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Taylor Allderdice High School
Address
2409 Shady Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15217 United States
Coordinates	40°25′46″N 79°55′10″W / 40.429514°N 79.919379°W / 40.429514; -79.919379
Information
Type	Public high school
Established	1927 (1927)
School district	Pittsburgh Public Schools
NCES School ID	421917000409
Principal	James McCoy
Teaching staff	102.54 (on an FTE basis)
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,494 (2018-2019)
Student to teacher ratio	14.57
Color(s)	Green and white
Nickname	Dragons
Website	discoverpps.org/allderdice
Allderdice, Pittsburgh, High School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Pittsburgh Landmark – PHLF
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Location	2409 Shady Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°25′46″N 79°55′11″W / 40.42944°N 79.91972°W / 40.42944; -79.91972
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	1927
Architect	Trimble, Robert
Architectural style	Classical Revival
MPS	Pittsburgh Public Schools TR
NRHP reference No.	86002641
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	September 30, 1986
Designated PHLF	2002

Taylor Allderdice High School is a public high school in Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It 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 Corporation.

Academics

Allderdice was designated a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education in 1994, 1995, and 1996.

Notable alumni

This article's list of alumni may not follow Misplaced Pages's verifiability policy. Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are alumni, or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations. (January 2019)

In popular culture

In 2012, rapper Wiz Khalifa released Taylor Allderdice, a mixtape named for his alma mater.

References

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14. The Allderdice. Seniors: Charles B. Wein: Taylor Allderdice High School. 1956. p. 73.
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18. Guarino, Ben (October 3, 2018). "'Her work is incredible': Pittsburgh native Frances Arnold shares Nobel Prize in chemistry". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
19. "Authors, chef highlight Drue Heinz lecture series" Archived February 2, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, April 25, 2007
20. Rotstein, Gary (April 22, 2004). "Gay marriage advocate says Time's honor good for cause". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved November 27, 2006.
21. The Allderdice. Seniors: Joseph Koerner: Taylor Allderdice High School. 1976. p. 52.
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23. ^ Weiskind, Ron (November 22, 2003). "Goldmann driven daffy by Looney Tunes film". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved November 25, 2006.
24. ^ Rawson, Christopher (March 6, 1994). "Broadway follows in their footsteps". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved November 27, 2006.
25. Assad, David (July 3, 1991). "Texas recalls Allderdice grad Gary Green". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
26. Hayes, John (April 27, 2001). "Squirrel Hill native works the mainstream and the underground". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
27. Carter, Alice T. (April 10, 2005). "Billy Porter's one-man show traces his life, onstage and off". TribLive. Trib Total Media. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
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29. Mervis, Scott (September 13, 2012). "Local Scene: Beedie back with new album". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
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31. White, Mike (October 26, 2017). "Woodland Hills is one of only 10 schools in the country with five NFL players". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
32. Todd, Deborah M. (August 12, 2010). "Like Wiz Khalifa, rapper Mac Miller is another talent from Allderdice". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
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34. Mervis, Scott (March 1, 2012). "Local Scene: Wiz Khalifa buzz builds for 'Taylor Allderdice'". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

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