Samuel S. Fels High School

The Samuel S. Fels High School (commonly referred to as Fels High School) is a district-run high school in Philadelphia. The school is named after Samuel Simeon Fels. It was founded in 1989 when the Samuel S. Fels Junior High School was restructured to have seventh through tenth grades, with the eleventh and twelfth grades to be added in 1990 and 1991. Melvin K. McMaster was the first principal of the high school.^[2] An $80 million building replaced the old facility in 2009.^[3]

• Philadelphia portal
• Pennsylvania portal
• Schools portal

Samuel S. Fels High School
Address
5500 Langdon Street Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19124 United States
Information
Type	Public high school
School district	The School District of Philadelphia
Principal	Melissa Rasper
Teaching staff	83.40 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,235 (2023–2024)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	14.81[1]
Website	Samuel S. Fels High School

Notes

1. "Fels Samuel HS". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
2. Kadaba, Lini S. (September 10, 1989). "Schools spent summer vacation reorganizing". Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 6NE. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
3. Tales, Dafney (September 9, 2009). "All about new beginnings". Philadelphia Daily News. p. 6F. Retrieved October 25, 2018.

External links

• Samuel S. Fels High School - school website
• Samuel S. Fels High School at the Wayback Machine (archive index)

40.0364°N 75.0925°W / 40.0364; -75.0925