Crown Point High School
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| Crown Point High School | |
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1500 S Main Street , , 46307 | |
| Coordinates | 41°23′23″N 87°21′38″W / 41.38972°N 87.36056°W |
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| Type | Public high school |
| School district | Crown Point Community School Corporation |
| Superintendent | Todd Terrill |
| Principal | Russ Marcinek[1] |
| Teaching staff | 143.77 (on a FTE basis)[2] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Enrollment | 2,998 (2023-2024)[2] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 20.85[2] |
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| Athletics conference | Duneland Athletic Conference |
| Team name | Bulldogs |
| Rivals | Lake Central High School Merrillville High School Portage High School Lowell High School[3] |
| Accreditation | AdvancED |
| Newspaper | Inklings |
| Feeder schools | Taft Middle School John Wheeler Middle School |
| Website | www |
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Crown Point High School (CPHS) is a 9-12 public school located in Crown Point, Indiana, United States. It is the only high school in the Crown Point Community School Corporation.
Academics
[edit]CPHS is accredited by AdvancED.[4] For the 2021-2022 school year, Crown Point was ranked 2,059 nationally and 26 in Indiana in U.S. News & World Report's annual school rankings.[5]
Demographics
[edit]The demographic breakdown of the 2,942 students enrolled in the 2021-2022 school year was as follows:
- Male - 50.4%
- Female - 49.6%
- Native American - 0.2%
- Asian/Pacific islander - 3.0%
- Black - 3.16%
- Hispanic - 14.24%
- White - 76.2%
- Multiracial - 3.16%
19.1% of students were eligible for free or reduced cost lunch.[6]
Athletics
[edit]The Crown Point Bulldogs compete in the Duneland Athletic Conference. The school colors are red and white. The following IHSAA sanctioned sports are offered:[7]
- American football (boys')
- Baseball (boys')
- Basketball (boys' and girls')
- Girls state champions - 1984, 1985, 2021 (4A)[8]
- Cross country (boys' and girls')
- Golf (boys' and girls')
- Gymnastics (girls')
- State champions - 2022
- Soccer (boys' and girls')
- Boys state champions - 2011 (2A), 2013 (2A)[8]
- Softball (girls')
- State champions - 2017 (4A)[8]
- Swimming (boys' and girls')
- Tennis (boys' and girls')
- Boys state champions - 1972[8]
- Track (boys' and girls')
- Volleyball (boys and girls')
- Wrestling (boys')
- State champions - 2009, 2022,[8] 2023
Notable alumni
[edit]- Spike Albrecht - former player for the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball and Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball teams
- Austin Holloway - actor
- Bay Kurtz - Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer player
- Tre Manchester - film producer and director[9]
- Dan Plesac - former professional baseball player, baseball analyst on MLB Network
- Zach Plesac - pitcher for the Cleveland Guardians
- Jerry L. Ross - astronaut[10]
- Geoffrey G. Slaughter - Indiana Supreme Court justice[11]
- Sasha Stefanovic - former Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball guard
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Crown Point High School reveals new principal", The Times of Northwest Indiana
- ^ a b c "Crown Point High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
- ^ "Rivalry-Crown Point High School (IN)". MaxPreps. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
- ^ "AdvancED - Institution Summary". Cognia. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- ^ "Crown Point High School in CROWN POINT, IN - Best High Schools". US News. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Crown Point High School". U.S. Department of Education. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "IHSAA 2014-2015 School directory" (pdf). IHSAA. p. 44. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "IHSAA State Championships by School". IHSAA. Archived from the original on 20 November 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ^ "Crown Point High School class of 2010". The Times of Northwest Indiana. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
- ^ "Documents - STS-74 Biographies". history.nasa.gov. NASA. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ^ "Crown Point native joins Indiana Supreme Court". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
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