s Reviews

Niche Reviews
3.3 101 Reviews
5.0 Parent
3/25/2024
Swenson is a great school I love the teachers and staff they are very helpful anything you have a problem with they will help you.... Swenson over all is a great school I tell Anyone about Swenson.....all staff are there for the students and wanna see them do there very best...
3.0 Senior
5/5/2023
I liked the teachers and counselors. They were all very kind and supported s students completely. The CTE programs are very good for students to earn besides basic academics.
5.0 Senior
10/4/2019
My experience at Swenson affected me physically, emotionally, physically, and socially in such a positive way. I really recommend and advise anyone who's thinking about attending , you should attend because it will make such a huge impact on you in such an enormous way.
GreatSchools Reviews
2.6 8 Reviews
1.0 other
6/21/2024
Terrible the school is filled with hate speech and sexism. (Mainly from students not staff). Drugs are present A LOT, no one learns anything, no prep for college, sexual harassment, basically all guys barely any girls.Horrible glad I left don't send your kid here it is awful.
1.0 student
2/23/2024
Hate this school they don’t be teaching kids they give em a piece a paper and tell em to finish it all and stress the kids
5.0 other
8/29/2016
Our child is doing extremely well as all the teachers support learning, to those children interested.
2.0 student
9/3/2015
I recommend no one sends their kid here. Students are ignorant and insolent. Teachers gossip and talk.There are some teachers that are amazing but the moments are ephemeral.Make your child apply to Central or Masterman instead. You will have better oppurtinities there. We barely have any extra curri...

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