Taylor Allderdice High School

Taylor Allderdice High School
Address
2409 Shady Avenue

,
Pennsylvania
15217

United States
Coordinates40°25′46″N 79°55′10″W / 40.429514°N 79.919379°W / 40.429514; -79.919379
Information
TypePublic high school
MottoKnow Something, Do Something, Be Something
Established1927 (1927)
School districtPittsburgh Public Schools
NCES School ID421917000409
PrincipalJames McCoy
Teaching staff95.50 (FTE)
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,294 (2023–2024)
Student to teacher ratio13.55
Color(s)Green and white   
NicknameDragons/Dice
Nobel laureates
Websitediscoverpps.org/allderdice
Allderdice, Pittsburgh, High School
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1927
ArchitectRobert Maurice Trimble
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPSPittsburgh Public Schools TR
NRHP reference No.86002641
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 30, 1986
Designated PHLF2002

Taylor Allderdice High School is a public high school in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school 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.