Wilhelm-Gymnasium

Eimsbüttel · Harvestehude

Gymnasium

Wilhelm-Gymnasium is a public Gymnasium in Harvestehude, in the Eimsbüttel district. In the 2024/25 school year, 696 students attended the school. For year 5 the school is set up for three to four parallel classes. Englisch and Latein are each offered as the first foreign language; Altgriechisch and Französisch are also taught. The full-day programme has a besondere Prägung: an extended morning timetable, with voluntary care in the afternoon.

Contact & Address

Address
Klosterstieg 17, 20149 Hamburg
Phone
+49 40 428 93 16-0
Email
wilhelm-gymnasium@bsfb.hamburg.de
Website
https://wilhelm-gymnasium.de

School Profile

School Number
5872-0
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)
3 to 4 classes
1st Foreign Language
Englisch, Latein
Foreign Languages
Altgriechisch, Englisch, Französisch, Latein
Student Count 2024/25
696
Social Index
6

Enrollment figures of recent years

According to official figures, Wilhelm-Gymnasium was not oversubscribed in 2026/27, though it had been in 2024/25. Across the recorded school years, first choices swung between 78 and 111. Most recently, 2026/27 saw 78 first choices for 80 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
2026/27788098%No
2025/26111
2024/258684102%Yes

Abitur Results

In the 2026 Abitur, Wilhelm-Gymnasium averaged 2.17 and sits in the better half of Hamburg's Gymnasien. 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
20262.1773
20252.2564
20242.0786

Location