Overbrook High School is a public secondary school located in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. An inner city school, it is perhaps most well-known because of its famous alumni (listed below).

Overbrook H.S. is officially designated by the Philadelphia School System as Location #402, in the West Region. Its address is 5898 Lancaster Ave., Philadelphia, PA, 19131. Its main phone number is 215-581-5507. Overbrook's principal is Ethelyn Payne Young.

Although the school's population fluctuates, enrollment for 2004-2005 was 2,075 students (grades 9-12). Although some students are White, Asian, or Latino, 99% of the student population is African American.

Famous Alumni

1. Wilt Chamberlain, basketball player
2. Will Smith, entertainer
3. Chaka Fatah , U.S. Congressman (D-PA, 2nd District)
4. Walt Hazzard (later Mahdi Abdul-Rahmad), basketball player, later basketball coach for UCLA (1984-88)
5. Wali Jones, basketball player

External Links

• Demographic & Climate Profile
• Mapquest map