Penn High School
| Penn High School | |
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| Address | |
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56100 Bittersweet Road Mishawaka, Indiana, St. Joseph County 46545 United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°40′44″N 86°06′32″W / 41.678802°N 86.108834°WCoordinates: 41°40′44″N 86°06′32″W / 41.678802°N 86.108834°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public High School |
| Motto | Rigor. Relevance. Relationships. |
| Established | 1958 |
| School district | Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation |
| CEEB code | 152347 |
| Principal | Steve Hope |
| Teaching staff | 153.09 (FTE) |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 3,400 (2013-2014) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 22.21 |
| Color(s) | |
| Athletics conference | Northern Indiana Athletic Conference |
| Team name | Kingsmen |
| Rival | Mishawaka |
| Newspaper | The Pennant |
| Website | Official Website |
Penn High School is a public high school located just outside Mishawaka, Indiana, United States, near South Bend. It is the only high school in the Penn-Harris-Madison (PHM) School Corporation. The school takes in pupils graduating from the PHM's three middle schools, Schmucker Middle School, Discovery Middle School, and Grissom Middle School, as well as some graduates from local private and religious grade schools and occasionally transfers from neighboring public school districts (primarily South Bend and Mishawaka and other schools). It is the largest high school in the South Bend metropolitan area.
Penn High School was opened on September 1, 1958, following a year of construction and a cost of $1 million. The first graduating class, the class of 1960, had roughly 200 seniors. Prior to the construction of Penn, students in the Penn and Harris Townships went to Mishawaka High School or Jimtown High School.
The 1962 merger of the Penn and Harris Township expanded the school system. The following year, Madison Township was also incorporated, creating today's Penn-Harris-Madison school district.
Penn High School continued to expand in the following years. By 1965, the school district was attended by more than 1,600 students. In the late 1980s, the school underwent renovations to enlarge the school.
Penn High School students are divided into several academies. Freshmen are sorted into 6 freshman academies known as houses. Each house consists of roughly 160 students taught by the same core teachers. Prior to junior year, students choose to be a part of one of four academies: Fine Arts, STEM, Management and Business, and Health and Human Services.
Penn High School offers 19 Advanced Placement classes along with several Advanced College Project classes through a partnership with Indiana colleges. GPA is calculated on a 4.0 scale with college courses assigned a weighted grade that is on a 5.0 scale. Based on AP exam participation and passing rate, Penn students have a College Readiness Index of 30.0/100.0.
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