Crown Point High School Explained

Crown Point High School
Streetaddress:	1500 S Main Street
Zipcode:	46307
Coordinates:	41.3897°N -87.3606°W
Grades:	9-12
Superintendent:	Todd Terrill
Principal:	Russ Marcinek^[1]
Enrollment:	2,942 (2021-2022)
Teaching Staff:	129.5 (on a FTE basis)^[2]
Ratio:	22.72
Team Name:	Bulldogs
Rivals:	Lake Central High School Merrillville High School Portage High School Lowell High School^[3]
Newspaper:	Inklings
Feeders:	Taft Middle School John Wheeler Middle School

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

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 Reports annual school rankings.^[5]

Demographics

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

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

• 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

• List of high schools in Indiana

External links

• CPHS website
• Crown Point Community School Corporation

Notes and References

1. https://www.nwitimes.com/news/education/crown-point-high-school-reveals-new-principal/article_16df1ece-8f9c-59e0-88e9-13f3459a4dc4.html "Crown Point High School reveals new principal"
2. Web site: Crown Point High School. National Center for Education Statistics. May 31, 2021.
3. Web site: Rivalry-Crown Point High School (IN). MaxPreps. March 7, 2018.
4. Web site: AdvancED - Institution Summary. Cognia. 25 July 2017.
5. Web site: Crown Point High School in CROWN POINT, IN - Best High Schools . US News. 22 April 2015.
6. Web site: Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Crown Point High School. U.S. Department of Education. 22 April 2015.
7. Web site: IHSAA 2014-2015 School directory. IHSAA. 22 April 2015. 44. pdf.
8. Web site: IHSAA State Championships by School. IHSAA. 25 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171120164504/http://www.ihsaa.org/Schools/StateChampionshipHistory/StateChampionshipsbySchool/tabid/1940/Default.aspx#35772024-c. 20 November 2017. dead.
9. Web site: Crown Point High School class of 2010. The Times of Northwest Indiana. 20 September 2018.
10. Web site: Documents - STS-74 Biographies . history.nasa.gov . NASA . January 27, 2022.
11. Web site: Crown Point native joins Indiana Supreme Court. Chicago Tribune. 15 October 2016.