Gymnasium Farmsen

Wandsbek · Farmsen-Berne

Gymnasium

Gymnasium Farmsen is a public Gymnasium in Farmsen-Berne, in the Wandsbek district. In the 2024/25 school year, 823 students attended the school. For year 5 the school is set up for four parallel classes. Englisch is the first foreign language; Französisch, 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
Swebenhöhe 50, 22159 Hamburg
Phone
+49 40 428 93 48-0
Email
gymnasium-farmsen@bsfb.hamburg.de
Website
https://gymnasium-farmsen.de

School Profile

School Number
5885-0
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)
4 classes
1st Foreign Language
Englisch
Foreign Languages
Englisch, Französisch, Latein, Spanisch
Student Count 2024/25
823
Social Index
4

Enrollment figures of recent years

According to official figures, Gymnasium Farmsen was oversubscribed in 2026/27 but not in 2024/25. Across the recorded school years, first choices rose from 94 to 167. Most recently, 2026/27 saw 167 first choices for 140 places, a demand ratio of 119 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
2026/27167140119%Yes
2025/26106
2024/25949797%No

Abitur Results

In the 2026 Abitur, Gymnasium Farmsen averaged 2.11 and sits in the quarter of Hamburg's Gymnasien with the best 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
20262.1179
20252.4162
20242.2074

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