Gymnasium Süderelbe

Harburg · Neugraben-Fischbek

Gymnasium

Gymnasium Süderelbe is a public Gymnasium in Neugraben-Fischbek, in the Harburg district. In the 2024/25 school year, 1,135 students attended the school. For year 5 the school is set up for five parallel classes. Englisch and Französisch are each offered as the first foreign language; Latein and Spanisch are also taught. The full-day programme has a besondere Prägung: an extended morning timetable, with voluntary care in the afternoon.

Contact & Address

Address
Falkenbergsweg 5, 21149 Hamburg
Phone
+49 40 428 93 35-0
Email
gymnasium-suederelbe@bsfb.hamburg.de
Website
https://gymnasium-suederelbe.hamburg.de/

School Profile

School Number
5803-0
School Type
Gymnasium
Full-Day Program
Extended timetable (besondere Prägung)

“Besondere Prägung” is the full-day form of most Hamburg Gymnasien: the extended timetable often keeps pupils at school past 1 p.m., while the afternoon care on offer until 4 p.m. is voluntary.

Parallel Classes (Grade 5)
5 classes
1st Foreign Language
Englisch, Französisch
Foreign Languages
Englisch, Französisch, Latein, Spanisch
Student Count 2024/25
1,135
Social Index
3

Enrollment figures of recent years

According to official figures, Gymnasium Süderelbe was not oversubscribed in 2026/27, though it had been in 2024/25. Across the recorded school years, first choices swung between 129 and 175. Most recently, 2026/27 saw 164 first choices for 167 places, a demand ratio of 98 per cent.

First choices are the applications naming this school first. Places are the actual admissions into Klasse 5, which include children admitted on their second or third choice. A red column means more first choices than places. Where the school authority has published no admission figures for a school year, the column is hatched and the ratio reads “no figure”.
First choices and places by school year
School YearApplications (1st choice)PlacesDemand ratioOversubscribed
2026/2716416798%No
2025/26129
2024/25175168104%Yes

Abitur Results

In the 2026 Abitur, Gymnasium Süderelbe averaged 2.42 and sits in the quarter of Hamburg's Gymnasien with the weakest results. An average is published for 61 Hamburg Gymnasien: the median is 2.25 and the range runs from 1.90 to 2.53.

Abitur results by year
YearAverageCandidates
20262.4286
20252.4285
20242.2297

Location