Turpin High School
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2650 Bartels Road Cincinnati, Ohio, (Hamilton County) 45244 United States |
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| Coordinates | 39°6′15″N 84°22′0″W / 39.10417°N 84.36667°WCoordinates: 39°6′15″N 84°22′0″W / 39.10417°N 84.36667°W |
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| Type | Public, Coeducational high school |
| Established | 1976 |
| School district | Forest Hills Local School District |
| Superintendent | Scot Prebles |
| Principal | David Spencer |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1199 (2015) |
| Color(s) | Maroon and Gold |
| Fight song | Across the Field |
| Athletics | Football, Baseball, Wrestling, Tennis, Soccer, Swimming, Quiz Team, Lacrosse |
| Athletics conference | Eastern Cincinnati Conference |
| Mascot | Spartans 
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| Team name | Spartans |
| Rival | Anderson High School, Walnut Hills High School |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Newspaper | The Lancer |
| Yearbook | The Odyssey |
| Athletic Director | Eric Fry |
| Website | foresthills.edu/school_home.aspx?schoolid=2 |
Turpin High School is a public high school in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States that serves grades nine through twelve. The school is part of the Forest Hills Local School District and serves the affluent suburb of Anderson Township; admission is based primarily on the location of a student's home. Turpin is accredited by the Ohio Department of Education and the North Central Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges. Turpin is a member of the Ohio Association of College Admissions Counselors and of the National Association of College Admissions Counselors. Turpin has a strong history of academic achievement, and placed in the top 5 high schools in the state of Ohio on the recently released state report card, as well as in Newsweek's list of top 500 high schools in the nation.
Turpin High School is the tenth school in the Forest Hills School District to be dedicated. Its roots lie buried in the history of Anderson Township.
Our pioneer ancestors, a few of whom established their homes as early as 1795, and many more who settled in the very early years of the next century, were concerned about the education of their children. They built log or frame school buildings haphazardly over the area.
As early as 1826 the township trustees made an attempt to systematically divide the township into twelve school districts. This distributed the school population more evenly and served the area for many years. Most of these schools were one-room, one-teacher type. Several had two rooms, one teacher with a classroom downstairs, the other with a class on the second level.
A number of schools were located in the area now served by Turpin High School. Union Bridge or Uniontown School was constructed in 1826 on Beechmont Avenue near the flood plains. In 1882, it was replaced by a school built on Clough Pike near the intersection of today's State Route 32. Additional schools included Newtown School, erected on Debolt Road in 1861, District Nine School on Little Dry Run, District Eight on Clough opposite Wanninger Lane, and District Seven School, also on Clough near State Road. Later this school was moved to Clough Pike opposite Berkshire.
Other schools constructed in the area include; Number Thirteen on Beechmont opposite Salem, and more recently Mercer, Wilson, and Sherwood Elementaries. The latest addition, Turpin Middle School, was dedicated on April 21, 1974. The Turpin campus is located on land purchased by Ichabod Benton Miller in 1796. Miller built a log dwelling which still stands on Clough and Bartels Roads and is now operated by the Anderson Township Historical Society.
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