Crown Point High School
| Crown Point High School | |
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1500 S Main Street , , 46307 United States 41°23′23″N 87°21′38″W / 41.38972°N 87.36056°W | |
| Information | |
| 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] |
| Colors | Red and white |
Athletics conference | Duneland Athletic Conference |
| Team name | Bulldogs |
| Rivals | Biggest: Merrillville High School Lake Central High School Others: Portage High School Chesterton High School Lowell High School Valparaiso High School |
| Accreditation | AdvancED |
| Newspaper | Inklings |
Feeder schools | Taft Middle School John Wheeler Middle School |
| Website | cphs |
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Crown Point High School (CPHS) is a public high school (grades 9–12) located in Crown Point, Indiana. It is the only high school in the Crown Point Community School Corporation.
Academics
CPHS is accredited by AdvancED.[3] For the 2023–24 school year, Crown Point was ranked 2,054 nationally and 32 in Indiana in U.S. News & World Report's annual school rankings.[4]
Demographics
The demographic breakdown of the 2,798 students enrolled in the 2021–2022 school year was as follows:
- Male - 52%
- Female - 48%
- Native American - 0.2%
- Asian/Pacific islander - 0%
- Black - 4.7%
- Hispanic - 15.8%
- White - 72.7%
- Multiracial - 3.16%
18% of students were eligible for free or reduced cost lunch.[5]
Athletics
The Crown Point Bulldogs compete in the Duneland Athletic Conference. The school colors are red and white. The following IHSAA sanctioned sports are offered:[6]
- American football (boys')
- Baseball (boys')
- Basketball (boys' and girls')
- Girls state champions - 1984, 1985, 2021 (4A)[7]
- Cross country (boys' and girls')
- Golf (boys' and girls')
- Gymnastics (girls')
- State champions - 2022
- Lacrosse (boys’ and girls’)
- Soccer (boys' and girls')
- Boys state champions - 2011 (2A), 2013 (2A)[7]
- Softball (girls')
- State champions - 2017, 2025 (4A)[7]
- Swimming (boys' and girls')
- Tennis (boys' and girls')
- Boys state champions - 1972[7]
- Track (boys' and girls')
- Volleyball (boys and girls')
- Wrestling (boys')
- State champions - 2009, 2022,[7] 2023
Notable alumni
- Spike Albrecht - former player for the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball and Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball teams
- Karsen Henderlong - professional soccer player
- Tre Manchester - film producer and director[8]
- Dan Plesac - former professional baseball player, baseball analyst on MLB Network
- Zach Plesac - pitcher for the Cleveland Guardians
- Jerry L. Ross - astronaut[9]
- Geoffrey G. Slaughter - Indiana Supreme Court justice[10]
- Sasha Stefanovic - former Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball guard
See also
References
- ↑ "Crown Point High School reveals new principal", The Times of Northwest Indiana
- 1 2 3 "Crown Point High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
- ↑ "AdvancED - Institution Summary". Cognia. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
- ↑ "Crown Point High School in CROWN POINT, IN - Best High Schools". US News. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
- ↑ "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Crown Point High School". U.S. Department of Education. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
- ↑ "IHSAA 2014-2015 School directory" (pdf). IHSAA. p. 44. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "IHSAA State Championships by School". IHSAA. Archived from the original on November 20, 2017. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
- ↑ "Crown Point High School class of 2010". The Times of Northwest Indiana. June 11, 2010. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
- ↑ "Documents - STS-74 Biographies". history.nasa.gov. NASA. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ↑ "Crown Point native joins Indiana Supreme Court". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
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