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98:. The campus is located on both sides of Henry Avenue. One side houses the academic, agricultural, and physical education/health buildings as well as the greenhouses and small animal laboratory buildings. On that side those buildings are adjacent to the basketball court, open soccer field and school gym. The portion on the other side of Henry Avenue houses the school's field crop area, nursery, pasture area for livestock, and working farm. The working farm houses dairy, horses, sheep, and swine, as well as the school's meat science program. 224: 266: 238: 252: 131:
said that the size of the first year class for that school year was larger than the usual size of a freshman class at Saul. During that year, 65.8% of students were African-American, 17.4% were White, and 13.9% were Hispanic. 40.1% were classified as economically disadvantaged. 9.5% require special
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said in 2012 that Saul "requires strong grades for admission". The school received 1,100 applications for the first year (freshman) class of the 2012-2013 school year, according to Tamera Conaway, the principal. In order to get in one must score a 75% or above on the PSSAs, have all A's and B's and
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said in 2012 that "a recent focus has been on boosting academics, on inquiry-based learning that opens the door to a wider range of careers."
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As of fall 2015 the school had 546 students, including 182 first year students (freshmen). Kristen A. Graham of
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Saul is the largest agricultural farm school in the United States. The school has the largest
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education services. Graham characterized the Saul student body as "diverse".
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The 130-acre (53 ha) campus is on the Wissahickon Valley in upper
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As of 2015 64% of Saul graduates attend colleges and universities.
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Public magnet high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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