Pike High School
| Pike High School | |
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| Address | |
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5401 W. 71st Street Indianapolis, Indiana, Marion County 46268 United States |
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| Coordinates | 39°52′33″N 86°15′19″W / 39.87583°N 86.25528°WCoordinates: 39°52′33″N 86°15′19″W / 39.87583°N 86.25528°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public High School |
| Motto | Developing The Future...One Child at A Time |
| Established | 1892 |
| School district | Metropolitan School District of Pike Township |
| Principal | Troy Inman |
| Faculty | 162 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 3,275 (2015-2016) |
| Color(s) | |
| Athletics conference | Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference |
| Team name | Red Devil |
| Yearbook | Pike's Peek |
| Website | PHS |
Pike High School is a public high school on the northwest side of Indianapolis, Indiana so named for the township. Unlike neighboring townships, which often used "Central" in their names, the school could not use the name "Pike Central" due to the name already being taken.
Pike High School serves students in grades 9–12 in the Metropolitan School District of Pike Township.
In 2004, Pike High School was named an International Baccalaureate school.
Pike now offers more than 20 International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement classes. Starting with the 2010–2011 school year, Pike began offering Dual Credit classes.
Pike is an active member of BPA and is one of the largest chapters in Indiana.
In 2015, Nicholas Snow, Francisco Holguin, Carlos Montalvo-Hernandez, and Ripley Schenck took 1st place at state for Website Design Team. They later went to nationals and got 10th in the country. They had to create a website about a travel agency and this was their final product http://pikeworldtour.1apps.com.
Also in 2015, Nicholas Snow took 9th place at state for Fundamentals of Web Design, Carlos Montalvo-Hernandez took 10th place at state for Parliamentary Procedure Concepts.
For the 2015–16 school year, Pike had a total enrollment of 3275. Broken down by ethnicity, Pike had 2049 (62.6%) African American students, 319 (9.7%) White students, 620 (18.9%) Hispanic students, 215 (6.6%) Multiracial students, and 71 (2.2%) Asian or Pacific Islander students.
The athletic mascot is the Red Devil. The men's basketball team has taken state titles in 1998, 2001, and 2003. Notable basketball players who attended Pike include Courtney Lee,Robert Vaden,Jeff Teague,David Teague, Justin Cage (2003 Indiana Mr. Basketball), Chris Thomas (2001 Indiana Mr. Basketball), Marquis Teague, and R.J. Hunter. During Pike's 2002–2003 basketball season, they concluded the season at a perfect 29-0 mark, ranked first in the state, and second in nation behind St. Vincent-St. Mary's team, led by LeBron James.
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